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brooklynite

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2. I'v lived in a third world nation...

Reply to abqtommy (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 17, 2021, 08:08 PM

Jun 2021

As bad as our poverty situation is, we are in no way approaching “third world”.

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America, a "3rd world nation"? [View all] mac2766 Jun 2021 OP

In many ways and for many people America is a "3rd world nation". We can do much better abqtommy Jun 2021 #1

I'v lived in a third world nation... brooklynite Jun 2021 #2

I believe the point is that there are pockets of poverty in the US... Wounded Bear Jun 2021 #4

I agree. rownesheck Jun 2021 #6

1st World nations area51 Jun 2021 #3

Our voting laws are getting near 3rd world apartheid, we're need to be higher on democracy index uponit7771 Jun 2021 #5

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