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by Semaphore

9 months ago

Rant - India is on a fast path to being a zombie land

Notwithstanding a few things that are going well for the country… — High GDP growth rate for a developing country — Low median age a.k.a _potential_ demographic dividend — A stable government To me, it seems like we are on a fast path to devastation. Each of the points mentioned above have a counter point but other than that — Very high income inequality [1] — Absolutely shitty education system. [2] and health system [3] — Increasing oligarchy [Adani in every fucking industry] — Reducing Labour force participation + no jobs (both government and private) = unemployment — People fighting day in - day out on religion, caste, region. On who wears what. Who eats what. Who goes where. Whatever they can find to fight for. There is absolutely ZERO hope for a large part of this country. You either need generational wealth, insane amount of talent or political connections to be moderately successful. It feels just 10 more years of this shit would make this country a massive powder keg waiting to just light up! Does anyone see hope? Ref 1. https://www.outlookindia.com/national/survival-of-the-richest-oxfam-report-exposes-how-union-government-continues-taxing-poor-and-middle-class-more-than-the-rich-news-254105 2. https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/data-stories/data-focus/data-focus-almost-90-per-cent-of-indias-viii-graders-are-not-proficient-in-mathematics-unesco-report/article64940386.ece 3. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/medical-bills-plunge-millions-into-poverty-says-shashi-tharoor/article65765745.ece/

HereForGossips

Stealth

9 months ago

Now wait for comments from people who are in la la land. Everything is narrowed down to identities and false pride. Jingoism!

RawTouch2

Flipkart

9 months ago

Someone once said, "An interesting thing about India is it more often disappoints both her optimists and the pessimists" :)

Semaphore

Hubspot

9 months ago

🤞

DesignTinker

Stealth

9 months ago

The less we think about it, the better. These thoughts have given be sleepless nights. Happy to be an ignorant fool and just focus on my next weekend plan. ✌🏽

ElonMast

Amazon

9 months ago

🥂 Cheers

tbk

Startup

9 months ago

There's light at the end of tunnel.

Darkblack

Meesho

9 months ago

People complain about oligarchy and also shit upon entrepreneurs who depend on External funding.

Semaphore

Hubspot

9 months ago

No. India has seen great business houses in past too. Of course they have been finding the political parties but the important part is the group’s rise up the ladder should not be because of their relationship with the very top of the political leaders. Some examples from past are Sahara and Kingfisher but a quick google search will tell you they couldn’t get access to the very top. You see a reflection of this in how the US presidential elections are funded by oil, gun and other sectors BUT the major difference is the 1:1 growth trajectory of [redacted] and [redacted]

Semaphore

Hubspot

9 months ago

Who shits on external funding anyway? Aren’t we dying for FDI? Right from the startups to the government. In India, what we shit on these days are sources of FDI that don’t match our ideology (read Soros)

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FunnyBones

Plivo

9 months ago

Aiyo u think these problems are unique to our country? Anyway, either hv some hope or try to create it wherever u plan to stay. Otherwise live miserably and that’s also fine. We need all kind of ppl on this planet

purushpsm147

OpenText

9 months ago

To turn Grapevine into Twitter, I'll just say "Go to Pakistan, if you don't like it here" 😜

Bharatiya

Oracle

9 months ago

I understand your point but I think...isn't it the same with every developing or developed country? High inequality...Low labour cost...shitty education and all

admiN

Stealth

9 months ago

Yes, not to mention the recent warnings from the IMF of increasing debt.

kk25

Stealth

9 months ago

Rise of middle class was an aberration in the history when government created safer jobs with stable income. Now we are in capitalism when the means of productions are in few people. So it’s back to peasant or king kinda set up. In India we still have a chance to go up the ladder, but we screw up , then it’s downhill. Can’t think the other way now.

Semaphore

Hubspot

9 months ago

Shouldn’t it be easier now that we _abundance_. What would it take to scale the Nordic way? Norway, for example got rich just 30 years ago and now has a social structure that works well for everyone. I think the problem with India, and a lot of other countries, including USA, China is our society isn’t fundamentally built for equitable living. There has to be some sort of hierarchy.

kk25

Stealth

9 months ago

Norway major revenue comes from oil and that’s how they share the wealth back with their people. Much better than US capitalism where the profits are shared with shareholders. The major problem after industrialisation that means of production are held with few people. Only when you democratise it through some way, an equitable society can form. But it will break the centralised structure we have across the world.

Kenpachi

Veritas technology

9 months ago

IMO all the negatives you pointed could be for every country

Qwerty2398

Stealth

9 months ago

you are spending too much time online. The real world is outside. We do have all the problems that you mentioned. But not in the scale you imagine. Atleast not in south India. most people mind their own business and carry on with life. it is the media and the constant online posting that make us believe that India is on its path to civil war. Your comment is inline with feminist's who keep complaining how they dont have independence. or how they are always harrased in work places. Get outside, and enjoy the growth of the country.