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    Jolly
    wrote on 27 Mar 2025, 12:36 last edited by
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    https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/03/26/reports-india-considers-23-billion-tariff-cuts-for-u-s-to-avoid-reciprocal-tariffs/

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      xenon
      wrote on 27 Mar 2025, 16:03 last edited by
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      India is a notoriously bureaucratic country that hamstrings its own people with onerous regulations, corruption and economic barriers (including tariffs).

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        27 Mar 2025, 16:03

        India is a notoriously bureaucratic country that hamstrings its own people with onerous regulations, corruption and economic barriers (including tariffs).

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        wrote on 27 Mar 2025, 16:07 last edited by
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        @xenon said in Meanwhile, in India...:

        India is a notoriously bureaucratic country that hamstrings its own people with onerous regulations, corruption and economic barriers (including tariffs).

        Did Modi have anything to say about that in the Fridman interview? is he trying to fix it?

        Education is extremely important.

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          xenon
          wrote on 27 Mar 2025, 16:27 last edited by xenon
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          Yeah - he has a very anti-corruption stance. But the reality is, Indians look to their government to get things. And people get into the government to wield power and make money through corruption.

          Indians also have a much stronger sense of hierarchy - it’s sort of built into Hindu culture.

          We decry our own broken politics, but it’s been very educational for me to be able to understand the politics of a developing country and compare them to ours.

          Celebrity politicians and demagoguery is the norm in India. Bollywood actors and top tier sports athletes often go into high level politics.

          My fear is we’re becoming more like them, rather than them like us.

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            27 Mar 2025, 16:27

            Yeah - he has a very anti-corruption stance. But the reality is, Indians look to their government to get things. And people get into the government to wield power and make money through corruption.

            Indians also have a much stronger sense of hierarchy - it’s sort of built into Hindu culture.

            We decry our own broken politics, but it’s been very educational for me to be able to understand the politics of a developing country and compare them to ours.

            Celebrity politicians and demagoguery is the norm in India. Bollywood actors and top tier sports athletes often go into high level politics.

            My fear is we’re becoming more like them, rather than them like us.

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            Doctor Phibes
            wrote on 27 Mar 2025, 18:29 last edited by
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            @xenon said in Meanwhile, in India...:

            Celebrity politicians and demagoguery is the norm in India. Bollywood actors and top tier sports athletes often go into high level politics.

            The weirdest one for me is India's good friend and neighbour to the north. Who would have imagined that Imran Khan, the spectacularly good 1980's cricketer and Oxford-educated playboy would become this anti-west figure? Did he really dislike Ian Botham that much? It's not as if it's an occupation without danger.

            I was only joking

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