[link|http://www2.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/india.htm|Decades of Stalinist economic policies] are why India has been so dirt poor. England gave them an infrastructure, and they just let it rust for the sake of Gandhi's silly village economy (commune) scheme. That sad country's prospects have only recently begun to look better, thanks to some free market reforms, leading to an influx of jobs from... the West.

What India has to offer is cheap labor and raw materials. That's it. That's their contribution. Their culture's a complete bust, and so is the [link|http://www.hvk.org/articles/0503/230.html|racist], [link|http://www.friesian.com/caste.htm|elitist], [link|http://www.sanatansociety.org/yoga_and_meditation/hinduism_philosophy_maya_illusion.htm|reality-spurning ]worldview that supports it. It doesn't work. Never did, never will. They were losers long before America came along. Long before the East India company came along. Even before the Moghuls came along. They haven't been able to get their act together since the Gupta empire fell apart.

Everyone's as badly served as he's willing to put up with, and as badly served as he serves himself. It's always Somebody Else's Fault.

You can be pardoned for [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=109232|worshipping false gods when you were younger] But [link|http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/3625/psychede.htm#india|isn't it about time you grew out of it?]