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Comment by swuecho | Hacker News Reader

It is all about rich or poor.

If the author do some research on the relative rich people in China, the result should be different.

I would disagree that it is about being rich or poor. If you take a look at the state of public infrastructure (roads, water, electricity, transport) in India, the amount of funds being spent do not match the quality. The only place where perhaps you can see the 'chalta hai' attitude not evident is where there are strong and enforced regulations. All of the rest is a little bit of shit all the time because of the chalta hai attitude and corruption.

check the home of rich people and poor.

Ok, I don't think you get the point. The home of rich people will have a backup electric supply, water tank and other such conveniences to offset what should have been a basic good infrastructure provided by the government to begin with. The attitude of acceptance of crappy infrastructure is the chalta hai attitude that the article speaks about.

It's the same acceptance of crappy roads, crappy Internet, crappy service, crappy foo... that is consumed without expecting better. The rich also just accept it because they can afford to spend on backup options like a different phone line, multiple service providers etc. However the acceptance of good enough is independent of wealth in India.

It probably goes without saying that such egregious corner-cutting shouldn't be happening regardless of being rich or poor.

do not know why get down vote.

since when you get down vote because of different opinion in hn？

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