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[–]Agni777[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You are right that people should stay and try to fix countries they are a part of. But maybe some are just broken beyond repair by an average person

I’ll suggest there is a time to fight and a time where it’s not feasible to fight. In India, the average person could fight about 35 years ago. Now it’s virtually impossible.

As a reference Imagine if democrats win for all elections for 30 years and are hand in glove with the second largest party which is the communists in the USA. Then I suspect even many patriotic, smart brave and talented people here will start looking for opportunities abroad, if they exist. Just as the South Africans are having to do currently.

Most Indian kids that come here are middle class whose family is aspirational through perspiration. I can see why you might feel they are prince/princess (middle class in India is used to having a lot of household help like maids...) but I don’t think they are privileged as such. The ones that are privileged often go back to India soon after being here for college.