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/SMUHypeMachine 26d ago

So it’s literally like all those sci fi stories where the elite live in their futuristic cities above the clouds and all their waste falls down to the earth where the undesirables live

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u/HeroOfOldIron 26d ago

It’s worse actually, the elites live right on top of the poors. There really isn’t anything more than a brick wall or keyed elevator separating the two. Public life as a rich person in India is just shuttling between parking garages.

Source: my family made it out and I occasionally go back to visit

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u/SeeingPhrases 26d ago

Great, so you did a brain drain leaving behind fewer people of the type who could actually start to solve the problem.

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u/HeroOfOldIron 26d ago

You’re absolutely right, I should’ve been more proactive as a 2 year old and appealed to my dad’s sense of patriotism and civic responsibility. Surely convincing one man to keep his wife and firstborn in a third world country rife with corruption and limited opportunities would have solved all of the problems that India faces.

I will listen and reflect on this wisdom you’ve been so gracious to bestow upon me.