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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Are Paying Off Nigeria's $76M Debt... by dreen on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @07:16AM (#16157620)
third world countries originally ment states not aligned with USA, Nazi Germany or USSR, during and after ww2. this actually included ireland.
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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Are Paying Off Nigeria's $76M Debt... by baud147258 on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @08:09AM (#16157854)
Yeah, but that's not the meaning currently used since the end of the cold war.
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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Are Paying Off Nigeria's $76M Debt... by dreen on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @08:30AM (#16157992)
I didn't say it was. But I do prefer a political meaning to the economic one.
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