I don't like the phrase "third world" because it's used 99% of the time as politically ignorant shorthand for "poor"
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I find "First World" and "Third World" are often used the same way Europeans used the terms "Civilised" and "Uncivilised"
belt and road is making third-world countries look ________
Give it another decade or two and the US look up in awe to the infrastructure of third world countries.
Its not making US infra look third world because US infra is third world
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