Did you know that there is no such thing as a "country"?

I am sure fine well he does but you are missing the point maybe if you think of a local goeprphical postion then you will see what he means.


It is actually a mental construct created within our imaginations, so that we may divide and conquer more easily. It's just an idea, which has no bearing on reality at all.


I agree in part I would love to see a world without any borders but it does play a part in our current perception of reality so it does have a bearing.


What do you think theres actually natural lines at the border? I mean cmon man. Your talking mumbo jumbo to me.

You know fine well what he is talking about and he never made any such statement that there where actual natural lines at the border.

In my opinion this statement of yours is an infintial attetmpt to discredit the OP because his way of thinking does not concour with your own.



[edit on 14-10-2009 by jpmail]

yep keep blaming the worlds woes on capitalism, these things never happen in a socialist country

[edit on 14-10-2009 by I_am_Spartacus]

Sorry,my english may not be up to the mark....but please let me respond to the story.
I an Indian,Bengali...right now sitting in Kolkata.So, I think I know a bit about the situation here.
First, I admit poverty exists....but do some random pictures tell the whole story?
I am 24 yrs old,male,not affiliated to any political party....either communist or anti communist.
Right now I am completing my Masters.....guess what from Calcutta University which is state funded and my tuition fees are so ridiculously low that its a matter of joke here.
But why I am doing Masters? why did not I try to get a job to alleviate my "poverty"??
Ohh...wait,actually I rejected two, three job offers.....my friends didn't.They are doing ok....all are employed in companies which pays them well.
I am not too much worried because right now I dont know any person who is jobless and in the current economic condition I will get a job....yep,quiet confident.
Do I have clean water?...yes,I do.
Power situation?....not bad but should improve.
Actually, I am getting quiet clueless trying to reply to this thread.I am not arguing that poverty does not exist here but few random pictures hardly tell a story.So next time instead of posting pictures from a particular area,it would be better to post pictures of Kolkata from other areas as well.It may not *shock* as much as it is doing right now.
We don't need dollars here.Our governments...whether in central or state, are not as worthless as it may seem.Though we love to criticize every policy but India from 1950 has come a long way.
Ohh....another thing most of the guys here,my friends and others...is pretty ok to stay here...in this so called *gutter* ,instead of going to any other nice looking places.
Maybe I will try to post some pictures from other parts of Kolkata....let's see what I can do.
Btw,it is my first post on ATS.Hello to all...

Do you guys really want to eradicate poverty?

Then get rid of BIG GOVERNMENT=out of control and corrupt and BIG BUSINESS=too big to fail and you know what that means , bailout money. In a true capitalist system this could never happen , it would be allowed to fail and a more efficient company would take it's place but no , BIG GOV and BIG BIZ are BIG BUDDIES=SOCIALISM.

Bring back REAL CAPITALISM and FREE MARKET , not the SOCIALIST MONOPOLIES we have today that run to BIG GOV for taxpayers money.

No GLOBALIZATION , which is just code word for
GLOBAL CORPORATION.

Take up an entrepreneuring attitude , learn some trades. Form UNIONS.

We need to empower the working class.

In India's case though Hinduism is caste based and most of the poor are
UNTOUCHABLES. Religion strikes yet again.

wait ... so where are the images that are supposed to shock us?

India's been like this for as long as anybody can remember, not saying its right at all and at times it can downright piss you off but..... wheres the shock and awe? I have a good amount of punjabi and gurdju friends (my bad on the spelling). Many have recently came back from staying in India for a couple months and theres so many people there that ya cant help everybody. Where theres billions of people, theres millions if not a billion poor people. Sh!t happens. ya cant make everybody's living situation better.