You’ve heard it 1,000 times on the news: “Third World” countries. It’s used in headlines, politics, and everyday speech, often as shorthand for poverty, chaos, or “backwardness”. This video breaks down where the term “Third World’ actually comes from, and how a Cold War-era label turned into a permanent stereotype.
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