It is a Western country. Or is it a white only thing?

no it's not... do you want to make a thread asking "Is Mexico a western country?" lol

and plenty of mexicans are white and countries like argentina and uruguay are even whiter than the US and canada, but they are not western

You'll be fine. Just don't travel down my hood.

Those are Western countries.

So what are the Western countries? Is it Canada only or is Canada not Western?

I think I'll save my WP this time.

this is going around in circles

no, argentina and uruguay are not western countries. and no, neither is mexico nor jamaica. again, should i make a thread asking "Is Mexico a western country?" you know what the results will be.

"western" is a political/economic term that refers to western europe and the countries of western european colonial origin that have essentially become similar to western european states economically, politically and socially. that would be US, canada, australia and new zealand. the only two countries in latin america that almost qualify is uruguay and argentina, but they're still behind economically and politically. likewise, former british colonies like singapore qualify economically, but not politically or socially.

It is so horrible how people are treaten in some parts of the globe

Humans are by far the worst specie this earth has ever met

Go ahead make a thread.

You're not making any sense. Japan is a highly industrialized country, that has taken very strong influences from the West. Yet its not considered a Western country.

Western has more to do with those things you mentioned. Does Latin America speak a European language? Yes. Do they practice a European religion, costumes, folklore, etc? Yes. Has strong similarities to other European countries? Yes.

And if I'm not mistaken. Brazil is one of the wealthiest countries in the Western hemisphere not to far from Canada, has a European speaking native tongue. Clearly has a government modeled after many European states, and even at one point was elevated to a kingdom under Portugal. That to me is more Western than anything. If they aren't Western what are they? And don't say "third world" because that's an outdated term.

japan has not taken any large influences from the west except monetary support after WW2. i don't even know where you got that from. japan still retains their own culture from centuries ago.

"western" has everything to do with what i mentioned. all those things you listed are part of the SOCIAL requirement, but even with the same language and religion, latin america is not socially (or politically) similar to western european countries. even eastern european countries like russia share the same religion and similar traditions as western europe, but even they don't fit the bill for a western country. that's why when russia is portrayed in the media, the west is portrayed as a separate entity because it's not part of the west. and FYI, latin america doesn't only have european influences. many parts of latin america heavily retain native cultures (like bolivia) and strong black african cultural influences (panama).

you are mistaken. brazil is not wealthy and not anywhere close to canada's economic power. brazil's closest economic equivalent in india. and third world is definitely an accurate term for both

You never learned about the Meiji Restoration or Japan's westernization? How Japan westernized during the industrial revolution in school? It's one of the most important historical events and is the reason why Japan is where it's at today. Do you think the reason Japan was the only country to not be colonized was luck?

They adopted European laws, customs and even military advancements. They along with Russia are the only countries to successfully westernize.

Look up westernize.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westernization

Russia today is not considered Western because of the Soviet Union.

Which brings me to another thing. First, second and third world are outdated Cold War terms used to define what countries aligned with the United States and the Soviet.

Third world countries are neutral. For example Switzerland was a third world country because it was a neutral party in the Cold War.

Honestly look it up and educate yourself a bit on history.

The US has strong influences from black and Native American culture. I guess it's not a Western country.

Your comment seems to be strongly influenced by American xenophobia where anything below the border and past Germany is a "non-entity". You don't have to be American to be influenced by its propaganda.

Very sad and irritating

I've always thought at least same-sex union was legalized in Christian countries ...

adopting western laws and technological advancements doesn't make a country western. practically every country in the world has become westernized. going by your logic, even china and india are western countries because they've become so westernized. china has been adopting western law concepts in its judicial system and india has gone beyond that since british colonial times with even english as an official language. does that make these countries western now? sorry, doesn't work that way. have western influences doesn't make a country western.

but the soviet union doesn't exist anymore so with your logic russia is western now. it's not. ad the origin of the term "third world" is irrelevant. today's use of the term refers to economic state of nations, not whether they were allies in the cold war.

the US does NOT have strong influences from native american culture. native americans have little impact and are barely visible in mainstream america. also, that black american culture is american, not black african the way it's retained in the caribbean. and as pointed out in the first paragraph that having western influences doesn't make a nation western, the same applies here.

nice try, but i'm not an american national and this isn't "american propaganda." we don't consider ourselves western and refer to actual western countries as "western" ourselves and when there's western influence, it's referred to as such.

These blocs though