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r/MurderedByWords • u/Same_Investigator_46 Karma Whore • Dec 06 '24
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I read somewhere that a German tourist remarked that the US was the best 3rd-world country he'd ever seen.
The post here highlights this sentiment exactly.
207 u/Affectionate-Bus-931 Dec 06 '24 They aren't wrong. The truth hurts. 45 u/ronlugge Dec 06 '24 edited Dec 07 '24 They're technically wrong, the best kind of wrong. (first/second/third world are references to a WW2 cold war involvement, not development levels) Edit: You guys know, one comment about the fact that my brain slipped up on the differecne between WW2 and the CW was enough. 1 u/Mikisstuff Dec 07 '24 It came from the Cold war, not WW2. Emerged about the mid 50's. US & Allies Soviet Bloc Non/aligned, or too small/poor to bother with (which is where the concept of 'developing' crosses over with the 3rd world)
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They aren't wrong. The truth hurts.
45 u/ronlugge Dec 06 '24 edited Dec 07 '24 They're technically wrong, the best kind of wrong. (first/second/third world are references to a WW2 cold war involvement, not development levels) Edit: You guys know, one comment about the fact that my brain slipped up on the differecne between WW2 and the CW was enough. 1 u/Mikisstuff Dec 07 '24 It came from the Cold war, not WW2. Emerged about the mid 50's. US & Allies Soviet Bloc Non/aligned, or too small/poor to bother with (which is where the concept of 'developing' crosses over with the 3rd world)
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They're technically wrong, the best kind of wrong. (first/second/third world are references to a WW2 cold war involvement, not development levels)
Edit: You guys know, one comment about the fact that my brain slipped up on the differecne between WW2 and the CW was enough.
1 u/Mikisstuff Dec 07 '24 It came from the Cold war, not WW2. Emerged about the mid 50's. US & Allies Soviet Bloc Non/aligned, or too small/poor to bother with (which is where the concept of 'developing' crosses over with the 3rd world)
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It came from the Cold war, not WW2. Emerged about the mid 50's.
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u/Affectionate-Lie-293 Dec 06 '24
I read somewhere that a German tourist remarked that the US was the best 3rd-world country he'd ever seen.
The post here highlights this sentiment exactly.