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Apr 8Liked by Kulak

Many have remarked on the incredibly arrogant attitude of (relatively) wealthy Indians, how they tend to treat everyone else as being subhuman. Makes sense when you understand the visceral experience of human squalor and filth they've lived through. The evidence for the value of their caste system stares them in the face every time they walk down the street.

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Apr 8Liked by Kulak

Excellent essay yet again, Kulak.

I'm old and used to be one of those "progressive" types. I semi-retired early once the kids were grown and moved "home" to Albuquerque, NM.

While ABQ is no India, I soon understood why my father called the population "those people" and moved us to a tiny town 1,000 miles away.

A few years of living in my lovely house next door to full-on cartel-linked "immigrants" I understood that my father hadn't been merely "racist". Instead, I learned, mentally grew, and eventually fled knowing otherwise I'd go to prison or be killed.

You may get much hate from white people who live in NE hamlet's and still listen to the soothing voices of NPR. So be it. The truth of the world is far dirtier than they can understand until they experience it.

You are doing great work!

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Great post on India! The land I hang out in year after year, though Tanzania is now my main land. I don't have the bandwidth to watch the film, but this review sums it all up. Utterly disgusting. The place where the Progressive Arc of History idea ends with a thud. Two conclusions I have about all of this.

The Sikhs have a belief of opposites being the most extreme, but always in balance. If its this bad for the masses, its that good for the few, even better as they are so out-numbered and have to receive in equal. Its bliss along the Ganga today.

Second, end times. The stuff about the magnetic pole shift results in India freezing all over again, and Kali yuga style this is the manifestation of it all before it happens.

I remember during the police state lockdown, how fearful I realized Indians all are, and how small minded to not learn a thing, except the babas who dgaf, and the very few Westerners that can handle it all (American tourists are few and far between anymore in India-- even Rishikesh). I had and still have the time of my life in India months on end with a few among the masses, watching this flick play out every day.

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The film linked was funny. Watched the movie and laughed hard. Won't be going to India, that's for sure. Good PSA.

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One of the most thought-provoking essays I’ve read in months. I will upgrade to paid.

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The film is horribly racist, and what's worse, it offers abundant video evidence for every deranged, racist statement the AI narrator makes. After nearly losing my lunch, I decided to just trust the narrator's word and listened to most of it. That way you can enjoy the hilarious commentary without seeing something you won't be able to unsee.

Key takeout: we need more trains in India, railway infrastructure is woefully underdeveloped there.

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Apr 8·edited Apr 8

As an Indian and a Hindu, my faith teaches me:

- that I have the power to make similar full length feature films on most countries or faiths, (in Attenborough's voice - a person I truly respect and admire) But that equally, the choice to fill my mind with hatred is totally a choice I have control over. And I refuse to allow my mind to be used by the forces of darkness that exist in the world.

- that you only see what you want to see in the world. Generalizing over an entire race by cherry picking stories that evoke fear and hatred is simply how Thames chooses to see the world.

- that life doesn't end at your last breath, that your experiences are gathered in your soul and forms the basis of Karma. That what you hate most, is what you are also drawn to the most, which means Thames is highly likely going to be born in India in their next life ;-)

- that despite the vileness of intent and the ulterior motives behind this content, the choice to forgive is also equally mine. So Thames, you are forgiven. Your mind is infected by hate, and unfortunately no longer under your direct control. I understand that and forgive you because your perception is not reality for over 1.4 billion of the worlds population, yet you are entitled to your opinion and certainly we are not a culture that would want to stop you from having your opinion. Even though your intent seems to be to slander a land that is the birthplace of the oldest civilization on the planet, and whose people have given the world its knowledge of math, astronomy, medicine and spirituality.

As I type this from within walking distance of the worlds biggest slums, that despite everything in the video (yes I have watched it) when I peek into a slum, I see kids with hope for a brighter future than their parents had, I see joy in the hearts of the poorest of the poor, I see brilliant minds at work innovating to provide goods and services so they are able to feed their families. In short, I see an ascending India.

India is far from perfect - it is in a transitory phase. We've not had the chance to express ourselves for over 1000 years. So if you want to know what India really means, you have 2 options. Go to Hampi to see our civilazation as it stood 1000 years ago. Or wait for another 50 to see it being resurrected before your very own eyes. Jai hind! 🙏

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I can't like this article in good conscience even if I agree with some of what is said.

They are human. What i see is squalor beyond anyone's wildest dreams. A place entirely ran by demons.

