Comments on: Why is India still so poor?

By: T. Beholder

T. Beholder — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 17:16:26 +0000

The “dysfunctional culture” is downstream of great many things. It’s a symptom. Still, they are not apathetic. And at least tend to see a patronage scheme for what it is, rather than being stumped by childish kayfabe.

“…until 2017”

Indeed. That’s when things began to turn around.

https://web.archive.org/web/20170313151218/economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/uttar-pradesh-rejects-politics-of-appeasement-says-yogi-adityanath/articleshow/57589082.cms

Back then a Hindu man was addressing a local duckface syndrome sufferer on Twitter with “Lament louder, O yatudhana, cause from your screeching mouth it is only praise!” So far from hopeless. Immune system can be trained, after all.

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 05:20:22 +0000

Indians are poor because India is corrupt, and India is corrupt because Indians are corrupt. To foster corruption fastest and most reliably, import Indians.

By: Kgaard

Kgaard — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:39:56 +0000

Yeah exactly … “dysfunctional culture” is NOT a distraction. It is the core of the whole problem. But Caplan can’t say that because it opens a can of worms that his entire evolutionary strategy is committed to keeping closed.

By: Bob Sykes

Bob Sykes — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 14:31:10 +0000

Average IQ’s, ca. 2024:

India: 76
China: 104
Japan: 106

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/average-iq-by-country

By: Bomag

Bomag — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 13:59:52 +0000

“Dysfunctional culture” is also a distraction.

LOL. The cope is strong with this one.

Interesting that he brings up Soviet influence. Wonder his take on China, also with Soviet influence, coming out much differently.