Third World Comparisons
Discussions debate whether specific issues or conditions are exclusive to third world countries or also occur in first world nations like the US, often challenging stereotypes and definitions of 'third world'.
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you have no idea which countries are "3rd world" these days
Not just third world countries...
Not just the third world. Plenty of first-world countries too.
Does this apply to third world countries?
Sounds like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World
You think every non-US country is third world?
Third world nation seems quite exaggerated to me.
;-D we're part of the third world in the first world!
In a "third world" country I guess.
Not really in a first world country, no…