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    14 hours ago

    “1st, 2nd, and 3rd World” designations were always problematic, but at least they made some sense in the 20th century Cold War.

    The “1st World” is Western Democratic Capitalist States. (The US and NATO nations).

    The “2nd World” was a designation for Soviet states. (Though, if we were to modernize this language, I would say that BRICS is our contemporary “2nd World”.)

    The “3rd World” was just “everyone else”, but eventually became synonymous with “poor and industrializing nations”.

    What would a “4th World” nation be?