Well,the term obviously had not come into use yet, obviously, but that is not what you are asking. I think pre-revolutionary Tsarist Russian, which certainly had substantial foreign capital driven industrialisation, certainly could be described that way,and the Revolution did not change that with any great rapidity, so yes. In post-Cold War terms, early Soviet Russia was third world.
The IOC have never given the Games to a third world country before. Now they have,and it's going to be a right cock-up. I have no idea why they did this. I assume Beijing offered better bribes than Toronto. Yeah,I'm that cynical.
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Date: 2008-05-16 10:12 pm (UTC)In post-Cold War terms, early Soviet Russia was third world.
The IOC have never given the Games to a third world country before. Now they have,and it's going to be a right cock-up.
I have no idea why they did this. I assume Beijing offered better bribes than Toronto. Yeah,I'm that cynical.