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by swiley 3008 days ago
>I'm from a third world country(Germany)

I was under the impression that "third world" was supposed to be defined as "a country that was not on the axis or allied side during all of World War 2." Your use of the term directly contradicts this definition.

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I was under the impression that it was irony. ;)

Also it was the Cold War, not WWII. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World

>The term "Third World" arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO or the Communist Bloc.