Why doesn't the US have mandated paid maternity leave?
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The US is the only rich nation offering no national paid parental-leave programme. Why is that – and could it change?
  • Rambi@lemm.eeEnglish
    71·
    11 months ago

    I don’t think very many people use those definitions for first/ second/ third world anymore. The colloquial definitions of “first world = rich second world = not so rich but not so poor and third world = poor” are more useful anyway due to as you say the Soviet Union not existing anymore so nobody can align with it.

    • Crass Spektakel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      11 months ago

      Yeah, back in the cold war that was actually the common perception anyway even while it was initially meant differently. So no harm done using this easy adaption.