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• tatterdemalion@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  India is pretty much a piece of shit country

  All while being racist as hell

  Cognitive dissonance much?

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  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Not at all. It’s not really speculation or opinion or projection. It’s not even a secret. They are known quite well at overall being horribly racist. They’re even racist against portions of their own country. Let alone foreigners.

    en.m.wikipedia.org/…/Ethnic_relations_in_India

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  • YeetPics@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Is it racist to say Florida is a shit-hole even the insurance companies don’t bother touching?

    Oh, it isn’t? Because states and governments aren’t people? Oh okay!

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    • tatterdemalion@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Maybe I just don’t think “country” == “government”, and I try to be careful with my phrasing so as not to make blanket pejorative statements about people.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      insurance

      They’re leaving because of natural disaster risk, and that article also explains why some are leaving California.

      And Farmers recently announced that it will limit writing new home policies in California, citing wildfire risks and high costs. That move follows Allstate and State Farm, which also said they will not issue new home insurance policies in the state.

      The reasoning has way more to do with risk of people actually filing claims than anything to do with the people there.

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    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Saying Florida is a shit-hole doesn’t mean I just hate anyone that comes from Florida. I’ve vacationed a time or two in that shit-hole.

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  they still have so much of their busted caste system in place

  That really depends on the region, and it’s more a cultural thing than an actual construct. A large chunk of the country doesn’t meaningfully follow the caste system.

  Source: Indian colleagues from various parts of the country.

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  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Ask them how they feel about marrying someone outside of their caste.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I have. In some areas, they still practice arranged marriages, whereas in others, it works a lot more like in western countries.

      India is a big, diverse country, and almost all of it has gone through substantial changes in the last few decades WRT social structure. The caste system has gone from “basically universal” to “a strong influence in decisions” to “barely recognizable in significant parts of the country.” Yes, it still exists in some form in many areas, but it also is effectively dead in many others.

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