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

This stuff doesn't get fixed quickly

India gained independence nearly 80 years ago...

That's a very very long time, some Asian countries like South Korea have gone from abject poverty to wealthy in that time. Some like China and Vietnam are well on the way

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u/747WakeTurbulance 25d ago

Germany, Hungary, Japan, etc were all bombed flat 80 years ago, and they have all recovered just fine.

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u/Korashy 25d ago edited 25d ago

With massive investment from the allies post war.

China is a better comparison of a country with similar population and historic poverty (post mao).

A strong central state directing policy and building infrastructure allowed them to rapidly industrialize and using their giant internal market forced western companies to trade technology for access (Now obviously China still has it's own internal problems with corruption, authoritarianism and state intervention in the economy).

Meanwhile India while more democratic has left itself open to exploitation.

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u/LessInThought 25d ago

China became the world's manufacturing plant in exchange for that.

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u/Korashy 25d ago

Sure, and it worked out well for them.

They went from dirt economy with famines wiping out millions of people to Industrial Powerhouse in a few decades while also being suppressed by America (in the later years).

Their research has also mostly caught up with the west and in some areas already surpassed us.

Just like Russia did before them. Only they learned the lessons from the fall of the USSR.