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[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 days ago

Can someone show me on a map where "the west" starts?

[-] Allero@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Essentially every country settled primarily by Europeans or their descendants, except somehow Latin America, Russia and Belarus, and, debatable, a few other European countries :D And potentially including Israel

[-] Rinox@feddit.it 3 points 1 day ago

There was once a term used for this, first world (US and allies) second world (USSR and allies) and third world (neutral-ish nations)

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

The reason latin america is excluded from the west is because 1) they don't exploit other countries via finance capital, and 2) most of them preserve both their indigenous cultures and populations, in a way that would be intolerable to US or Israeli settlers.

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