India’s elites have a ferocious sense of entitlement

Re:India’s elites have a ferocious sense of entitlement by ashray on Saturday April 13, 2013 @04:35PM (#5544584)

You're right. However, the difference in India lies in the fact that the lower-income people are .. middle class. Poor people in India are without any real income. Most of them struggle to get two meals a day. A lot of them live on under $2/day without access to food, shelter, sanitation or any type of medical facility.

The stark contrast between such a person and another that drives around in an air conditioned SUV is what often shocks people. By comparison, a western middle class person in India would be considered pretty well off! Unfortunately, the Indian upper middle class/upper class do not apply those standards to themselves.

There are some people commenting on this topic saying that SV millionaires are not upper class. That sounds ridiculous in India :)

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Re:India’s elites have a ferocious sense of entitlement by theorique on Saturday April 13, 2013 @07:46PM (#5545163)

There are some people commenting on this topic saying that SV millionaires are not upper class. That sounds ridiculous in India :)

Part of the issue is that lots of people talk about the USA being a "classless society". Some of them even believe it. More than most nations, America loves the idea that a person can arrive as a poor immigrant or be born the child of poor immigrants, apply uncommon drive and intelligence, and create a business that makes him extremely rich. (Whether that is the rule or the rare exception is another question.)

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Re:India’s elites have a ferocious sense of entitlement by intended on Sunday April 14, 2013 @02:01AM (#5546062)

Perhaps its the other way round - as in the Indian scale goes from uber rich - upper class - middle class - lower class - impoverished - below poverty line - subsistence.

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