The Third World?
Currently,
many countries which are experiencing economic poverty are usually expressed as
the word of the Third World. It seems to mean The Third World in this planet
but it does not sound like good meaning. I cannot understand that words so
where is the First World, Second and Third? All the countries exist on the
earth. It does not make sense to bid in the country rankings. The words, The
First World, The Second World, and The Third World were used by economists. The
First World meant liberal democracies. The Second World meant communist
countries. The Third World meant not to belong to the above two social systems.
Those words however still give us an image of being divided because it is
coined by Liberal democracies’ economists. The First was a country they
belonged and others fell in order. As time goes by, due to the collapse of the
Soviet Union, the words of The First and Second World disappeared but the word
of the Third World was altered and called the poor countries.
Obtained from
http://www.peopleofcolororganize.com/analysis/first-world-heaven-third-world-hell-wealth-poverty-reassessed/
Now this is an interesting topic, again what I would like to know is how long will these countries continue to be third world countries.
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