I never said there isn't people who live like kings, just the majority lives like shit...
Hell, I'm one of the well off ones and I socialize with the others that are well off, that doesn't mean everyone is well off.
Thats like going to the Hamptons and saying everyone in America live like that...they don't there, neither is a small sample indicitive of the whole population. I am playing by the facts that are here in front of my eyes.
Ya it is cheaper, much cheaper (for example a doctor's visit to a well renowned doctor will cost 500 Rupees, thats like $10). But its cheaper of Americans, not for Indians. That is a decent chunk of change for most people in the country. Doctors get paid jack compared to the docs in America, but then the cost of living is cheaper here so it all works out.
Most Indians don't pay taxes, its too easy to get out of them. It true that there needs to be a change of mindset, but isn't it possible to pump some money into intelligent campaigns to help speed up this change, instead of creating opportunites for some mega conglomerate to increase the income disparity. Right now it seems almost impossible to fix the rampant corruption in India, fix that and the future is much brighter for all of India, rather than creating some motivation for someone who actually understands what it takes to get on the moon. Do you actually think that some rickshaw puller knows what the distance is to the moon, or gives a flying fuck about some random Indian guy landing there?
Ok, you haven't seen India, what is considered "horrible" in America, is amazing here. I'm talking about not even having pot holes (having a pot hole implies having a paved road). The only thing that is "acceptable" here is mass transit, and even that is if you are in the higher classes (ie if you are travelling in first class on the train). The normal (read: economy) class consists of sitting in a place with the floor covered in blood and tobbacco (the common habit here is to chew tobbacco and spit anywhere, hence you have a mix of tobbacco, spit, and blood that comes from their cut gums). As for health care, it doesn't exist, neither do HMOs, PPOs, or anything else. You have to get an operation, borrow from your neighbor.
Despite all this, you missed my point - America took care of the rest of the stuff rather well (relatively speaking, people had a 'decent' standard of living) then they pursued putting a man on the moon. I'm saying that India needs to take care of their corruption, infrastructure, etc. before spending the money to put a man on the moon. The question is not if they can do it (anyone can theoretically, all you need is money and some management), but rather if it is worth doing it.
I've been in India for about a year now. These guys have horrible infrastructure: bad roads, horrible mass transport, not to mention spotty internet. Their education system is pathetic. Any task that involves the government (ie starting a business, importing something for use in a business) takes forever (despite all the bribes given). Yet these idiots are trying to put a man on the moon. Fix the basics first WTF are they doing?
The people here are obsessed with copying America and Americans. The problem is that in 1969 America was pretty much set, there were not people killing each other in the country (Naxalites vs the Government), there was no "communist" part in power anywhere (the government right now is actually a colation government in which there is the moderate Congress Party and the leftist Communist party sharing power). In addition to all that why are they sending a person to the moon? Set up a new Hubble telescope or something. Sending someone to the moon is rather pointless, it won't achieve anything whereas a new hubble would maybe expand our knowledge of the universe.
I've been in India for about a year now. These guys have horrible infrastructure: bad roads, horrible mass transport, not to mention spotty internet. Their education system is pathetic. Any task that involves the government (ie starting a business, importing something for use in a business) takes forever (despite all the bribes given). Yet these idiots are trying to put a man on the moon. Fix the basics first WTF are they doing?
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I never said there isn't people who live like kings, just the majority lives like shit... Hell, I'm one of the well off ones and I socialize with the others that are well off, that doesn't mean everyone is well off. Thats like going to the Hamptons and saying everyone in America live like that...they don't there, neither is a small sample indicitive of the whole population. I am playing by the facts that are here in front of my eyes.
Ya it is cheaper, much cheaper (for example a doctor's visit to a well renowned doctor will cost 500 Rupees, thats like $10). But its cheaper of Americans, not for Indians. That is a decent chunk of change for most people in the country. Doctors get paid jack compared to the docs in America, but then the cost of living is cheaper here so it all works out.
Most Indians don't pay taxes, its too easy to get out of them. It true that there needs to be a change of mindset, but isn't it possible to pump some money into intelligent campaigns to help speed up this change, instead of creating opportunites for some mega conglomerate to increase the income disparity. Right now it seems almost impossible to fix the rampant corruption in India, fix that and the future is much brighter for all of India, rather than creating some motivation for someone who actually understands what it takes to get on the moon. Do you actually think that some rickshaw puller knows what the distance is to the moon, or gives a flying fuck about some random Indian guy landing there?
Ok, you haven't seen India, what is considered "horrible" in America, is amazing here. I'm talking about not even having pot holes (having a pot hole implies having a paved road). The only thing that is "acceptable" here is mass transit, and even that is if you are in the higher classes (ie if you are travelling in first class on the train). The normal (read: economy) class consists of sitting in a place with the floor covered in blood and tobbacco (the common habit here is to chew tobbacco and spit anywhere, hence you have a mix of tobbacco, spit, and blood that comes from their cut gums). As for health care, it doesn't exist, neither do HMOs, PPOs, or anything else. You have to get an operation, borrow from your neighbor. Despite all this, you missed my point - America took care of the rest of the stuff rather well (relatively speaking, people had a 'decent' standard of living) then they pursued putting a man on the moon. I'm saying that India needs to take care of their corruption, infrastructure, etc. before spending the money to put a man on the moon. The question is not if they can do it (anyone can theoretically, all you need is money and some management), but rather if it is worth doing it.
I've been in India for about a year now. These guys have horrible infrastructure: bad roads, horrible mass transport, not to mention spotty internet. Their education system is pathetic. Any task that involves the government (ie starting a business, importing something for use in a business) takes forever (despite all the bribes given). Yet these idiots are trying to put a man on the moon. Fix the basics first WTF are they doing? The people here are obsessed with copying America and Americans. The problem is that in 1969 America was pretty much set, there were not people killing each other in the country (Naxalites vs the Government), there was no "communist" part in power anywhere (the government right now is actually a colation government in which there is the moderate Congress Party and the leftist Communist party sharing power). In addition to all that why are they sending a person to the moon? Set up a new Hubble telescope or something. Sending someone to the moon is rather pointless, it won't achieve anything whereas a new hubble would maybe expand our knowledge of the universe.
I've been in India for about a year now. These guys have horrible infrastructure: bad roads, horrible mass transport, not to mention spotty internet. Their education system is pathetic. Any task that involves the government (ie starting a business, importing something for use in a business) takes forever (despite all the bribes given). Yet these idiots are trying to put a man on the moon. Fix the basics first WTF are they doing?