The term "third world" was made up during the cold war to identify and belittle developing countries that were maturing but not strong enough to defend themselves who had also not picked a side in said cold war. They have been systematically plundered of anything of value by the "first world" countries. There's no doubt they're not in good shape but the biggest reason that is is any means they had to not be like that were stolen and continue to be stolen from them.
Gold, diamonds, copper, lithium, oil, wood, water, anything of value. More recently the plundering has taken the form of just money, though still not exclusively.
I've thought about that too. When the police are human there's a natural deterrent there in that most people don't want to hurt someone else. If it's a robot way fewer are going to give a shit
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antifa_ceo@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 13h
Is the joke here racism?
Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 3h
I guess so…
I’ve noticed a lot of 9gag level memes in this community recently - I keep checking I’m not in a shitposting place.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 13h
wdym, America has so-called "self driving" cars
LillyPip@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 16h
Maybe stop stealing from the poor and they’ll stop stealing from you. As it is, stealing from the rich is self defense.
db2@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 16h
3rd world is a concept cooked up by the Epstein class and they actively work to make it like that. Just saying.
Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 4h
3rd world was originally termed to indicate countries not taking part in the Cold War, or so I was taught.
redparadise@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 10h
Could you elaborate
db2@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 10h
The term "third world" was made up during the cold war to identify and belittle developing countries that were maturing but not strong enough to defend themselves who had also not picked a side in said cold war. They have been systematically plundered of anything of value by the "first world" countries. There's no doubt they're not in good shape but the biggest reason that is is any means they had to not be like that were stolen and continue to be stolen from them.
Gold, diamonds, copper, lithium, oil, wood, water, anything of value. More recently the plundering has taken the form of just money, though still not exclusively.
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions/2021/5/6/rich-countries-drained-152tn-from-the-global-south-since-1960
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/may/24/world-is-plundering-africa-wealth-billions-of-dollars-a-year
https://www.colorado.edu/polisci/2024/03/28/exclusion-wealth-within-developing-countries
The same economic class perpetrates both things.
Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -7 pts · 16h
yeah and we are all american with trillions of gdp
db2@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 16h
I don't know what that's supposed to mean. Much of the Epstein class isn't American.
FatVegan@leminal.space · 3 pts · 7h
But they have "self driving cars" in north america.
ignotum@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 16h
The third world? I thought we only had two
Those being the surface world and the hollow earth world
i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 11h
This is Moon People erasure
ignotum@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2h
The moon people will be acknowledged... over my dead body!
ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 8h
Fuck "self"-driving cars. Clogging the roads with dangerous unpredictable vehicles is a bad idea. Look at all the accidents they're causing.
Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -2 pts · 17h
Same goes for the autonomous robots, 10s thousands of dollar device walking around with no supervision, yeah that's not going to last a day
Paradachshund@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 16h
I've thought about that too. When the police are human there's a natural deterrent there in that most people don't want to hurt someone else. If it's a robot way fewer are going to give a shit