Current Events > real talk, america isn't 1st world

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- 45 million people (15%) are below the poverty line
- worst debt (-787 billion dollars)
- annual climate disasters
- no free health care
- 3rd world internet, phone, and cable services
- 50th in life expectancy
- literally going to be outperformed by china and india in 2030
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America was the definition of first world
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So edge, much woah
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says an american living in a suburban house posting on an internet forum
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

America was the definition of first world

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Damn_Underscore posted...

says an american living in a suburban house posting on an internet forum

There might be poor people but they get SSI. Third world countries don't do SSI or food stamps. Most people in America don't starve. The only ones that do are the ones that refuse to follow rules and sign up for services

FightingGames posted...

- literally going to be outperformed by china and india in 2030

Predicted to be in second place in 13 years

"Patriots looking vulnerable in 2030 guys"
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chill02 posted...

UnholyMudcrab posted...

America was the definition of first world

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I don't see what 3, 4 and 5 have to do with being first world or not, but your other points are accurate.

Speaking of internet though, my family in eastern Europe who visited America for vacation said that their internet is better than any internet they used here. Yea....
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMqcLUqYqrs
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Wasn't the whole first world mumbo jumbo based off of what side people picked? Not wealth and shit.
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Wasn't the whole first world mumbo jumbo based off of what side people picked? Not wealth and shit.

First world was the U.S. and its allies
Second world was the Soviet Union and its allies
Third world was the non-aligned countries
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