This is like renaming the Gulf of Mexico; The US starts qualifying as a Third World Country so now they want to change the term.
Edit - I looked it up:
An underdeveloped country is a nation that lags behind most others in industrialization, education, standard of living, healthcare, life expectancy and other technological and cultural norms.
Third World is a defunct term. The current nomenclature is “underdeveloped.”
This is like renaming the Gulf of Mexico; The US starts qualifying as a Third World Country so now they want to change the term.
Edit - I looked it up:
The US is hitting 5 out of 6.