They’re ideological, a hangover from the cold war.
The first world: The US, plus its allies in NATO which were mostly in Western Europe.
The second world: Russia and the USSR, plus its sphere of influence through the Warsaw pact.
The third world: Literally everyone else.
So for example the underdeveloped backwards hellholes of… er, Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland were all non-aligned and thus technically “third world” nations.
Fair enough. My point mostly was that for most (older) Western Europeans 3rd world is a synonym for an economic hellhole. Like, Switzerland. Fracking socialists 😤 Wait, that sounds… Wrong…? No? Anyways, it’s not just ‘poor Africans’.
They’re ideological, a hangover from the cold war.
The first world: The US, plus its allies in NATO which were mostly in Western Europe.
The second world: Russia and the USSR, plus its sphere of influence through the Warsaw pact.
The third world: Literally everyone else.
So for example the underdeveloped backwards hellholes of… er, Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland were all non-aligned and thus technically “third world” nations.
Fair enough. My point mostly was that for most (older) Western Europeans 3rd world is a synonym for an economic hellhole. Like, Switzerland. Fracking socialists 😤 Wait, that sounds… Wrong…? No? Anyways, it’s not just ‘poor Africans’.