First of all, it is human nature to categorize and organize the world around them. This behavior is not only comforting to the human mind and ego, but it is also necessary for complete understanding. One must face the simple facts. The first one is that the world is a very diverse place where many different levels of lifestyles exist. Not everyone enjoys an existence of peanut butter filled milk chocolate snacks, and not everyone is provided with the opportunity of healthcare and education.
Some countries are, in fact, underdeveloped.
We should not ignore this sad state of affairs just because the word 'underdeveloped' is perceived to mean sub-human, when in all actuality it simply describes a country's inability to sufficiently provide for its people. To categorize a country as underdeveloped does not automatically make its citizens inferior or sub-human. They may not have a television in their straw hut, but they can have a fulfilling life just the same. To automatically assume otherwise would be just as wrong and just as subjective as thinking that every westerner who utters the words 'non-western' and 'Third World' is doing so in a negative matter. I believe that labels are helpful, and only when they are used negatively by ignorant and biased people that they become harmful.