What makes Thailand a third world country?

[theguyfromanotherforum]

I will probably live in Thailand more than Canada. I just like it better. To me it's a better place to live in, but I just can't get over certain things that make Thailand an extremely obvious 3rd world country.

My example is public busses. The complete disregard for the customer and the way the busses don't even stop when people with children or elderly enter and exit unlike in Canada and I assume other developed countries where I see people take their sweet time to do so. Also any lack of facilities on the bus for disabled people makes it very third country.

What would be your example?

[mesquite]

Oh, how do I love to bash the Thais? Let me count the ways.

[theguyfromanotherforum]

There is a difference between bashing and facts.

[Lukecan]

Anyone who calls Thailand a third world country probably hasn't been to a third world country before. Go to Sudan, South Sudan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Bangladesh , Myanmar etc, these can be regarded as 3rd world countries. Bangkok has a public transport infrastructure which rivals that of the first world. Skytrain is amazing, the highways road system is above average etc.

Thailand is an emerging country, def not 3rd world.

[Scott]

Discussing the country is fine. Disparaging remarks directed at all Thais will not be permitted.

Please exercise care in your posts.

[A1Str8]

Just about everything.

[ravip]

There is a difference between bashing and facts.

Really the truth is the 1st world mentality will never 'sync' else where.

The developed should reside in their own birth places.

[JockPieandBeans]

Anyone who calls Thailand a third world country probably hasn't been to a third world country before. Go to Sudan, South Sudan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Bangladesh , Myanmar etc, these can be regarded as 3rd world countries. Bangkok has a public transport infrastructure which rivals that of the first world. Skytrain is amazing, the highways road system is above average etc.

Thailand is an emerging country, def not 3rd world.

I could add a lot more.

Thailand a 3rd World Country. Not by a long shot.

[CharlieH]

Its not a "nanny" state thank God ! stop trying to make it one, why oh why do people have to make comparisons to the place they would leave given the chance. It is what it is, now leave it the hell alone or just stay in your "nanny" cotton wool you precious little thing.

[simon43]

Thailand is not a third=world country.

But many aspects of this country that we take for granted in our home countries or other, more developed countries are absolutely 'third-world'

[theguyfromanotherforum]

I guess I should have phrased the question differently.

[HeijoshinCool]

I guess I should have phrased the question differently.

.

Maybe … what about Thailand makes it a first-world country?

That would cut down on the confrontational posts.

Of course, it would also cut down on posts altogether.

[kevvy]

It is amazing how many westerners want to come and live in this "third world country "

[HeijoshinCool]

It is amazing how many westerners want to come and live in this "third world country "

.

Not really. Some personality types prefer living in a third-world country. To each his own.

But they could just a well stay home. With all the overwhelming debt, pretty soon our own countries will be third world.

[kevvy]

I was being sarcastic . Living here is great .

[richard_smith237]

Is the term Third World still used ?

I thought Thailand was classed as a developing nation.

To reach 'Developed' status a good start would be the eradication of corruption and nepotism which at current levels damage the country to such a degree issues impacting the everyday lives of the average citizen, visitor and tourist wouldn't exist.

[uptheos]

I think the main reason that the OP thinks Thailand is a 3rd world country is because he has never traveled and seen a third world country.

If he had then he wouldn't have wrote such a ridiculous post, which demonstrates his lack of knowledge regarding the 3rd world.

[Swiss1960]

I guess I should have phrased the question differently.

.

Maybe … what about Thailand makes it a first-world country?

That would cut down on the confrontational posts.

Of course, it would also cut down on posts altogether.

and... it would stop the majority of expat to live here, since they could not afford to live in a first-world country anymore...

[theguyfromanotherforum]

I wanna apologize. It's a poorly worded title. However I do think that public bus service is definitely third world country like. This does not include bts or MRT which is definitely better than where I come from.

[Thai at Heart]

Selective enforcement.

Police and courts are a joke.

[Eddy B]

Clean drinkable running water puts a country up a notch. Not the bottled stuff from the shop.

[Swiss1960]

what defines a third world country? basically

- extrem poverty..

- lacking industry

- lacking infrastructure (TV, Internet, Phone connections, electricity, water)

- lacking health system

- lacking education system

any of these things that you would say Thailand suffers from?

[theguyfromanotherforum]

*Deleted post edited out*

So you think it's OK for busses to be in deplorable condition where drivers don't have any responsibility for the passengers? That makes it a third world in my book.

BTW...I was born in a third world country so I know what it is better than you.

[Swiss1960]

I guess I should have phrased the question differently.

how about asking this way:

what steps must Thailand take in order to become a first-world country...

but then my answer would be that I hope they will never try that but only change few things and slowly, so that the Thai people can follow these steps...

I like Thailand the way it is with all good and bad things.. it is the country with which I did fall in love... it is like a marriage vow... "in good times and in bad times"...

[sirineou]

Nothing makes Thailand a third world country, because it is not a third world country

before one starts a Thread, one owns it to himself, and to his readers to at the very least , do some basic resesrch

Google is your friend " what makes a country third world"

[Swiss1960]

Nothing makes Thailand a third world country, because it is not a third world country

before one starts a Thread, one owns it to himself, and to his readers to at the very least , do some basic resesrch

Google is your friend " what makes a country third world"

or look at my post here http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/798456-what-makes-thailand-a-third-world-country/?p=9042601 :-)

[sirineou]

Nothing makes Thailand a third world country, because it is not a third world country

before one starts a Thread, one owns it to himself, and to his readers to at the very least , do some basic resesrch

Google is your friend " what makes a country third world"

or look at my post here http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/798456-what-makes-thailand-a-third-world-country/?p=9042601 :-)

Good point

unfortunately, I knew from page one, what affect the OP was designed to get and where this thread was headed

I missed enough time from my life reading the OP to devote any more reading the replies

so I missed apropos replies such as yours

[daveAustin]

Careful, op, you'll upset the loved-up numpties. But, yes, Muang Thai is 'developing', dear boy, not a languishing hole, you've committed a big faux-pas there. It's got semi-decent highways, a massive factory base, a thriving capital, infrastructure and some very clever young folk. However, one could be forgiven for thinking the contrary when observing some of the thought processes and absolute disregard for others that take place, ON OCCASION, where facets of Buddhism are routinely cast aside.

[FritsSikkink]

There is a difference between bashing and facts.

It is a fact that the whole idea of third world countries is outdated.

http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/third_world_countries.htm

[FritsSikkink]

I wanna apologize. It's a poorly worded title. However I do think that public bus service is definitely third world country like. This does not include bts or MRT which is definitely better than where I come from.

So you classify a whole countries performance solely on their bus service? How is Canada's public transport system outside the big cities classified?