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No serious person blames colonialism for India's slow development (stop listening to loud mouths online). Honest people know it's because India, while a libera
by anon291 1y ago
No serious person blames colonialism for India's slow development (stop listening to loud mouths online).
Honest people know it's because India, while a liberal democracy, was actually more socialist and centrally planned than China, up until the 90s when the first free market reforms were made. This is almost two decades after China opening up.
Honestly people on the internet have warped views of both India and China.
As for what India did... This is an ancient society which still has customs and such dating back God knows how long. It is not easy to change. Simply existing as an independent nation after almost 1000 years of foreign rule is an achievement.
I've not been to India in almost a decade now, but when we visited regularly growing up, the amount of progress every trip was astonishing. I don't see how anyone can deny that
- CrackerNews 1y agoWith the example of the USSR and China, central planning excels for an initial industrialization. The state of Indian industry now is that where China has difficulty outsourcing to the region. I remember an article linked on this site praising India for not relying on electricity for industrial labor, but that is a sign of underdevelopment of infrastructure. Infrastructure is something that is usually invested in by the state. Culture is a major reason, and cultural revolutions were a method to reorient the population to a new societal goal. An Indian mentality can be summed up as "doing the needful" without questioning what it is.