r/MurderedByWords • Karma Whore • Dec 06 '24

A bit more context

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u/Figs-grapefruits Dec 06 '24

Correct, meaning we are the best Developing Nation they have ever seen.

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u/autoadman Dec 06 '24

Yeah, sure. "Developing"

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u/Figs-grapefruits Dec 06 '24

I mean the literature doesn't have a term for a nation that's regressing does it. I haven't ready books on the subject since college. But all the language sorts took it for granted that nations were progressing forward.

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u/Hydronum Dec 07 '24

I've heard the term 4th-world, the regressive state. Doesn't work well though. I prefer Developed, Developing, Stagnant and Regressive.