Re:India has a hole where its middle class should be
by billfruit on Saturday January 13, 2018 @08:20AM
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The governance in India has stagnated and haven't kept pace with changing times. I thing the problem is its half-born federal structure. Without the states having sufficient power to enact meaningful policy, there is little or no competition between the states, because of the fact that there is barely anything to differentiate between them.
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Re:India has a hole where its middle class should be
by marcosdumay on Saturday January 13, 2018 @11:02AM
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From the far side of the world, it looks like India is sustaining a huge fight against corruption.
This can only make its governance improve, not stagnate. I'd bet only the appearances are getting worse.
Re:India has a hole where its middle class should be
by rapsey on Saturday January 13, 2018 @09:20AM
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> I thing the problem is its half-born federal structure.
And corruption, political dynasties, general incompetence and huge cultural baggage.
Re:India has a hole where its middle class should be
by dingo_bat on Saturday January 13, 2018 @08:27AM
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I agree, and this is exacerbated by the absolute power the Supreme Court can exert over all states.
Re:India has a hole where its middle class should be
by fineng123 on Saturday January 13, 2018 @12:37PM
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The problem is religion. That's why there's too many people (birth control is evil and God doesn't want it, etc.), and that's why they have a lazy culture.
Re:India has a hole where its middle class should be
by dimmuborgir on Saturday January 13, 2018 @12:48PM
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There is no 'birth control is evil' concept in Hinduism. 80% Indians are Hindus. Poverty is the reason for there being too many people. Poor people tend to have more children.
Re:India has a hole where its middle class should be
by fineng123 on Saturday January 13, 2018 @12:55PM
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Pulling out is specifically prohibited in the Bible. So is oral sex. But nobody gives a shit. The funny thing about religion is that there's so much nonsense in their official texts that you can make it mean whatever you want :)
Re:India has a hole where its middle class should be
by dang on Thursday January 18, 2018 @04:53AM
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Religious flamewar is not allowed on Hacker News. We ban accounts that do this, so please don't do it.
Re:India has a hole where its middle class should be
by anticodon on Saturday January 13, 2018 @11:53PM
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I mistakenly upvoted your comment. There's no way to undo it in Materialiatic app for Android. :(
What is a "lazy culture"? It sounds like there is a one true way of living: working yourself to death, for what? To have a bigger number on your bank account than your neighbours? To have a faster car to be stuck in a traffic jam on the way to office where you will do meaningless work for 60-80 hours a week? This not a proper way to live life in my opinion.