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Originally posted by gaijindabe
India has 5000 years of history, caste, class, geography. Things move slowly... What they did get are connections to the Anglo world. And that has to be good for economy growth. They broke off from England in 1947 - when the socialist mindset was asendent. A bad time.
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In that sense, Persia has an advantage. They've been, mostly, conquerors, not conquered. So they have a sociological advantage from that aspect. True, Islam can have a negative upon their relationships, but the Indonesians have held that in check in their dealings with the west most of the time. If Tehran takes a lesson from Jakarta, they'll be miles ahead.