I wouldn't count China as a third world country to compare to, so that's fair enough, but also China is only doing well because it coccooned some capitalism based on English common law and its derivatives, and a limited imitation of the liberal tradition thereof. Of course it's a facade, but it works well enough to lift them out of poverty.

India you should compare to India's trajectory had British rule not occurred.

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defrost 12 hours ago | parent [-]

> India you should compare to India's trajectory had British rule not occurred.

How? Fantasize?

You do seem to make a lot of unsupported statements that seem more akin to belief than observable facts.

	▲	philipallstar 37 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Given generally we measure poverty by how many things Western countries have invented and built, and not look to India as the leading edge of development, it's not hard to deduce India's trajectory had it never met the West. Overwhelming caste system, low tech. Hitting a local maximum and never getting out of it. A bit like what the UK might've been had the Romans never colonised it.