D:
The set of countries who have worked hard and managed their economies properly, and become rich.
As opposed to the countries which have chosen a course of communism and/or corruption and remained poor.
Leftists like to believe that the wealth has
come through exploitation of the third world
through a history of colonialization. This is odd because
- Most of the wealth of the first world has been accumulated since colonies were abandoned.
- Places like the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand were also colonies, and have done quite well for themselves.
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