> Perhaps lower class Indians are simply superior to lower class Americans? Hmm, maybe that is the case? Dodging the issue of different cultures entirely, I c

> Perhaps lower class Indians are simply superior to lower class Americans? Hmm, maybe that is the case? Dodging the issue of different cultures entirely, I could see such a situation arising if we assume that in the recent past India has been less of a meritocracy than America. Competent workers, therefore having less social mobility than their counterparts in the relatively more meritocratic country, would tend to stay in the lower class more frequently, seeding the lower class population with more competent workers. Meanwhile competent workers in the meritocracy would move upwards, draining the lower class of competent workers. I have no idea if it is fair to say that India has been more or less of a meritocracy in the past than America.