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  • Shanmugha@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    3 days ago

    Yes, but “something still stands” does not equal “nothing has fallen”. Not every Indian has access to a toilet that is flushed with water, there are houses built upon heaps of trash, kids who genuinely think taking some government job and then living off bribes is a good way to live, what has become of cast system and how care for women has been twisted into oppression - someone a little more knowledgeable can spend whole days just enumerating problems. And all this in a land where they had enlightened kings (in spiritual sense, as in “knowing how everything works”) and also leathers and societies capable of lifetimes of dedicated work

    • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
      21·
      3 days ago

      Those problems were still present when they were one of the biggest generators of wealth in the world, no? I don’t see your point

      India is still extremely wealthy. You have some of the best food and land in the world. Your trains and internet infrastructure are better than most countries.

      • Shanmugha@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        3 days ago

        No, they were not:

        • homes are on very recent trash, think plastic and such
        • caste system used to mean “do what you are good at” which for most people is “what you learned from people around you”. Now it is “do what you are allowed to do, or else”
        • you know some temples ban women, especially on their period? It was done initially so that they don’t catch unwanted influences, now it is “you are impure and unwanted here”
        • some temples took generations to build and need certain things to be done in order to keep them functioning as intended. Now people who still have the knowledge have to first get the government to let them do what’s needed

        Besides all that, I am talking about wellbeing and the magnitude of people this land has produced. They were incredible, but many of them won’t make it in current society