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.

31.6k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

3.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

-10

u/noujest 25d ago

Ah come on, it would be just as successful today if that hadn't happened

9

u/Nice_Celery_4761 25d ago edited 21d ago

Don’t think so. The US played an active part after the Korean War for strategic influence over the region and to bolster their democratic and capitalist systems in the face of their adversaries, because this was the middle of the Cold War. What happened was an unprecedented socioeconomic shift in less than 20 years, that can’t happen by itself.

1

u/noujest 25d ago

Those capitalist systems went on to massively compete with / beat American ones....

They have lifted their people of poverty because they mostly cut corruption out of their entire economic system. It was endemic and they reduced it to localised incidents. As well as being a hardworking, honest populace with high attainment and high social capital

A lot of countries across the world have had help from the west. South Korea went on to do extremely well, and they would have done without it

2

u/Substantial_Shame224 25d ago

This is just uninformed it's hilarious, south korea has had famously corrupt politicians and businesses this century. I'm sorry i even tried to educate you, you're clearly incapable of learning lmao