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The issue is as real as western countries dumping garbage in eastern countries just because they can pay them off. The local governments won't acknowledge this

The issue is as real as western countries dumping garbage in eastern countries just because they can pay them off. The local governments won't acknowledge this as problem because of the money flowing in and a lot of people's livelihood is dependent on this. But we should call it what it is, exploitation.

blargmaster33 6y ago
No, western countries are NOT dumping garbage. They are buying the service "waste disposal", they are NOT responsible for the supplier of that service just dumping the garage.
quadrifoliate 6y ago
I think in regards to India, the issue is a little more complex, and intertwined with social mores. This one sentence from the article is really important: > According to Dr. K. Jyothirmayi, a Hyderabad-based psychiatrist, stigmas, such as the perceived impact of a mental health diagnosis on one’s marital prospects, often prevent young Indians from seeking treatment. From growing up in India, my view is that meditation and the general state of the mind has been taken seriously for, well, centuries. But move the focus towards anything with 'psych' or 'mental' in the title and people in India will shy away from it even if it is affordable or free. "Seeing a mental health counselor" is a recipe for considerable social stigma in India [1], not an empowering practice like it's perceived as in the United States. The solution to this is hard, and in my opinion not something that Facebook or their Indian subcontractors can accomplish. ----------- [1] I'm talking "All your relatives will refer to you as the crazy person" or "Your girlfriend's parents will call off the engagement" levels of stigma, not just "I don't feel comfortable talking about it in a bar" levels. Like a lot of other things, families with higher levels of income and education are sometimes an exception.
Nasrudith 6y ago
The awkward ethical question is would they be better off without "exploitation"? Part of the reason companies are even willing to go through the overhead is because the costs are lower. Real life has always been filled with messed up situations where the punchline is "... and the best/worst part is it qualified as an improvement!".

blargmaster33 6y ago

No, western countries are NOT dumping garbage. They are buying the service "waste disposal", they are NOT responsible for the supplier of that service just dumping the garage.

quadrifoliate 6y ago

I think in regards to India, the issue is a little more complex, and intertwined with social mores. This one sentence from the article is really important: > According to Dr. K. Jyothirmayi, a Hyderabad-based psychiatrist, stigmas, such as the perceived impact of a mental health diagnosis on one’s marital prospects, often prevent young Indians from seeking treatment. From growing up in India, my view is that meditation and the general state of the mind has been taken seriously for, well, centuries. But move the focus towards anything with 'psych' or 'mental' in the title and people in India will shy away from it even if it is affordable or free. "Seeing a mental health counselor" is a recipe for considerable social stigma in India [1], not an empowering practice like it's perceived as in the United States. The solution to this is hard, and in my opinion not something that Facebook or their Indian subcontractors can accomplish. ----------- [1] I'm talking "All your relatives will refer to you as the crazy person" or "Your girlfriend's parents will call off the engagement" levels of stigma, not just "I don't feel comfortable talking about it in a bar" levels. Like a lot of other things, families with higher levels of income and education are sometimes an exception.

Nasrudith 6y ago

The awkward ethical question is would they be better off without "exploitation"? Part of the reason companies are even willing to go through the overhead is because the costs are lower. Real life has always been filled with messed up situations where the punchline is "... and the best/worst part is it qualified as an improvement!".