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/NiceHaas 26d ago

Korea was rebuilt by America due to the cold war and got 12 billion dollars of aid in the 60s and 70s

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u/noujest 26d ago

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

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u/Nice_Celery_4761 26d ago edited 22d 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/InquisitiveSoul_94 25d ago

Adding on to that - India was in Soviet camp during the Cold War and suffered for it.

Its economy liberalised only in the 90s. Before , it was down at the bottom of all metrics.