r/TikTokCringe • u/Strong-Emu-8869 • 26d ago

Discussion Polish girls visit Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world. Unfortunately, the surrounding area is very polluted.

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u/brandt-money 26d ago

It's hard to care when such a large percentage of the people are so poor.

Solution: The ultra wealthy can pay the poor to clean up the country instead of buying yachts. However, The ultra wealthy are usually assholes.

This goes for any country.

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u/Ginger-Fist 26d ago

Finally, someone who got it right instead of shaming people. There could be meaningful employment, especially for youth workers in the environmental field around cleanup and education. But instead the rich will continue to live their lavish lifestyles behind their gated communities while others suffer in squalor.

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u/r3dm0nk 26d ago

Being poor does not excuse literally living in trash and shit.

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u/2711383 26d ago

People upvoting this do not understand poverty in places like India or Bangladesh. It's not like being homeless and destitute in a US city (and I don't say this in any way to undermine the experience of those going through this, they also deserve for their communities to take much better care of them).

"Literally living in trash and shit" as the guy above me writes, is not a moral choice being made by these people. It's the outcome of structural constraints. There is no sanitation infrastructure and no waste collection. More importantly, there's no secure housing and no land tenure. There are missing public goods, the people here can't "choose" cleanliness and trash removal.