Comment on India launches space mission to the sun a week after moon landing

cloud@lazysoci.al ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• puppy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If the US can go to space while issuing drone strikes on civilians, if Russia can go to space while invading countries, I don’t see why India can go to space while still being backwards about the caste system. Also it’s not like the government endorses the cast system, unlike the aforementioned examples.

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  • lasagna@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Whataboutism bs. Two wrongs don’t make a right.

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    • puppy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah but I didn’t see anyone complaining when NASA Artemis was announced? Everyone rejoiced NASA’s return to space. So why the double standard towards India? Credit where credit is due don’t you think?

      Also what’s the caste system has anything to do with the Indian government? How do you think the government has enforced it? What do you think the government should do instead? I am not Indian mind you, but I am sick of these holier than thou attitude of westerners.

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      • lasagna@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Credit is definitely due and this is an amazing feat by India.

        I haven’t bothered to discuss the other topic. Is there even any point when US issues are always on the front page here? I probably know more about US politics than my own country at this point.

        Though of course you could also go there and take a jab at Americans. Let me know when you do so I can give you some support.

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      • cubedsteaks@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Everyone rejoiced NASA’s return to space

        not me but whatever.

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    • kava@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I hate the term whataboutism

      It’s OK to point out hypocrisy. In fact, I think it should be forefront on everyone’s mind when your government is criticizing some other government for things they do themselves

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      • rhombus@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        In the case of one government criticizing another it’s definitely fair to point out hypocrisy. The problem is that in most cases it’s used to avoid discussion on a topic by changing the subject of the debate.

        That said, it is also fair to say that the first comment kind of shoehorned in the caste system on a topic that had nothing to do with it.

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• DSX@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  How is that related to the space mission? Or are we trying to make this look like a Reddit comment section now?

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• Jocker@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Even though I couldn’t find any connection between a space mission to sun and casteism, I could assure you friend the latter is much difficult. That’s why countries still struggle with casteism or racism or sexism or some other -ism, but we shouldn’t let it hold us back from the technical and scientific advancements. In fact one could argue building a science oriented society is the way to eradicate these issues.

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  • buddascrayon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I love it when people act like America doesn’t have a fucking caste system. As though there weren’t millions of Americans who voted for a rich guy who planned to build a wall to keep the “illegals” out of the country. And there wasn’t a massive lobbyist effort but multi billion dollar companies and oligarchs to kill unemployment benefits in order to push people back into shitty service jobs that pay peanuts.

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• robbotlove@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  whatever or whoever they land on the sun will no longer be in any system, so maybe this is the first step?

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  • ivanafterall@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I haven't followed this mission. It's not possible they're launching lower-caste people into the sun?

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• i_b_i_r@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  LOL. This is clearly how to tell

  “I’m jealous of another country achieving something better than my country”

  without actually telling

  “I’m jealous of another country achieving something better than my country”

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  • cloud@lazysoci.al ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ll be jealous of india once they get rid of all their billionares and feed the poor instead

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    • i_b_i_r@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Well you can say that for literally any country 😂

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      • DSX@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Don’t feed the troll, look at their comment history.

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  • electrogamerman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Lol, im sorry but there’s nothing to be jealous of India. Im happy they accomplished the landing in the moon, but they have a lot problems that they need to solve in their country.

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    • i_b_i_r@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I don’t disagree that they have problems to solve. But the kind of negativity these comments point out of pure jealousy. Let’s just celebrate achievements in the field of science and tech whichever country it is. No country is perfect.

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      • DSX@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  HHGTG covered this. They’ll simply put the lower classes on a space ark

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• AnonymousBaba@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  keep waiting bitch

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• RoyalEngineering@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  👀

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