Comment on Why is the US not considered a third world country?
bstix@feddit.dk 10 months agoWhat definition and what dictionary?
Comment on Why is the US not considered a third world country?
bstix@feddit.dk 10 months agoWhat definition and what dictionary?
Grimy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/third world
bstix@feddit.dk 10 months ago
USA doesn’t fit any of those definitions anyway.
I know what OP means, 3rd world is just not the right word.
USA is a banana republic
MarciaLynnDorsett@lemmy.world 10 months ago
america makes banana republics. america is an empire
Grimy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Oh 100%, I’m just saying his use of the word is in no way wrong like half the comments seem to imply. Everyone knew exactly what he meant and the definition is in most dictionaries.