[nitred]

I think India has virtually the same problems as America or any other western country and a few problems that are unique to it like the caste system etc.

However the problems are more pronounced in India. There's more uneducated, more illiteracy, more corruption, more hatred among groups etc.

Having read the wonderful article about Going Critical [1] it's made me realize that, if one society is worse off than another by only 10% by some metric, it could mean that the society is far worse off than 10% due to cascading effects.

If you've ever been to India and stood by the side of a busy road in one of the poorer areas of a city, this or any other kind of news will not surprise you, infact I'm sure you will, like me, be dumbstruck as to how India manages to do keep it's shit together in the first place.

[1] https://meltingasphalt.com/interactive/going-critical/