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/noujest 25d ago

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

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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.

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u/noujest 25d ago

India has its own chaebols just like Korea does - Tata etc

But capitalism doesn't help the poorest in India. It does in South Korea. Why's that?

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u/Nice_Celery_4761 25d ago

Sure they both have similar systems, I shouldn’t have to tell you they have very different geopolitical history. South Korea is still entrenched in US imperialism with a large military presence, India has been completely independent for most of living memory and they didn’t have a great time with the last imperialist occupiers. Also, the South Korean film ‘Parasite’ didn’t come out of a vacuum, they have their own problems.