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According to me there is nothing called developed or underdeveloped countries. These grooves were created eons ago and they must go.
I am on writing sites and meet several who claim to be from the developed countries. I am financially comfortable and I write to just give vent to my writing prowess. Those coins that jingle in my paypal account just give me excitement but not my bread,. There are several from the developed countries – pardonme I just detest that term – who pick pennies for their survival.
A lot of my extended family are doctors and computer experts working in the US and several from developed countries are working under them.
My English is far superior to those native English speakers who have picked up their basic language phonetically whereas I have learnt it in a school. I do not say ‘I use to’ but there are several native speakers say that. The correct phrase is ‘I used to’ I can write a dictionary of wrong spellings, wrong words, grammatical errors all coming from these so called native English speakers belonging to developed countries.
Technology is for everyone. Gone are the days when studying was restricted to within the four walls of a classroom. Everyone, as long as they have an internet connection has access to knowledge. And this fact is totally ignored when some still think there are different grooves. Grooves do exist which could be divided into literate and illiterate and that’s it.
I had to spew this because there is a site where a Canadian is ruling the roost. The site owner is not from the developed world but I feel sorry for him as this dictator is leading him down the garden path.
Wake up everyone. If you have access to knowledge that is all that is necessary without having any complex whether you belong to the developed or underdeveloped world.
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I have to agree very much with you that such terms as "developed" or "developing" have little meaning when we speak of individuals from whatever country. Nor were they ever intended to be used in that manner. The main difference between countries labelled one way or another is the level of economic development and infrastructure has been achieved. A country that is considered developed tends to have a more stable economy, more developed industry and technologies, and offers more services to its citizens (public schools, universal health care, sanitation and transport, etc.) This is no reflection on the character of the nation's people.
In any country, there are people who are well-off and those who are not. Similarly, there are those who are educated formally and those who have not been fortunate to have the education they would have wanted to have. And in most of the world today, the gap between the "haves" and the "have-nots" is getting bigger by the minute.
The internet is a force for equality, and this has been recognized by some governments who have put specific measures in place to help their citizens gain access to computers and internet connections. The internet is also a force for communication and for the education of people all over the world. It levels the playing field so that our individual personalities become the focal point, rather than our countries of origin.
Today, only those who fail to move beyond their own petty prejudices will hold up a person's nationality as if it is some kind of a sign for good or evil. Most of us have grown far beyond that, both in terms of assuming that people from a developed country are in some way more aggressive or successful, and in terms of assuming that someone from a developing country is somehow too weak to think for himself.
A person's nationality has little to do with his character or worth. Some very well educated and well to do people can be incredibly ignorant. By the same token, a pauper may have incredible insight that is sought out by many.
Well said Kyla. I am aware of the parameters that are used to categorise countries and these parameters are old and need to be looked at differently. Having said that I feel there is no need at all in the first place to place countries in categories. So much is missed out while doing this.
Happy that I have my own yardstick to judge and give no importance to whatever statistics that are produced.
@bestwriter I do think that when the categories are used to look at such things as foreign aid and assistance with healthcare crises or some such, they have a certain limited use. But it's true, the boundaries are blurring these days. And there are so many overlaps between different nations since the beginning of the global village phenomenon, but even more so since the advent of the internet as we know it today.
Categorizing nations one way or another is not necessarily of value in the majority of contexts today. And certainly, assuming that an individual person should be one way or another because of where he was born is a show of both ignorance and prejudice. It's sad when we see a person doing this, regardless of whether that person is seen as part of a dominant group or not.