frazorth to United KingdomEnglish · 1 year agoBritain is a developing countrywww.sambowman.coexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down12 cross-posted to: globalpolitics@lemmy.worldtechnews@radiation.party
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minus-squarestarlinguk@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoIs going backwards “developing”, though?
minus-squarefrazorthOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoIt is if it is a classification of country. It isn’t a compliment [Edit] To be clear, it’s the modern term for what used to be “third world”, since a lot of countries that would be considered “third world” (Africa and Asia minus Japan) are now industrial or post-industrial. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/developing-nation
Is going backwards “developing”, though?
It is if it is a classification of country.
It isn’t a compliment
[Edit] To be clear, it’s the modern term for what used to be “third world”, since a lot of countries that would be considered “third world” (Africa and Asia minus Japan) are now industrial or post-industrial.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/developing-nation