Why is every first world country white?

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hahahmm · Accepted Answer

I'd look at counter examples to consider... The questions I pose are food for thought & you don't need to actually answer them.

The concept of 3rd world went away with the end of the Cold War, I believe. People realized that simply dividing the world into 2 camps didn't give a lot of detail so we have the Human Development Index (HDI) that allows you to see stuff like where one country ranks compared to any other country. "The HDI is a summary composite measure of a country's average achievements in three basic aspects of human development: health, knowledge and standard of living." The higher the HDI the more developed/advanced.

1. The nation of Georgia is the ancestral homeland of Caucasians, basically. It has a lower HDI than the African nation of Seychelles which is 90% black. Seychelles also has a higher HDI than Mexico.
2. Russia is NOT a 1st world nation yet is mostly white. Why is that?
3. According to your own map Japan is a 1st world nation. But it's not white.
4. Your map has an error. It claims that South Korea isn't 1st world... but South Korea is definitely on the official list of 1st word industrialized nations.

See https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/hdi-by-country

EnglishEuropean · Accepted Answer

They aren't. America isn't even white.

Aurora1010 · Accepted Answer

According to that South Korea and China are third world 😂 I know some in China live in poverty, but there's no way with China's GDP it could be third world.
Other countries in that red map aren't third world either

karaspara · Accepted Answer

Because of recent history where we progressed and took over faster wasn't always like that

Anonymous · Answer

WHAT? South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore are third world? HOW? No way is Kazakhstan more advanced than those. No way are Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Mauritius and Greenland third world. Even Iran and those North African and Arab states are at most second world. Though that term was used to apply to Communist countries and isn't even accurate anymore.

Although this map is inaccurate, I understand the point you're trying to make. But it's hard to make this argument without someone calling you a racist. And really it's White and East Asian countries. Personally, I think it comes down to culture and work ethic. White and Asian people have different priorities. They care about security, quality of life and economic growth. While other races just want to sit around wait for handouts. White and Asian leaders also in general seem to be less racist and less corrupt, and care about their country as a whole, while other races have corrupt leaders who only care to benefit THEIR race or tribe/ethnicity. But the first thing I mentioned too. Because it's no accident that even in places like Brazil and Colombia, the safest and richest places are the ones that have majority White populations. Even in the Caribbean, the colonial islands are far better off than the soveirgn islands.

One Latina said on here before, that Whites think they need to have a good job and education to be respected, while other races think they need to have a tough reputation on the street to survive and be respected.

BCA6010 · Answer

Care to explain why Denmark is green but the Greenland territory is red? Or how China and Russia aren't at least on the same tier? Or how Turkey is "third world" but Kazakhstan is allegedly more developed? I would take your source with a pretty heavy grain of salt.

MCheetah · Answer

South Korea and Japan aren't white...

But to answer your question, Environmental Determinism. Or, white people lived in the best habitats on the planet, so had a headstart when it came to civilization building, and later on, conquering. (The Egyptians and Mayans are rare exceptions, and China has just always had horrible leadership.)

BrosephBrostar · Answer

Because that classification only has relevance to Cold War politics. The First World was US and its allies and the Second World was the USSR and its allies. Of course a country that has strong European, in particular English, roots, is going to be allied with the European countries.

Anonymous · Answer

First, you have to understand what a first world country is. A first world country is one who fought with the allies against the axis during World War 2. Non-white people were treated as inferior at the time and white countries would not work with them. Prior to world war 2 (and continuing to this day), non-white countries were/are frequently pillaged and raped by white countries, leaving them underdeveloped and rife with problems that were caused by outside interference from white colonizers, which typically left behind death and suffering in their wake everywhere they went.

RolandCuthbert · Answer

1. You have to believe in the batshit theory of race.

2. I think many non-"White" folks would dispute this supposed First World status. Especially since China is on the verge of becoming the world's biggest economy and the leader in science and technology. They just mastered quantum teleportation.

BeMuse · Answer

Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan would all fall in with the first world. Singapore is close but they lack the diplomatic alliances. They often try to stay neutral because they are very small and poorly positioned geographically to take a stand with the first world against China. Hong Kong use to be on track to be first world, until they folded to mainland and now they are a shit show...

menina · Answer

I don't believe in "First World" and "Third World" countries. We're all on the same planet, this is just another way of showing that some countries are "superior" and others "inferior". Which is stupid and it's not true at all.
Anyways, I guess that happens because of colonialism. Europeans were responsible for it and they had time to steal other countries to develop theirs. And most Europeans are white.

Jlegacy · Answer

No one should call my country third world. Nigeria is the New York of Africa. The London of UK. Nothing third world about it.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

The first (which is not a ''ranking'') world is set up of ''Western'' style countries. These have a mostly white-ish population.
You could as well ask why all bicycles have TWO tyres.
I have often met people with a mindset that ''first'' is better than ''second'' is better than ''third''.
Which is silly. We are not in a football tournament.
We could as well call it A-world, B-world etc.

laraWM · Answer

Because those countries decided which ones will be the first world

Mangospacho · Answer

Russia and Eastern Europe could be considered white and they are considered second world nations. There is also a large part of South America that could be considered white since they are Portuguese and Spanish descent. Many of these countries in Central and South America have very corrupt governments so that is definitely a factor.

