If there’s a single duality that captures the essential difference between India and the US, it is inconvenience as virtue versus convenience as virtue.
To be Indian is to feel virtuous by navigating elaborately inconvenient practices for no good reason
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I don’t know if Colombians see this as a virtue or more as a badge of honor. Living in Colombia involves navigating needless paperwork and a culture of bribery. I left at 19 and only visit occasionally. Conversations with friends and family who live there baffle me.
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I’d guess this is more because our extended family structures discourage anyone from fully individuating - which keeps family members in each other’s business. There are more porous interpersonal boundaries - particularly if you lack seniority.
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