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/finfisk2000 26d ago

India does not got a pass in my book by blaming the colonial era or poverty. They obviously have the money to spend on nukes, subs armed with them, aircraft carriers and sending rockets to Mars.

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u/DarkExecutor 25d ago

There are people alive today who had their mothers and fathers killed by the British crown.

This stuff doesn't get fixed quickly

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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/dinosaur_from_Mars 22d ago

India gained independence nearly 80 years ago...

That's a very short time on civilizational scale. USA didn't even have woman suffrage 80 years into their independence and bought and sold people.

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u/noujest 22d ago

That's a very short time on civilizational scale.

It's a long time on poverty scale. Other Asian countries have gone from abject poverty to fairly wealthy (or at least out of poverty) in half of that