This is absolutely true.

Even with the advent of the Industrial Revolution, Britain initially struggled to compete with the sheer quality and cost-effectiveness of Indian hand-woven fabrics.

They instituted a 100% tariff on importation of Indian fabric to support their nascent mechanized textile manufacturing.

This allowed them to hone the machinery by creating a sandbox to grow their new expertise in. The quality could not match what was produced by hand but the sheer volume and efficiency could easily outdo manual methods.

Over time as they gained political influence, they were able to point guns at and break the thumbs of the right people in India effectively eradicating Indias domestic textile industry.

They then forced Indian markets to accept British cloth with no tariff, making that consumer sandbox bigger.

Minus the colonial / coercive economics at the end there, this is an example of Britain using tariffs very effectively to grow their own industry while taking down a global leader in textiles (one that even the Romans wrote of 1500 years prior).

May well have played out the same without supportive policy, but the protectionism certainly helped them grow their own industry faster and the violent / coercive colonial element helped them remove a traditional, higher quality though analog/manual competitor sooner.

What America is doing is more of a dying empire vibe. Protection for the sake of clinging to the old and familiar way, with no plan or strategy to adapt for the future.

Depends how much the average consumer is paying attention. Many probably don’t know that every EV can use the Tesla chargers now.

The competition here is certainly constrained. Most car manufacturers are making less EVs due to decreasing overall demand and expirarion of federal EV tax credits.

The real competition is on the other side of the Pacific. Europe and Canada have accepted that on some level while the US continues to artificially prop up its EV market ex-China.

There are legitimate concerns don’t get me wrong. But the US won’t be able to hide from a more dynamic and competitive product forever.

Tesla has 35% market share in Norway.

France saw an increase in Tesla registrations by 203% year over year.

Sweden had a 144% increase in registrations. Denmark had a 96% increase.

In the US, the core demographic remains white male, ~48 years old, with a household income exceeding $140,000, particularly in conservative states (Texas/Florida).

Part of the problem is that competition is still lacking in many ways especially when it comes to charging infrastructure.

Yeah it’s not just Indians:

In 2025:

According to the analysis, Tesla achieved loyalty rates of 63.6% among Asian households and 61.9% among Hispanic households. These figures exceeded national averages.

Favorability / loyalty have dropped across all groups over the past several years.

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Passport strength is determined by a nation’s wealth and historical relations. Previously colonizing nations generally have a good relationship with each other and are wealthier so they allow relatively free movement, for example.

Summed up perfectly why I left Reddit for here.

Usually how those divisions occurred is much more interesting.

I’m fascinated that certain ideas have persisted over millennia and curious what it is about them that has captured minds so consistently. Religion, but more broadly spirituality, seems to have a constant presence throughout human conciousness and that is quite remarkable.

The answer to your question is a resounding no but you both need to be on the same page. Is there any real risk of you developing deeper feelings that will hurt you in the future if/when you’re cast aside? Are you ready to be cast aside on terms that are not your own if his parents decided it’s time for him to get serious? Would you be comfortable with going from his priority to a distraction in one fell swoop when things get real? Would you simply end the relationship at that point?

If you feel respected by him and his family and you’re cool with it not going any further / potentially ending abruptly then sounds like you’re okay with the circumstances.

You’re in a relationship with a guaranteed expiry date. Traditionally relationships were a means to an end (marriage), now they can be much more sophisticated. Are you truly satisfied with terms of your relationship and most likely outcomes?

If there were a person who treats you great, fucks you good and gets you but also could be a long term partner, would you rather be in that situation? Do you think you’re wasting time by not looking for that person? Is not the oppurtunity cost of this relationship too high if that’s the case? Is there a part of you that feels your investment in this relationship is a sunk cost that makes it difficult to look for alternatives?

It really comes down to whether you want a long term relationship or not. If that’s not a priority to you then you’re fine. If it is, then you may be passing on something even better and you need to decide if it’s time to go look for that.

There is a South Indian film that takes on this idea.

Two nearly century year grandparents have fallen into a routine of elderly living, taking care of each other with some help from the kids.

One day the grandfather finds a love letter from another man addressed to his wife from over 50 years ago. He is livid and wants a divorce despite their near 75 year relationship.

The family largely tries to dissuade him but he is determined to pursue divorce. His wife largely remains silent throughout all of this.

Ultimately a daughter who the grandfather has estranged for going on her own path returns and the context of the grandmother’s affair is revealed.

The grandfather was a flawed character with an inflexible patriarchal view on family dynamics (a fairly global norm in the 1950s and 60s). He has shown growth into a more egalitarian mindset since then.

