>It's funny though West Germany, which was completely ruined by WW2 emerged as a lot more prosperous country than what India did for the first 40 years. Do you have any idea how badly Germany was bombed. If you say things like "But Germany is an exception because X", then think why East Germany couldn't be as rich. East Germany was about as poor as West Germany after WW2.
Well, West Germany is an exception because it gotten a Cold War ally and darling immediately after the war.
They're also very favorably placed in the center of Europe, and were given lots of help to try to rebuild their economy (their sugar daddy allowing them to pay only minimal war recuperations, cheap migrant hands from Turkey and Greece, etc).
They also didn't have instability of the kind India faced post-colonialism, since the ex British rulers (as is their standard mode of operation everywhere, from Israel/Palestine to Cyprus/Northern Cyprus etc.) used a divide and conquer tactic, playing Indian, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc one against the other.
And of course it's not just the starting state (Germany being bombed, India being poor) but also things like human capital, etc. Germany, post WWII, had far more educated people, industrial experience and infrastructure (as a percentage) compared to India.
As for East Germany, it was depended on USSR which didn't have the same kind of economic resources as the US, nor did other communist countries it mostly traded with.
>All Indians do is give excuses for why India was poor
Yes, those lazy Indians, always up to no good. There are no historical reasons, just lazy, ignorant, people.
This year India will be celebrating 70th Independence day, it is not infant democracy as it was in 60s or 70s, but it is about damn time, Indians owned up their own record of self governance and stop blaming the British. The act of blaming Population and British is getting stale and old.
>>Yes, those lazy Indians, always up to no good.
Indians is being used as catch all and you are trying to misrepresent his statement. No one said Indians are lazy, that would be affront to my own family and friends. But Indians need to own up the kind of leadership they have elected and the subsequent results.
>This year India will be celebrating 70th Independence day, it is not infant democracy as it was in 60s or 70s, but it is about damn time, Indians owned up their own record of self governance and stop blaming the British. The act of blaming Population and British is getting stale and old.
Well, the British never really "left" (controlling politics and influencing the area) until several decades later -- not at the nominal "Independence" day.
>* but it is about damn time, Indians owned up their own record of self governance and stop blaming the British. The act of blaming Population and British is getting stale and old.*
That (doing their best) should happen whether they blame the British or not. The effects of the colonialism shouldn't be an excuse -- just a historical reality that is admitted.
Well, West Germany is an exception because it gotten a Cold War ally and darling immediately after the war.
They're also very favorably placed in the center of Europe, and were given lots of help to try to rebuild their economy (their sugar daddy allowing them to pay only minimal war recuperations, cheap migrant hands from Turkey and Greece, etc).
They also didn't have instability of the kind India faced post-colonialism, since the ex British rulers (as is their standard mode of operation everywhere, from Israel/Palestine to Cyprus/Northern Cyprus etc.) used a divide and conquer tactic, playing Indian, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc one against the other.
And of course it's not just the starting state (Germany being bombed, India being poor) but also things like human capital, etc. Germany, post WWII, had far more educated people, industrial experience and infrastructure (as a percentage) compared to India.
As for East Germany, it was depended on USSR which didn't have the same kind of economic resources as the US, nor did other communist countries it mostly traded with.
>All Indians do is give excuses for why India was poor
Yes, those lazy Indians, always up to no good. There are no historical reasons, just lazy, ignorant, people.
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