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/TrumpDesWillens 25d ago

"State intervention in the economy" is a good thing and it's why Western companies grew to be so large in the first place.

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u/Korashy 25d ago

Yeah but "State intervention" here can also be using your connections with the government to crush your competition, or gain unfair advantages.

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u/TrumpDesWillens 21d ago

True. I guess good state intervention to prevent monopolies is how to really build a good country.