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how far back was that? how technologically advanced was the world then compared to now? What sort of an ally would such a population be to any developed country? except as slave labour or as the cannon fodder like you had envisaged? Such a people will be a "bulwark against the PRC"?
The same things that Koreans, Chinese, Vietnamese, Hungarians, Czech people, and Japanese people made as their economies developed?
You have some wierd romanticized view of mass poverty. Both you and Modi might be pleased to push Indians back to a stone age ruled by Brahminism and superstitions, but that's not good for my people or my country. Mass poverty is a recipe for misery, ruined lives, crime, oppression, and bonded slavery. So, no thanks. if you like it so much, wish it on your country.
I will repeat myself here, population is only a strength when they're educated, are employed, have buying power in a booming economy else it's a poor country with runaway inflation & the large malnourished majority surviving on subsidised food.
It seems to me that you're arguing for the sake of arguingand have no clue to what you'e talking about, so I'll be ending this here.
you absolutely have. read your own comments. you've advocated using Indians to do low-skill (and therefore low-wage) jobs and be used as cannon fodder.
Uneducated Indians as cannon-fodder is your idea of 'bulwark against PRC'?
That is not just endorsing poverty, it's godamned racist. and you're lecturing me on being ignorant about 'recent history regarding economic development'??! because I called you out?
I keep trying to give you the benefit of the doubt but you're just too nasty. I'm blocking you