r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ActualInstance2195 • 3d ago

Video Fascinating growth made by China!

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u/rohmish 3d ago

For sure. things that are going on in the US have a lot of parallels to Indian politics and social climate.

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u/Chedditor_ 3d ago

I'm not Indian, but I've been deeply concerned about the level of international acceptance of Modi and the BJP; they give me the damn creeps.

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u/rohmish 3d ago

I wish I could say it was a loud minority but honestly it's not. They're good at understanding what the people want to hear. to the point that people will cheer and celebrate things that are harmful to them because they are extremely good at framing things in a way that people find it easy to digest

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u/Chedditor_ 3d ago

Yep. Very much the same here too.

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u/russbam24 2d ago

Exactly the same situation with the current administration in the US. Literally the story of tariffs announced today lol

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u/Beast_Viper_007 2d ago

Religious extremism is on the rise here. One cannot even joke about some politician even if he does not take his name.

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u/scarabic 2d ago

How interesting. I would not have guessed that India has a predominant “we are the best” attitude.

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u/CantoniaCustomsII 1d ago

It is, because they place being the "best" in metaphysical and unquantifiable attributes. Just like how American evangelicals pride themselves in being virtuous when their entire religious beliefs is Sola scriptura (aka deliberately misinterpreting the Bible)

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u/scarabic 1d ago

I think this “only we are us” attitude is deeply embedded in a lot of cultures. If you think back to a time when the world was larger, a person from the other side of the planet was, then, like an alien from another planet would be to us today: strange, from a faraway place that can barely be understood, totally unlike everyone you know. I think people had a hard time seeing someone so alien as even a human being. To this day it lingers as racism, even very modest forms of it, like thinking immigrants from other countries and people are “all well and good, but not real Americans.”

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u/CantoniaCustomsII 1d ago

I think the thing is if you've got something measurable to be proud of, you absolutely should. But if you can't measure it, don't bother.

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u/scarabic 1d ago

Being proud of your identity is okay, as long as that doesn’t include thinking it makes you better than others. Everyone has their culture.

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u/CantoniaCustomsII 1d ago

Well, if I dare so say myself, I am certainly better than most Yankees on intelligence and education.

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u/scarabic 1d ago

If you’re referring to Americans in general, that’s not saying very much :D

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u/CantoniaCustomsII 1d ago

Haha. Very true.

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u/El_Grande_El 2d ago

It’s called capitalism