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Shame that domestic dogs are treated this way, and I don't mean by the monkeys. It is a deficit of that individuals of the town, and any place, that does nothin
by Maursault 5y ago
Shame that domestic dogs are treated this way, and I don't mean by the monkeys. It is a deficit of that individuals of the town, and any place, that does nothing about stray and feral domesticated animals. It doesn't take long to eliminate the problem humanely with simple trap, neuter (or spay), and release programs. I'm not at all worldly, but India, an ancient society that invented Chess and discovered Fibonacci numbers, and a vast number of other discoveries and inventions (I think fibre optics were invented in India). Anyway, my point is that India has been, since ancient times, a giant of literature, mathematics, astronomy, music, medicine, architecture, social revolution, and India has produced countless notable and even pivotal intellectuals, academics, engineers, doctors, spiritual leaders, etc. etc., and yet there is heartbreaking widespread poverty, overpopulation, horrific crime (way too many reports of children being gang raped and murdered), it just doesn't make any sense to me, nor does the animosity between India and Pakistan, which must cause massive waste of resources for defense that could be far better spent. And there is no need to reinvent the wheel, every problem there has known solutions that are at the very least reasonably effective. There are enough educated and capable individuals there that it just seems like all the issues should have been solved long before the British arrived, maybe even before Alexander arrived. I sort of understand why we're not all speaking Hindi (a different philosophy and ethic would prevent imperialism), but it is now, nearly 2022, and it just seems like the sad stories from there should have ceased generations ago.
- nitred 5y agoI think India has virtually the same problems as America or any other western country and a few problems that are unique to it like the caste system etc. However the problems are more pronounced in India. There's more uneducated, more illiteracy, more corruption, more hatred among groups etc. Having read the wonderful article about Going Critical [1] it's made me realize that, if one society is worse off than another by only 10% by some metric, it could mean that the society is far worse off than 10% due to cascading effects. If you've ever been to India and stood by the side of a busy road in one of the poorer areas of a city, this or any other kind of news will not surprise you, infact I'm sure you will, like me, be dumbstruck as to how India manages to do keep it's shit together in the first place. [1] https://meltingasphalt.com/interactive/going-critical/ https://meltingasphalt.com/interactive/going-critical/