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1. gentoobro (gentoobro@gleasonator.com)'s status on Friday, 05-Apr-2024 10:43:10 JST gentoobro

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   • Vril
   @Vril_Oreilly @sj_zero The Third World has no practical infrastructure or basic rule of law. In Congo, there's no tap water to drink or power to go out. In Mexico, a $20 bribe gets you out of not having a driver's license. In Congo, goons of the warlord that passes for the local government just rape you and steal your car.
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   • sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Friday, 05-Apr-2024 10:43:39 JST sj_zero

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     • Vril
     I believe the numbering of "worlds" is a relic of the cold war, the first world being developed democratic capitalist countries, the second world being communism, and the third world being anything else. Today I think it would be undeveloped or underdeveloped nations, developing nations, and developed nations.
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