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Re:Hotel guest in Thailand jailed for defamation after posti... by IncRnd on Monday September 28, 2020 @10:24AM (#24616900)
First, Second, and Third world country designations originated as US-aligned, Soviet-aligned, and non-aligned.

However, the meanings of these have changed from political designations to economic designationms.

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Re:Hotel guest in Thailand jailed for defamation after posti... by monadic2 on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @03:40PM (#24632029)
Ahh, so i take it russia, Brazil, and China are all first world countries now?

Economically, american citizens have much lower access to basic social services and we let people die on the street with vacant housing in the neighborhood. Does that make us second world or third world?

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