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  • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Those problems were still present when they were one of the biggest generators of wealth in the world, no? I don’t see your point

    India is still extremely wealthy. You have some of the best food and land in the world. Your trains and internet infrastructure are better than most countries.

    • Shanmugha@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      5 days ago

      No, they were not:

      • homes are on very recent trash, think plastic and such
      • caste system used to mean “do what you are good at” which for most people is “what you learned from people around you”. Now it is “do what you are allowed to do, or else”
      • you know some temples ban women, especially on their period? It was done initially so that they don’t catch unwanted influences, now it is “you are impure and unwanted here”
      • some temples took generations to build and need certain things to be done in order to keep them functioning as intended. Now people who still have the knowledge have to first get the government to let them do what’s needed

      Besides all that, I am talking about wellbeing and the magnitude of people this land has produced. They were incredible, but many of them won’t make it in current society