[Mungus the Foon]

a third world country is classified by the GDP per capita being below a certain level. any country with a GDP per capita below that level is classified as third world or developing to PC morons.
a better measure which is being used more recently is the purchasing power which the people have with the money they earn.
you will have noticed that in countries where the general income is lower goods are cheaper. for this reason it pisses me off when read things saying oh no! there are people out there living on less than £1 a day! boo hoo. i know from experience that it is quite possible to live on less than that quite comfortably as a tourist let alone as a local. in a local restaurant (shed with food for sale) you can get a good meal and a cup of tea for about 8p. you can get a good room for about 60p if you look around. so these people should all die.
back to subject, purchasing power measures whether or not people can live comfortably on the money they get. many people in third world countries can but not as comfortably as we can and many can't. if you travel around nepal you will see people living in sheds by the side of the road, same in india. that is how a third world country is defined. yes, they are used to it and it seems normal but it is a third world country anyway.

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