One thing I have learned that struck me was that demons both attempt to ape God and they thrive on humiliating man because God elevated man above the angels in creation.

The use of feces the 'blessing' with cow urine. The absolute putrid squalor and trash that violates any credible right of stewardship is so depraved. So lowly that only a system of demonic control, possession and influence could ever numb men to this sick reality.

Although I used to be frequent on 4ch. The disgusting parts were all sexual. As I have vows against porn of any kind, it violates more my personal religious commitments. Had I not had these I would stomach the movie. Barely.

I pay a lot of attention to the way demons try to destroy God's work. In India, baptism is reviled and hated with burning passion that could get you killed. The demons there know what it means more than what anyone in the west thinks. We see it as a sort of quaint antiquated but normal religious practice. The more religious of us see it as a beautiful blessing.

The demons in India see it as a mortal threat and oppose it as severely.

I cannot in good conscience condemn them all. Especially knowing Indians in different regions with different religions and different social values. Even some in India (catholic kerala for example).

But it is clear that demons grip the majority there. And it is terrifying what has been exerted over that portion of humanity for so long.

One thing I understand as a goal of demons is to make us lower than animals. It is why I hate the scientific rationalism of Darwin which directly equates us. It is an intellectual way of reducing our dignity to the absolute lows of animals. However this is an intellectual evil not a practical moral one as it is so clearly presented in this documentary.

When I see these people acting lower than animals I see only the acts of demons, dumbing the mind, ruining the morals and twisting everything into a kind of mocking comedy of all things holy.

Where our intellectual materialism kills from above. Targeting faith, beauty and higher purpose. This demonic lower class way of life clearly kills from below by transfiguring noble man into a kind of cattle.

This film, clear and refined in its racist presentation. Is also unbelievably and undeniably important. If only as a kind of wake up call for a certain kind of man to know that demons are real. And if they win, it will be unfathomably worse than what we have today.

Regarding IQ. I have a small bit of hope given how significantly things like clean water, less disease in childhood and better childhood nutrition play a role. Upper caste Indians have decent IQ, and their offspring in the usa often equal or outperform whites.

If India ever fixed this depravity and abandoned their false gods. There may yet be a chance. Either way it is a chance worth implementing with brute force given how utterly disgusting the state is currently if this video gives any honest reflection.

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> 10 minutes in

I laugh then feel sad and pause for a bit

its allot

I find myself suddenly wondering how many iq points you get from having clean water

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How do you explain Bukele turning El Salvador around in a few years? All he did was lock up the criminal 2%. It is also a low average IQ country. Why is that not replicable in any third world country?

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Apr 8Liked by Kulak

5 mins in and my eyes hurt so much. I can't finish this because of nudity. What i have seen so far is horrifying.

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You're right about the truth devouring the soul of the westerner.

It took a year of living in Africa, and trying to organise a group of them to a minimum level of productivity to make me accept that people are either capable, or they aren't.

Accepting that Africans aren't Germans felt like death. My whole worldview from the west came apart.

There's a reason Africa Addio was heavily censored when it came out.

There's a reason most American's knowledge of Africa ends with the lion king.

Once you know the truth, you can't go along with socialist idealism any more.

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Apr 9Liked by Kulak

Aw man! 480x270? C'mon, this is 2024, not 1994!

I am so disappointed in the executive producer right now.

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You had me expecting something horrible but this is just a tasteless 4chan troll op. Anybody who takes it seriously is just embarrassing themselves. It would be hilarious if they borrowed the Hawaii style humor approach and turned it into a series about different countries so that we could laugh about ourselves too.

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Come on. It's not biology that creates poverty and devastation, it's culture and religion. Animism teaches that we are on a cycle of death and rebirth so there is no motivation to do things under a linear time constraint like in Christian/Western culture. Second, the caste system does the very thing you advocate-- treating other humans as less than, which creates extreme poverty in some and weath in others. Lastly, India is incredibly corrupt and that corruption destroys societies. Who are the wealthiest people in the US? Indian-Americans. They thrive in a western culture that provides stability, opportunity, and has a base of Judeo-Christian morality.

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I still can't get over how damaging the internet has been to India's reputation. Were I Modi, I'd commit the entire budget towards snipping the undersea internet cables, and cutting off the world's window inward.

As late as the 90's, it was still viewed as a spiritual, culturally-enlightened place. Inspiration for the Peacekeepers, the Vell-os, and quite a few niche cults in America. Then they got on Instagram and started asking renaissance paintings to show their bobs and vagene.

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