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by 2-718-281-828 1033 days ago
sounds like you miss your servants which happen to be a little too expensive for you here ... and you even have to treat them respectful. what a bummer
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"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."

"Don't be snarky."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

i think my comment was justified and quite on point. it is very much a cultural thing in india to have servants from a lower and less respected caste. it's not nice but that's how it is. and yes, the caste system is very much racist.
I don't know what to tell you other than that you broke the first guideline I quoted by caricaturing what the other person had written, and you broke the second guideline I quoted by being sarcastic and needlessly personal.
Way to assume. I love how literally everyone who criticizes Germany about being slow and inefficient is assumed to come from a place of privilege. If I missed by "servants" I'd be complaining about separating my garbage and having to make multiple trips to the recyclehof, not about bureaucracy sucking the life out of people.
Please don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes things worse.

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india is itself infamous for escalating bureaucracy.
Yes, but many countries aren’t like this. In many countries, administration is efficient. Why compare yourself to one notorious for poor administration
this is a thread building up a context ... that's why.

anyway - what are those countries? everybody would like to know!

Switzerland, Scandinavia, AFAIK Estonia.

The UAE has excellent administration.

switzerland: possible - but many migrants complain about it being almost impossible to get accepted there beyond being a law abiding work force.

scandinavia: (not a country) strong contestants.

estonia: not really - i have several estonian friends who will give you a long list of reasons why germany is the better place to live and work. personally, i really like estonia. have been there many times.

uae (or singapure): sure ... but you are discrediting yourself by even mentioning those in this list or possibly considering them as a place to live.

first three are all in EU by the way - and very close to germany. so the good news is that you can just easily try to move there. have a nice trip.