What do we mean by third world country? Is there a first and a second?

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What do we mean by third world country? Is there a first and a second?

2007-12-08 07:16:55 · 2 answers · asked by pixilated 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy

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In the parlance of the post-WWII world, the first and second worlds were the "free" nations (the U.S. and its allies) and the Communist bloc (USSR and its allies) while the third world was made up of the unaligned former colonial nations of Africa, Asia and Central & South America. The struggle for world domination revolved around the first and second worlds "battling" each other by supporting Third World revolutions and economic exploitation.

2007-12-08 07:27:03 · answer #1 · answered by Reverend Black Grape 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The first and second are the western democracies and the communist bloc.

2007-12-08 07:24:31 · answer #2 · answered by Steve A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