Cryptoanonne · Answer

There are many parts of the US I wouldn't consider 'first world'. Also why do you consider some Mediterannean people 'white' but not others? You including Sicilians under 'white'? What about southern Spain? This is a very American question lol

darkcloud1945 · Answer

You forgot China they had a civilization while we were still swing in trees so why are you not saying they were Yellow Race they conquered half the known world White were next and you bitching about them. But you forgot the first conquers the seat of all civilization on this planet Africa they litterally conquered the world but they were black brown non white so your argument is moot Every color has had their turn at the top of the heap since time started and before

disgustingweebtrash · Answer

first/second/third world have no real meaning, it's just cold war era labelling

China is third world, but it's basically first world in terms of development and economy. So not all first world countries are white.

exitseven · Answer

That is a good question. The one I always wonder about is why do all these places with good climate and nice beaches usually have shit for an economy except for tourism and the local usually live in poverty.

TallAnon · Answer

First come, first served.
I'm Dutch, we got rich because of trade, including slave trade. We got a golden age because of it and still profit from the boost it gave us. Our biggest export is managers, knowledge, something we only gathered because we had a good life and had time to advance forward.
That's the only reason we're a first world country, we took the opportunity 100s of years ago and we still profit from it.

CreamySeed · Answer

The USA owes its prosperity to Western Europe, Japan and SK to the USA and allies after WW2. The middle east would still be sand and camel fvckers if we didn't need their oil. I’d say the seed corn of global standard of living increases came from western Europe and the industrial revolution

HighValue · Answer

There are also Asian first world countries. It is because White and Asian people accomplished over 99% of human achievements and all the rest accomplished nearly nothing for thousands of years.

Avicenna · Answer

Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and, South Korea aren't. Neither is the UAE

Andres77 · Answer

take a wild guess? but don't forget china nor India. and I bet few people even know where "3rd world" originated. so if there's a first world and a third world... who's the second world?

t-8900 · Answer

You don't consider Japan and South Korea 1st world at this point?

Flower7 · Answer

A lot of those Middle Eastern countries are EXTREMELY wealthy. They have oil for one thing.

Sarahr123 · Answer

Because they colonised the originally richest parts of the world and established power and took their money

normalice · Answer

Because white supremacists colored that map (it is completely wrong).

Celtero · Answer

Because the industrial revolution happened in England and it spread throughout countries that were similar and close in proximity.

kqueen · Answer

Europe invaded/subjugated basically everywhere, which kinda puts a dampener on development

NathanDavis · Answer

first, because they named themselves that... and also, because of colonialism

DWornock · Answer

The question is false. Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore are first-world countries and that may include Hong Kong.

drakethibault1 · Answer

Japan and South Korea is coloured as a first world.

FinalFantasyBro · Answer

European countries has a history of colonization, whenever any other country try to progress the Europeans honestly said ain't going to happen.

anylolone · Answer

Not every. Japan, singapore, taiwan, etc, are first world countries.

Fromdusktilldawn · Answer

History classes explain it. It starts with the iron age and industrialization in Europe followed by colonization

m33lad · Answer

I live in a 3rd world country and I’m a first world. I have peace here and No copy’s bothering me with pity bull shits

Anonymous · Answer

Europeans developed the fasted technologically over the last 500 years and exported that to the rest of the world. Most of the first world is a former British colony.

KrakenAttackin · Answer

"RACISM"!! There, I beat you liberals to the punch.

Anonymous · Answer

I only know  Invading other  US Petrodollar deal with OPEC countries  Japan because of plaza accord G5 country's help japan grow

Snakeyes7 · Answer

Because that is the skin color of the people who live there. Europe in particular is always white.

SmokinAces2000 · Answer

There’s no such things those are just labels countries are countries

Anonymous · Answer

Maybe for the moment but what had been will be again. And who defined first world anyway.

Anonymous · Answer

Because they rated the resources and killed off the native populations in those countries. They also used slavery on a mass scale

Anonymous · Answer

Its almost like some races / cultures produce better socieites that everyone wants to join...

Jouth · Answer

whit people have lighter skin and are solar powered. It's easier for more money

IAMNathanael · Answer

Not true. I see you hiding over there, Japan.

Abdulwahh · Answer

Truth is because of the scrabble for africa you know what happened

Anonymous · Answer

China, ? Japan? China literary has the USA by the balls. Your own military report to China first.

Birdlegs · Answer

Cuz of industrialization and greed.

Cnlngler · Answer

What do you mean by white?

OddBeMe · Answer

Because we defined first world.

Lynx122 · Answer

This map is wrong.

Anonymous · Answer

Doesn’t Africa have a few first world

grega239 · Answer

Technology

Jamie05rhs · Answer

Colonialism

Dinosaursandanime65 · Answer

I don’t know

Anonymous · Answer

Its green

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