First World Problems
Onemunki says: We live in a world of genuine tragedy, starvation and terror. So, after hearing stories of cruise line passengers complaining at the air conditioning breaking down, what stories of sheer single-minded self-pity get your goat?
( , Thu 1 Mar 2012, 12:00)
Onemunki says: We live in a world of genuine tragedy, starvation and terror. So, after hearing stories of cruise line passengers complaining at the air conditioning breaking down, what stories of sheer single-minded self-pity get your goat?
( , Thu 1 Mar 2012, 12:00)
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History Lesson!
Second World originally referred to communist states, as a result of the cold war. First World related to the Allied nations, and third were neutral. It just so happened that the neutral countries were also very poor, so it became an economic distinction.
Australia was always first world. Second World largely no longer exists, either in the economic or political sense.
( , Sun 4 Mar 2012, 19:09, Reply)
Second World originally referred to communist states, as a result of the cold war. First World related to the Allied nations, and third were neutral. It just so happened that the neutral countries were also very poor, so it became an economic distinction.
Australia was always first world. Second World largely no longer exists, either in the economic or political sense.
( , Sun 4 Mar 2012, 19:09, Reply)
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