India: A billion people have no real money to spend, says report

Re:India: A billion people have no real money to spend, says... by aluksi on Thursday February 27, 2025 @03:29AM (#43192413)

all that can be traced back to the British colonization and exploitation of India's wealth and resources. At least now, folks don't die of hunger.

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Re:India: A billion people have no real money to spend, says... by leosanchez on Thursday February 27, 2025 @04:23AM (#43192657)

Not all of it. Our Institutions are not as strong as Western counterparts and not week as our neighbours to collapse into military dictatorship.

I blame the absolutist institutions more than colonization.

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Re:India: A billion people have no real money to spend, says... by presentation on Thursday February 27, 2025 @04:30AM (#43192690)

I’m sure that’s a contributor but at some point people need to drop the historical excuse and find ways past it.

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Re:India: A billion people have no real money to spend, says... by llampx on Thursday February 27, 2025 @05:57AM (#43193208)

The British Raj never died, the babus just took it over and sat down in the same chairs and kept the institutions running the same way.

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