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Post by justforfunhere »

square_usual wrote: post #49
manifestdissent wrote: post #47

The nationalism in these comments isn’t surprising. But it is disappointing. Several comments are implying that HuffPo is an influence operation or conspiracy... ??? There’s a clear boogeyman (the Chinese) and a grand arching conspiracy stopping the country from being great. This is fascism 101

From personal experience, most Indians in the tech space are conservative-leaning. I don't network a lot, but I do talk to people enough to know that "liberal" in the western sense is a very rare viewpoint in this industry. E: I should mention that I am Indian.

I would go one step further and say that most Indians in the tech space come from Upper Caste, well to do Middle Class families with enough money to give them a comfortable chance at getting into a decent college in India/Abroad. This gives them a sense of entitlement that is very hard to shake off.

This also makes them partially blind to the kind of hardship most poor Indians have to face and live with for the entirety of their lives.

Income inequality has been diminishing in India, but it still a major force as it tends to drive the kind of demographic that would end up in certain type of jobs or positions within bureaucracy.

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Post by damnencryption »

factorialboy wrote: post #45
jhowell wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I doubt it had any significant revenue. We don't know, and what's significant? Return on investment regardless of size of investment is significant when running any business. > At some point, fundamentals of the business matter. I think the fundamental outlined in the article is "Narendra Modi government’s new foreign direct investment norms for digital media," and not described in relation to revenue.

Given that they cannot carry out their ops without foreign investment is clear indication that the business was unsustainable. > I think the fundamental outlined in the article is "Narendra Modi government’s new foreign direct investment norms for digital media," and not described in relation to revenue. That's an opinion piece. The fact is they shut down operations. And if the reason is lack of foreign investment, t…

How many big startups/companies in India are making enough profit to self sustain themselves currently?

Jio, swiggy, Zomato, Tata motors, Amazon, flipkart, ola, big basket, oyo, Paytm, and the list goes on. Maybe we should shut them all down.

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Post by zests »

lucian1900 wrote: post #9
baloney1 wrote: post #6

Let's keep the extreme left-biased media in the holes like Portland where they belong.

HuffPost is centre-right at best, what are you on about? If you want an example of left, look at the https://morningstaronline.co.uk

This is a very European comment responding to a very American comment. That paper is too sober to represent any side of American politics.

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Post by AntiImperialist »

mulmen wrote: post #54
AntiImperialist wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any country that tries to pull back from the rest of the world will suffer in comparison. Well, China has greatly benefited from doing exactly that. They greatly regulate and control foreign influence while they exert their influence every where they can. India is a big rival and they have been funding everything from the Naxalites (the underground Indian communist organization) to mainstream parties, organizations,…

Sure, that's actually a very good point with regard to the CCP's great firewall in the context of economic prosperity. It remains to be seen how well that works long term. I wouldn't ask for the same treatment myself.

Regardless of what certain individuals want, ignoring inevitable outcomes don't fare well for them.

For example, like Yuval Noah Harari mentions in Sapiens, agriculture was not necessarily good for individuals. But since it allowed long term storage of food (in the form of grains), it allowed for stable habitats which grew into cities and nation states. There were still tribal people for a long time (there still are) who didn't adopt the technology but they were increasingly at the mercy of those on the other side.

We've seen the same with other technologies, like powerful weapons in the last centuries.

I think, in the new information age, we're headed to a similar trajectory with this new set of propaganda methods and defenses. Those who don't incorporate these new technologies into their systems will be at the mercy of those who do.

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Post by iamshs »

manifestdissent wrote: post #47

The nationalism in these comments isn’t surprising. But it is disappointing. Several comments are implying that HuffPo is an influence operation or conspiracy... ??? There’s a clear boogeyman (the Chinese) and a grand arching conspiracy stopping the country from being great. This is fascism 101

HN has been flooded by Hindu Nationalists. Every topic about India I comment on, not only it gets downvoted pretty heavily but typical conspiracy theories get thrown. It is really disappointing, you are right.

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Post by vinay427 »

Dahoon wrote: post #56
donw wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ground News marks HuffPo as living solidly on the Left: https://ground.news/interest/25781bef-fab9-4951-8bff-5926d11...

On what Americans call Left and what the rest of the world call Right or Center-right. Since this is about India this is incorrect. HuffPost is center-right.

I wouldn't exactly consider the left in India, or most of the west for that matter, "left" of the American left. This is true on some dimensions but certainly not many others, at least speaking as someone who has lived in both the US and western Europe.

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Post by AntiImperialist »

SiempreViernes wrote: post #70
AntiImperialist wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any country that tries to pull back from the rest of the world will suffer in comparison. Well, China has greatly benefited from doing exactly that. They greatly regulate and control foreign influence while they exert their influence every where they can. India is a big rival and they have been funding everything from the Naxalites (the underground Indian communist organization) to mainstream parties, organizations,…

China doesn't have a isolation strategy, they have a control strategy: foreigners that follow their rules are very welcome, as opposed to simply banned from visiting. Its strange to call a country with a clearl export focus "isolationist".

I don't think we disagree. Isolation is an essential part of it. If they didn't have isolation to begin with, they wouldn't be able to control anything.

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Post by publicola1990 »

Some in the west think that India is western like democracy, but moves like this indicate that the government there is actually a regressive and almost authoritarian in nature, it society is far from reaching say the level of openness of other modern democracy, and the current government is hell bent on retarding and reversing all tendencies towards achieving a westernized polity.

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Post by SiempreViernes »

AntiImperialist wrote: post #77
SiempreViernes wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

China doesn't have a isolation strategy, they have a control strategy: foreigners that follow their rules are very welcome, as opposed to simply banned from visiting. Its strange to call a country with a clearl export focus "isolationist".

I don't think we disagree. Isolation is an essential part of it. If they didn't have isolation to begin with, they wouldn't be able to control anything.

I guess I don't understand what meaning you put into "isolation" then.
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