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minus-squareMrMonkeylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoWhy could the US be categorized as being part of the CCCP/CCP/Warsaw Pact? Or do we not know what the three worlds are?
minus-squarenednobbinslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIn the original usage, those would have been part of the “second world”. The “third world” was mostly what is now called “the global south”.
minus-squareludlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAnd a few other countries here and there that were neutral, like Switzerland, Sweden, and Finland.
Why could the US be categorized as being part of the CCCP/CCP/Warsaw Pact?
Or do we not know what the three worlds are?
In the original usage, those would have been part of the “second world”. The “third world” was mostly what is now called “the global south”.
And a few other countries here and there that were neutral, like Switzerland, Sweden, and Finland.
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