While I agree with the point you are making I just want to point out that neither the USSR nor China ever were first world countries. That term merely defines a countries’ relationship with and position to Nato and the Warsaw pact members and has nothing to do with economic output or the development index.
1st world means being Nato aligned, 2nd world means Warsaw pact/USSR aligned and 3rd world were the unaligned countries. Sweden was technically a third world country in the cold war.
While I agree with the point you are making I just want to point out that neither the USSR nor China ever were first world countries. That term merely defines a countries’ relationship with and position to Nato and the Warsaw pact members and has nothing to do with economic output or the development index. 1st world means being Nato aligned, 2nd world means Warsaw pact/USSR aligned and 3rd world were the unaligned countries. Sweden was technically a third world country in the cold war.
That was true back when.
Nowadays the terms are used in regards to economic output and the development index.
But without any kind of rules as to what constitutes a 1. 2. 3. world country. People are seriously calling the USA a third world country