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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: first world, second world, old world, new world #22538 03/12/2001 8:44 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon I've always used the term "second-world" to reference countries that are trying to dig their way out of a potentially third-world crisis situation by employing the methods of capitalism to limited success. I characterize a lot of the travelling I've done as second-world (esp. Korea and Ecuador). There's abundant poverty, plenty of environmental pollution and political corruption (not unlike the first-world, if you ask "Don't-Blame-Me-I-Voted-for-Nader" me)... to me, second-world is only a matter of who employed the methodology first. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted first world, second world, old world, new world BlanchePatch 03/12/2001 8:21 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new world Fiberbabe 03/12/2001 8:44 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new world Faldage 03/13/2001 2:05 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new world Fiberbabe 03/14/2001 2:31 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new world maverick 03/14/2001 4:35 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new world musick 03/14/2001 10:50 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new world Faldage 03/12/2001 8:54 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new world belligerentyouth 03/13/2001 7:37 AM Re: first world, second world, old world, new worl BlanchePatch 03/13/2001 1:09 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new worl wow 03/13/2001 1:23 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new worl Jazzoctopus 03/13/2001 9:30 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new worl belligerentyouth 03/14/2001 9:19 AM Re: first world, second world, old world, new worl BlanchePatch 03/14/2001 11:43 AM Re: first world, second world, old world, new worl belligerentyouth 03/14/2001 12:28 PM Re: first world, second world, old world, new worl Bean 03/14/2001 1:20 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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