Re: Villain of the Week: Bolder Technology Corp

[Alberto Monteiro]

Ronn Blankenship wrote:
> 
> Whatever the proper term is, though, is there anywhere a list 
> of which countries fall into each category?  I don't think 
> I've ever heard of any specific nation being listed in the 
> middle category ("second world" or "nations in transition" 
> or whatever).
> 
Of course you haven't, because these countries aren't rich
enough or troublesome enough to hit the news. What's fun
about countries that have had democratic elections for at 
least a decade, whose economy is stable except for short
periods of crisis where prices go up by some 50% or so,
whose corrupt politicians are tolerated, but occasionaly
one or two are hunted and put in jail, and where natural
disasters kill tens of people?

BTW, the "Second World" term used to refer to the Communist
countries, and "Third World" would be the rest of it. Then,
"Third World" was split, to create a "Fouth World". With
the Fall of Communism, it was necessary to recreate those
cathegories.

Alberto Monteiro