Talk:Fourth World (disambiguation)
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We aren't represented by Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO), so we are not the World, but we are the Fifth World, Roadrunner! You yourself said it, and even made my thoughts a lot less irrational than they seemed initially.
All we are seeking is representation, and since the First, Second, Third, and even Fourth World have refused to acknowledge and represent us, and they all take taxes from us, we had no legal recourse by founding our own "world", the Fifth World. Keep up the good work!
HM Cesidio Tallini, Father of the Fifth World
More seriously, there is no mention or link to Third world in this entry, and no explanation of why the text
- "Among economists Fourth World is used to denote the poorest nations of the world who have not experienced economic advancement since the end of World War II. Most nations in this definition of the fourth world are in subsaharan Africa."
doesn't merely describe the Third World. Wetman 19:11, 30 Jun 2004 (UTC)
First Nations = Fourth World
[edit]According to this article The term "Fourth World" was "coined in the early 1970s by Shuswap Chief George Manuel, refers to widely unknown nations (cultural entities) of indigenous peoples, 'First Nations', living within or across national state boundaries."