However, when they prematurely lose their eldest son to a drowning accident, he struggles to cope. He turns to alcohol and while being lost in the bottle his wife (the grandmother, who is also mourning) has to find a way to keep the family together, raise the kids, manage the household entirely on her own.

It was during this period that the affair occurs. A man in the community offers the grandma emotional support while the grandfather is trying to drink his grief away, detached entirely from his family in any meaningful way.

When the grandfather comes to know that it occurred during a period of life that he has come to regret, he forgives her, as she forgives him for his detachment while grieving the loss of their son. Having reconciled they die peacefully together in their sleep.

I completely agree with you that obsessive monogamy is toxic. I think if someone is cheating “casually” in a mutually agreed upon monogamous relationship then that is a red line and disrespectful. However, real life can get pretty complicated and no one should be entering a relationship expecting to exert absolute control over their partners body / intimacy. That is incredibly toxic

This entire thread just makes me mourn the quality of history education in this part of the world.

Which nation, through a proxy war with the USSR, armed and empowered the progenitor of the Taliban?

Nearly everyone here desperately needs a crash course in how this part of the world creates circumstances for conflict and instability elsewhere. If you look closely enough you’ll see, from the colonial era to now, it was done with (often times malicious) intention.

The amazing thing about American foreign policy is that it thinks it can fix the problems it creates and it essentially never can.

people consider it bad because they fear it will be forced upon them by racist/ableist powers

Yes, because this was normal thinking 150 years ago when eugenics was gaining prominence:

At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilised races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace, the savage races throughout the world.

Charles Darwin The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

Every state application of eugenics since then has been applied to achieve some form of demographic reconstitution.

Nazism took the Western obsession with eugenics to its lowest point.

So yes, all eugenics is bad. Your example of the mother and father does not amount to eugenics as their motivation is not to “improve the human gene pool” and is instead much more personal.

If you’re moving for economic reasons, because you’re country was decimated by colonialism / neocolonialism, and the country you’re moving to prides itself on individual liberty then you have no obligation to completely abandon your native culture.

Even today ‘expats’ rarely integrate into the local culture. Don’t give up a part of your identity just because you want to fit in.

By all means, when in Rome do as the Romans do. But that doesn’t have to mean losing yourself in the process

The challenge is that historically in America discrimination was applied in a race based fashion and this is not fully captured by socioeconomic status. So the rectifier has to at least in some way acknowledge race. That being said, it doesn’t have to be in perpetuity.

I hear where you’re coming from as an Indian American myself. It can feel weird that some minority groups are disadvanraged / have a handicap applied relative to the majority demographic but I will say yours and our demographic tend to do pretty well despite that.

Until we live in a world where a resume with the name Tyrone or Mercedes isn’t more likely to be discarded without review, looking at socioeconomic status alone won’t make sense. We have evidence now that the AI hiring tools used by major corporations are just as biased, if not more so, than humans so this a problem that still needs solving.

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Are we talking about Gate’s home country, which was also home to the most notorious child rapist and trafficker of our time, who was also close to the country’s child rapist in chief? You know, the ‘disgraced financier’ whose collaborators have had to face no accountability whatsoever.

Because if we’re going to talk about countries that are “a-ok with rape”…

As someone who has drove through Brampton at various points in the past four decades this is such a wild exaggeration it’s almost comical.

This article touches on core factors and discusses the elimination of regional variances in insurance premiums within Ontario: https://www.thestar.com/business/brampton-is-the-most-expensive-city-for-car-insurance-in-ontario-here-s-why/article_816b6b40-d767-596e-bdba-50e83c41af6d.html

Depends on your risk tolerance. Low tolerance look at commodities. Higher tolerance look at emerging markets. Europe is pretty stagnant, would not recommend.

It sounds like youre being limited by your self perception. That’s okay. We all are in some way, especially at your age.

The first thing you need to do is turn your intuition inwards. You’ve put a lot of thought into how others see you but that energy be better spent exploring how you see yourself.

Your judgement of yourself is the most constant presence in your life. Others may come and go. Some may think you look child like, some may disagree vehemently. What’s most important is how you see yourself.

The goal is to adjust your perception a little less towards how you look and a little more towards how you feel, because the latter is as if not more important in connecting with another person.

People can tell when a person is feeling confident / secure or scared / vulnerable. It’s possible to connect with others in many different states of mind but easier to in the former.

I’ve met many different men and women in my life. The ones that find it easiest to find companionship are those that feel good about themselves and in some way feel good about the world. The first step is to look within, find what you love about yourself and let that be your window into everything.