r/USdefaultism • u/savvy_Idgit • 12d ago

Reddit "American App"

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Sigh, maybe I shouldn't have taken the ragebait and just lived my life.

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u/CelestialSegfault Indonesia 12d ago

"third world country" isn't and shouldn't be an insult. placing countries that are fucked over and countries that fucked them over in the same category is.

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u/Beneficial-Ad3991 12d ago

And guess what, it wasn't. Up until the Cold War ended and the division into 3 worlds lost its meaning. People were more than happy then to immediately misappropriate it.

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u/CelestialSegfault Indonesia 12d ago

assuming people are still using the old definition would be deliberate ignorance. no, we're apparently so piss-poor that white people use us as an insult. the same people whose ancestors made us the way we are.

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u/Beneficial-Ad3991 12d ago

Oh, I know that we do. I'm just saying that it's dumb of us. Especially when some of the third world countries now fare better than certain first and second world ones.