The article linked in this message claiming white officers are no more likely than nonwhite officers to shoot racial minorities is based on a study that, mathematically, cannot support its central claim. The authors have admitted this.
>Even if all corruption stopped instantly today - what would that actually achieve?
So what you are saying is that everything that Mr Kejriwal, Mr Hazare and others are struggling for is ultimately meaningless -- they are not solving any significant issues by tackling corruption.
Here's another way of looking at it: Let's assume some brilliant person (like you, perhaps?) is able to come up with a solution that solves all the problems that you describe -- food production, sanitation, power plants etc "magically" appear to meet the needs of the poor. How long do you think it will last? Corrupt politicians will again begin to meddle and take advantage and in 10 years, we would be back to the "clusterfuck" stage, as you so colorfully describe it.
>I suspect you come from a privileged middle-class background
I come from a lower-caste background, if you need to know. And don’t worry, we are not likely to let anyone bury the past and forget either colonialism or casteism. Or are you forgetting that India's past riches were also obtained through caste-based oppression? I suspect you have nothing better to say than “Everything is broken, it’s all the fault of the British and so I want free immigration”.
You know, your opinions are beginning to convince me that maybe you are right, incompetence is a far bigger problem than corruption ;)
I'm confused.. India's "dysfunctional governmental bureaucracy and law and order system... failed miserably" because it was cloned from the west. But you're also saying the government laid the groundwork over 50 years to raise levels of education and healthcare so that India is now making "visible progress".
I don't think @sreeni_ananth's comment was discounting the role of colonialism, but rather looking at the way out. There's not much we can do now about what was done to India in the past (except maybe harboring ill will against 'the west'?). But looking to India's future, I'd have agree with him that the main issue standing in the path of India's full recovery and health is corruption.
The article linked in this message claiming white officers are no more likely than nonwhite officers to shoot racial minorities is based on a study that, mathematically, cannot support its central claim. The authors have admitted this.
https://twitter.com/jonmummolo/status/1266184793244479500?s=...