What’s up with the white sofa?

hatred is truly a universal language

Well I won’t say I hate those people in general but I do hate the ones who aren’t thankful for it. So yeah, hatred is there and I’m a human

Nah, I know it’s not all rural “marrying little girls to frogs for rain” stuff

That was the storyline for freakin cartoon my sis used to watch. I didn’t know if someone recreated it in reality. Well I can’t say I’m shocked

But I also know it is still an issue in the cities, and like white folks in America, you get extremely upset and insecure at the idea that other people maybe deserve a fair share of the pie.

Yeah I mean white people in America and general category people in India are shown as the privileged group in their respective countries so usually the govt don’t give them much in return. And both the groups starts hating it.

Now the difference which comes here is the White Americans just stay in their country because America is still far ahead in case of development and living standards. But in India, those people usually migrate to some other countries because the parts of India where you can live like a King (the new cities with hundreds of apartments and luxury malls) doesn’t get them the “worth it” feeling which they get by staying in Airbnbs in some EU country so eventually they get out of the whole subcontinent

Do you think your Dalit neighbors (if you have any) grew up ignorant of their caste?

Ohh yes they did

I’m from the NE part of india. There are more ST people in here, most of my ST friends are richer than me. They usually have Jordans and 2-3 iPhones (iPhones are expensive in india) but they enjoy the perks of freebies and affirmative actions while earning more than the average indian

Bro I would say one thing for you. Everything you see about india in the news channels isn’t real. Neither every people look and speak the same nor everyone gets into arranged marriages

Do you think the fact that you were unaware of your caste might be an indicator of privilege?

People may say I’m playing the victim card but I didn’t get a single privilege for that

I didn’t know my caste until I was 16 because in cities that shit doesn’t exist

I’m kayastha. The community which never followed caste system in the 1900s… but now I have face affirmative actions because my ancestors were rich in general and had an history of being jamindars (land owners)

Could something analogous be going on in India (with the lower castes in the place of immigrants), in that the ultra-rich people manage to avoid paying taxes commensurate to their wealth by making public policy debate focus on DEI or affirmative action programs?

Yes that’s what happens in here

The kind of social security system you’re talking about would be the best for India. But that would take 3-4 decades to be fully functional considering the usual rise in communal riots

But neither of the parties (BJP or Congress) would do that because they just want to make the votebank happy who are mostly the uneducated ones in towns, slums and villages

The politics in this country is fkn cinema atp! They wouldn’t spend a single penny for the ones who think rationally before voting someone

Brother things doesn’t work in India like how it works in US or EU. You have never seen it. I don’t expect you all to understand

I just passed out of high school, I could be wrong but it’s not that easy for a person like me like how you think it is. Being middle/ upper middle class in india comes with many issue, I can’t write all that down and it’s not like you would understand either

sucks to be a loser

Well if we talk about merit and as I’m a student. It affected me in JEE exam

My percentile was 89 but still I wasn’t selected but an ST guy with 55%ile got selected. BUT HEYY!! I am the loser

I don’t wanna argue here about it man. I can’t change someone’s opinion

That’s what I used to think before. But now when I’m in the age where I have to compete, I see everyone getting what I deserve (seats in universities) just because I’m a i) general category (the ones without any affirmative actions), ii) male, iii) middle/upper middle class.

You know who bad does that feel? It’s not a first world country where I can choose a mid profession and expect to go for vacations abroad… NO!!. In these countries there is blood bath in competitions, in which I would say I was just good but unlucky too because of those three things

For equality to exist in India, the govt has to cut the freebies and make the education system better and teach civic sense to the country people.

In this country, I have to pay 30% tax and I don’t get shit. That’s the worst part, on top of that you’ll be generalized as a bad guy everywhere because of the media. The govt isn’t making laws gender neutral due to which the younger generation are scared to marry.

There are thousands of problems in this country. Giving out freebies and affirmative actions won’t help at all

I know it’s a mixed side. But I’m definitely not a fascist nor do I support fascism

So you understand that desperate people would do anything, so why not help them?

I don’t know if you don’t understand the situation but in india shit is complex. There have been interviews of people living in slums, they say they are making more children to get a little more money from the govt (from the scheme which was made for educational purposes of lower income households), some of them are regularly caught to be begging instead of doing some work (specially the ones who are fully fit and fine).

You know why it’s like that? Because most of them got the bread and circus and they don’t want anything more.

The govt doesn’t even care about the poor and handicapped people tbh, because they get less seats from the affirmative actions. The so called oppressed groups “STs/SCs” get it.

Recently I gave an exam, the cutoff for general category is 94%ile but for ST it is 49%ile. Just look at the difference

That’s why affirmative actions should be income based only for the ones who are in the BPL (below poverty line) list

What’s caste blind social security system?

There should income based affirmative actions, for the ones who comes in BPL (below poverty line) list and for the specially abled people

If more than half a century of affirmative actions wasn’t able to give jobs to certain communities, then it’s a skill issue not a society issue

Casteism doesn’t exists except in some villages, left extremists would say otherwise

See that’s what

But people in this comment section already thought I would be a fascist

Check my other comment in this comment thread and tell me if I’m wrong

Stop hating and check my other comment

I’m from india so I can tell my perspective only for my country

I want

1. the affirmative actions to be removed,
2. laws to be made gender neutral,
3. freebies to be removed (which is given to the uneducated low earning people because they are the votebank),
4. to increase the funds in higher education govt institutions,
5. DEI should be removed from job hirings,
6. and there should be a test for civic sense for the ones who are applying for passport in india

Edit - Damn!! People are even downvoting this

When I say I’m a centrist that means for some stuff I’m liberal and for other I’m conservative

Centrist isn’t someone who is not into politics. They classify themselves as “non politicals”

You got the difference?

Well I don’t deserve 6 downvotes 💢

I always answer politely unless the other person fcs around

Still you’ll targetted everywhere id you’re a centrist. Just look at the down votes😂

I’m a centrist. Am I allowed anywhere in this cruel world?

Edit- What’s the downvotes for?