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It is cute to see non-indians trying to guess the reason. We were like you once. It is an exercise in futility. Our government is run by monkeys. They are stub
by butterNaN 4y ago
It is cute to see non-indians trying to guess the reason. We were like you once.
It is an exercise in futility. Our government is run by monkeys. They are stubbornly uneducated about science and technology, at the same time pretending to know everything about it. How does our government take decisions? My best guess is they consult a successful team of astrologers.
- UberFly 4y agoFunny and painfully ubiquitous. Probably really well-paid monkey astrologers too.
- hutzlibu 4y agoIf they are succesfull, then they must be good!
- stjohnswarts 4y agogovernments write their own checks and set their own pay rate. You can bet they are quite rich.
- dr_dshiv 4y agoActually, that’d be great. The most likely reason it got banned is because of corruption. One reason for corruption is that politicians aren’t paid well. What smart competent sane person would rationally choose to be a politician? Maybe if it paid competitively. I wonder if there is a study on the ROI?
- UberFly 4y agoThe tree-pruners in the major city near me make 150k a year. I'm guessing that's pocket change to those wacky astrologers. Didn't really mention anything about politicians.
- hellotomyrars 4y agoWhat a wild idea. Corporations and wealthy people are also corrupt. It turns out that it is a lack of morals. Or in many cases a complete dismissal of them for the pursuit of profit.
- lokedhs 4y agoMost people's morals can be bought, it's just a matter of cost. Increasing salaries for government employees increases the barrier to entry for corruption. Whether or not a typical state can actually afford it is a completely different issue altogether.
- UberFly 4y agoThe poor politicians got together and plotted against VLC. Now it's all making sense.
- walrus01 4y agoIt is indeed funny to see nerds attempt to ascribe some factual, logical reasoning to why such actions are taken by certain politicians. When you learn first hand how grossly ignorant of the internet many politicians really are, in almost any country, it can be quite the wake up call.
- nyczomg 4y agoIt feels the same way over here in the US far too often. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes
- Soids 4y ago+1. Around 2005/6 there was some news story that some minister was asking why long distance phone call taxes were dropping and someone explained that corporates were using Skype now. His response was that they are still required to pay the taxes. facepalm Recently, in an op/ed article about something different the journalist said "India is a first world country with a third world government." More on topic: I didn't know about VLC until an Indian coworker introduced it to me.
- PoignardAzur 4y ago> More on topic: I didn't know about VLC until an Indian coworker introduced it to me. That's an odd remark. VLC is open source software, of course you're going to learn about it through word of mouth.
- YY-EN40P 4y ago> Our government is run by monkeys. > My best guess is they consult a successful team of astrologers. I feel great sympathy for you. From JPN.
- ThePowerOfFuet 4y agoI absolutely love your username.
- ayush--s 4y ago> Our government is run by monkeys except the fine print is decided by bureaucrats, and not politicians themselves. your bias against the current government is blinding your logic.
- temphnaccount 4y agoHave you encountered any Indian bureaucrats recently? They are so far detached from technology and science it's hilarious. But they are very smart (cunning) in imitating whatever the ruling government is doing. So if government is trigger-banning everything, bureaucracy will do the same (and double down in most cases) without ever questioning it.