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Trump says US will 'permanently pause' migration from 'third world countries' (www.bbc.com)
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[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago (3 children)

US is definitely a 3rd world country. But if we want to use the original meaning, its a 2nd world.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

No the original meaning is us and us allies first world, Russia and Russian allies 2nd world, unaffiliated countries are third world.

This is what I mean by people don't understand it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World