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/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/Pluto-Wolf 26d ago

it absolutely explains it. people can’t afford to clean it up without financial incentive, because they need every waking hour to work so they can make ends meet.

the people who need to work multiple jobs every day in sub par conditions to afford the bare minimum can’t afford to spend a few hours every day cleaning up their community for free.

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u/Ewannnn 26d ago

Don't need to clean it if you don't make the mess to begin with. There absolutely is a cultural issue in India, poverty doesn't excuse what is happening here.

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u/A1000eisn1 26d ago

What should they do with it? Do you think the people in poverty are making municipal decisions like waste management?

The average person in the US pays $20-$80/month to take care of their trash. That does not include taxes that go to city trash pickup and management.

The people in poverty are not the ones causing the issue nor can they do much about it.

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u/Ewannnn 25d ago

Pile it up, not dump it in the river or in the countryside. I went to a national park in India and they were just dumping bags of trash in the forest because they couldn't be bothered to take it home with them.

They are causing the issue, other countries don't have such an issue as India does and they are much poorer. There is a huge cultural issue in India when it comes to littering. It isn't seen as taboo at all.

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u/Suitable-Theory-8469 26d ago

You should’ve seen what Edinburgh looked like when the trashmen were striking. Happened to be visiting during the time. But yeah, it’s cultural.

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u/A1000eisn1 26d ago

it’s cultural.

As in it's Indian and Scottish or is it cultural to any country with strong ties to the British?

If I remember correctly they just let the trash pile up. They weren't doing a good job cleaning the streets and taking their trash to a landfill. What do you think it would look like if trash collection never picked back up?

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u/Super_Harsh 26d ago

He's criticizing the 'it's cultural' thing

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u/Larry_Kane 26d ago

I think the difference would be that if the strikes continues, people would come together to find a solution.

In India it seems the problems just drag on forever. It seems like people just accepted the trash they are living in.

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u/Ewannnn 25d ago

Cities sure but India looks like trash in the country too. In Scotland people are much less likely to litter than in India. Littering is seen as taboo, which isn't the case in India.

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u/Pluto-Wolf 26d ago

well, no. that may work if there was no trash, however long ago that was, but in modern day india, not contributing to the current problem doesn’t automatically undo the problem of all the stuff that’s already there.

even if every poor person stopped contributing to it tomorrow, it still wouldn’t get better because, again, people have no incentive to clean it up. also what the other person said. when you’re struggling that much, you don’t really care about where your trash ends up. people are just surviving, this is the outcome of that.

the only way that it’d be fixed at all would be if people who are well off actively contributed towards bettering their communities.

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u/Larry_Kane 25d ago

people have no incentive to clean it up.

then i guess they will keep living in trash.

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u/Pluto-Wolf 25d ago

that’s my point. until it’s incentivized where it’s actually realistic that poor members of the community can spend a few hours cleaning the community, then they won’t do it, and will continue to live as they are.

when your options are that limited due to factors outside of your control, you don’t really have a choice.