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Oscarcharliezulu t1_ise0orp wrote

The downside of a extremely right wing government is that the poor have to fend for themselves. We need to shame the government there into helping its people more - they are one of the biggest military spenders in the world - so they have the money.

Edited - I meant ‘shame’ not ‘change’ the govt.

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[deleted] OP t1_ise34is wrote

Canara Bank, a public bank forgave 15,651,866,700.00 United States Dollar of debts taken by the elite 1% and refused to reveal the names of the beneficiaries.

Also, they’ve increased the taxes on essentials such as bread, milk, etc and have added taxes on new categories such as House rent, etc.

The top 1% have been made much more richer by milking the lower and middle class

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MexusRex t1_iseocs9 wrote

> We need to change the government there

I really hope you mean they need to change their government. Or is disastrous interventionist foreign policy back on the menu?

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Oscarcharliezulu t1_iseyy7j wrote

Ah I meant ‘shame’ not change it was a autocomplete I didn’t notice

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sekai_no_kami t1_ise30o8 wrote

We also have pretty problematic neighbours as well. Pakistan a well known refuge/breeding ground for terrorism, and China constantly land grabbing for over 60 years. This long northern border requires a decent standing army.

Unlike the US army for eg, where their border issues are basically migrants from mexico, not 2 nuclear nations vying to destabilize your country.

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[deleted] OP t1_isecqf8 wrote

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rigid_monkey t1_isfo9h1 wrote

and so are many other countries. what you said is definitely true, but a problem can have multiple reasons behind it

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Oscarcharliezulu t1_isezc6g wrote

China is in land disputes with every neighbour and then some. I think India is the biggest threat to China.- it has a chance to outgrow China economically and take over a lot nor its manufacturing

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mrgodail t1_isgna3a wrote

Except China doesn't have land disputes with every neighbour as they've settled border disputes with a bunch of countries.

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Oscarcharliezulu t1_isgo8we wrote

They sure settled it with Hong Kong. They forcefully occupied islands claimed by others as well. If it wasn’t for the West they’d have invaded Taiwan by now without a doubt.

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mrgodail t1_isgob2s wrote

Hong Kong was never a country, it was also never a border dispute.

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Oscarcharliezulu t1_isgol47 wrote

I guess Hong Kong was last an British Empire land grab.

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paradoxbound t1_isjhtcj wrote

Hong Kong was returned to the empire it was carved from. Never mistakenly call China a country. It always has been an empire carved out of various nations.

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Oscarcharliezulu t1_isn5od0 wrote

Exactly right. That’s also the way the British thought till the war of independence. And Ghandi and India moving away from the empire.

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Mist_Rising t1_ishotdt wrote

All of the Chinese port cities were Chinese in name, they were 99 year loans the Europeans carved out of China.

Which I guess is slightly better than the usual method of European colonization, which didn't bother with figuratives.

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YuviManBro t1_isgabp3 wrote

You realize food is given for free right? There is no documented Indian who will be refused a meal

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Oscarcharliezulu t1_isgmyx6 wrote

So why are they 107 on the list ? Is the rating itself or the way they do it not really representative?

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YuviManBro t1_isgnb36 wrote

I don’t actually know, but I’ve heard that it’s because India is able to provide the calories easily but the micronutrients and general nutrition of the food is poor. Especially due to lower meat consumption without supplements like vegans/vegetarians in the west often eat

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Oscarcharliezulu t1_isgo4ro wrote

You’ve made me think - the index might be based on a set of assumptions or metrics that some countries can’t or really just are different enough not to ever really match properly.

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YuviManBro t1_isgptii wrote

Yeah that can be an issue but it's probably good enough right?

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Mist_Rising t1_ishp833 wrote

The UN reports are all sorts of problematic. They're self reported mostly hence why you get crazy shit claims at times, and since they're self reported you get fudge too. Cooling the book style.

But most of all, they're usually built on "developed" world standards which means odd shit.

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Oscarcharliezulu t1_isn6a32 wrote

I love the idea of the UN but then I watch a session and damn. How can they really get anything done when the perpetrators and their allies veto everything? Then it’s just loud noises.

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Mist_Rising t1_isn77ht wrote

The UN isn't really meant to solve anything, it's meant to prevent WW3. The vetoing is thus deliberately designed to be there

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