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For which people? If you look at India, 200-300 years ago, it was a major manufacturing hub and much wealthier and better-off than it is today.
by Synaesthesia 10y ago
For which people? If you look at India, 200-300 years ago, it was a major manufacturing hub and much wealthier and better-off than it is today.
- ptaipale 10y agoIndia surely was comparatively wealthier, or less poor. When compared to other countries. But in absolute terms it was very, very poor compared to today.
- BurningFrog 10y agoWhat was concretely better in the India of 1750 than today? Communications? Medicine? Nutrition? Science? Housing? Civil rights? Arts? Life span?
- Synaesthesia 10y agoI didn't say it was better than today. Things have improved a lot since independence. It was better before colonization than after.
- BurningFrog 10y ago"it was a major manufacturing hub and much wealthier and better-off than it is today"