Lemmy Developer believes that India is a part of the Western World

NightLily , 9 months ago

He’s talking about how the West is calling for people to emulate what Gandhi is saying here or his actions, not saying that India is in the west at least to me? Can you explain why you think he’s saying India is the West?

goat OP , 9 months ago

“This is the level the west gets on” – Proceeds to quote someone not Western.

PugJesus , 9 months ago

West is when bad, and the more bad, the more West it is.

HipPriest , 9 months ago

Slightly off topic but it's interesting that in India they don't really get the hate for Adolf. Mein Kampf still sells well over there.

(https://m.timesofindia.com/india/why-hitler-is-not-a-dirty-word-in-india/amp_articleshow/63955029.cms)

I'm white British so when I went out to India for my honeymoon years ago I was thinking maybe there'd be some residual anti-colonial feelings, despite my Asian friends telling me that's nonsense. In fact, when they realised I wasn't Australian but actually a genuine English person they wanted photos taken with me as proof they'd met someone British in real life, or let their kids say hi to an English person. World's a very funny place sometimes

Sorry, very off topic

goat OP , 9 months ago

That’s extremely curious. Why is that?

HipPriest , 9 months ago

The linked article probably hypothesises it best by saying the caste system has things in common with Hitler's racism (with the Jews as the untouchables and the Aryans as the high castes); but it genuinely seems like one of those cultural quirks that doesn't have a particular reason.

They sell Hitler mouse mats.

goat OP , 9 months ago

India doesn’t consider itself Western, nor does the Western World (primarily English speaking nations and Europe), consider India western.

also i would’ve thought tankies would like gandhi, guess not :v

YeetPics , 8 months ago

Least geographically ignorant tankie