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Posted: 10/27/2004 8:30:06 PM EDT
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France
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Posted: 10/27/2004 8:31:03 PM EDT
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1st world: USA and the free world
2nd world: Communist Countries, the terminology was made when there was still a large communist bloc 3rd world: Shitholes |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 8:31:16 PM EDT
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Russia
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Posted: 10/27/2004 8:31:50 PM EDT
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I forgot the exact definitions but it goes somewhat like this (it's been a while since I took International Relations)
1st - High resources and/or Strong economy 2nd - Intermediate between 1st and 2nd (generally in transition, although a move in status rarely occurs) 3rd - Minimal resources, Weak economy, has potential for progress 4th - Intermediate between 3rd and 5th (generally in transition, although a move in status rarely occurs) 5th - No resources, Practically trivial economy, Shows no hope for progress 5th are rare, 2nd and 4th are rarest (the latter being the rarest of the two). For example: Turkey is a 2nd Haiti is a 5th Although I wish it was true about france, but france is definitely a 1st world country |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 8:32:40 PM EDT
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good question...this "third world" crap gets tossed around more than it should....must sound cool to the media. there must be a foutrth fifht sixth seventh world country laying around somewhere... can i get a ARFCOM GROUP BUY? |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 8:34:29 PM EDT
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There are third world countries and then there are THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES, if you know what I mean....
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Posted: 10/27/2004 8:35:11 PM EDT
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seriously.
lets get a Non-American. grew up in a shithole countries opinion on this. this "degree" of world stuff has pissed me off since 7th grade. |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 8:38:34 PM EDT
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I never heard of 2nd world countries.
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Posted: 10/27/2004 8:41:29 PM EDT
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It's what we'll be if Kerry gets elected.
CJ |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 8:43:35 PM EDT
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First World: USA, Great Britain, Canada, France, Australia, New Zealand, and their immediate allies.
Second World: USSR, Peoples Republic of China, North Korea, Warsaw Pact nations, Cuba Third World: The countries that the other two worlds didn't want Steve |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 8:48:26 PM EDT
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Actually, by the time this clasification was coined, the 3rd world countries were the countries the 1st and 2nd world countries fought take them to their side.... 
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Posted: 10/27/2004 8:50:09 PM EDT
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It's not that easy... You could say that Argentina is a shitty country, but I can tell you that the city where I live is au pair with NYC, Paris, Rome, in MANY levels... |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 8:56:34 PM EDT
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As i Understood it a second world country is a DEVELOPING country. There are 3rd world shitholes N. Korea, most of Africa, Colombia and some other S.American countries. By developing I mean a reasonable economy ( importing and some exporting ), manufacturing base, centralized credible governments, legal system, and some existing or gorwing ties abroad. Most third world countries are agrarian based ( still dependant on farming to be self sustaining) or are dependant on others for survival. Think of the 3rd world as welfare states.
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Posted: 10/27/2004 9:02:55 PM EDT
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Exactly correct. And has more to do with industrial capacity than political ideology. |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 9:11:10 PM EDT
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3rd world nation: Nobody has enough to eat. "Abdul! Go shoot a missionary, I'm starving!"
2nd world nation: Everyone has enough to eat, but nobody likes it. "Airline food again?" 1st world nation: Everyone has more than enough to eat, but will try to deplete the supply single-handedly. "Ooh, Krispy Kreme!" Or you can look at it this way: 1st world nation: Spends money dropping bombs on third world countries and confiscating their weapons. 2nd world nation: Sells weapons to third world countries and buys them back from first world nations at a discount. 3rd world nation: Economy sky-rockets based on the sale of bomb fragments from first world nations. More weapons are bought, confiscated, and the big boys invade again. The fourth world nation is the crap hole so pathetic that even the third worlders shun them. |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 9:12:26 PM EDT
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you beat me to it... 
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Posted: 10/27/2004 9:21:10 PM EDT
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1st: Fully industrialized, capitalist economy (ie. US, Western Europe, Japan, etc.)
2nd: Industrialized, communist (or post-communist?) economy (ie. (at least formerly) Russia and eastern Europe) 3rd: Developing, partly industrialized (ie. Latin America, China, etc.) 4th: Undeveloped, minimal industrialization (mostly in sub-Saharan Africa) Lockdon, that is the first time I have ever heard of a "5th World"; hate to live there... |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 9:52:58 PM EDT
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All things explained with illustrative examples given:
Old world - Europe, Russia New World - USA, Canada Third World - almost the entire African continent |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 10:04:39 PM EDT
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a country that is not starving but still hates the USA
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Posted: 10/27/2004 10:14:05 PM EDT
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I think that it's 1st World- free states, 2nd world, communist bloc, 3rd world, those that are not supported or satellite states of either combination of countries.
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