- A woman’s life is more important than a man’s: Consider two tribes of equal populations of 1000. One has 600 women and 400 men and the other has 100 women and 900 men. Which one has a higher chance of survival? A real life example is USSR in WW 2. 80% of all Soviet males born in 1923 did not survive the war and as a result Russia is still suffering population problems. Can you imagine the catastrophe if it was Soviet women who bore the full brunt of the force of the Nazil Blitzkrieg!
- Propaganda is important: When I was young, I was indoctrinated that India was the cradle of human civilization, the birthplace of Mathematics and that we invented nuclear weapons thousands of years ago. We were also indoctrinated with the school pledge: “India is my country and all Indians are my brothers and sisters”.It is ridiculous of course, but at least I felt some pride in it. Showing the ugly, naked truth would have only resulted in the loss of self-esteem. It is much better to discover the truth later.
- No such thing as “the free world”: If you’re anything like me, you cringe every time you hear the American president called as the leader of the free world. No countrymen are truly free. Every one lives in the social and political values of the nation they live in and are indoctrinated into it from birth.
- Not every thing needs to make scientific sense: I love logic. In fact, it can be argued that logic and reason are the pillars of humanity. However, not every thing can be explained with the scientific method. For example, when a man says his wife is the most beautiful person ever, obviously he has not surveyed every woman that has ever lived, but it is an honest declaration of love for his partner.
- Capital punishment is the lesser of two evils: What seems more humane? Killing a criminal or locking him up for the rest of his life and slowly driving him insane?
- Presence of radical ideologies is important: I am neither a communist nor a libertarian, but I like the fact that these ideologies exist. Communists can help in keeping the corporations in check with the threat of the trade unionists’ fury and libertarians are useful in preventing the government from imposing its will on the people.
- Narcotics must be illegal in countries where regulation is not practical: People who believe drugs should be legalized, taxed and regulated do not understand that doing so in a poor country is political suicide. In a developed country, nobody sells their daughter into slavery nor forces his son to work hard labor to feed his drug addiction because there are already powerful law institutions at place to prevent it.
- Most of the issues westerners care about are utterly trivial at the world stage: Legality of Marijuana, Minority representation in entertainment, Political correctness, transgender bathrooms, ethics in game journalism etc reminds me of the “Let them eat cake” phenomenon, where people are so detached from reality that they propose outrageous solutions to non-existent problems.
Read other answers by Shannu Prasad on Quora:
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- How is engineering education different in India compared to education abroad?
- How would you reply if someone says you're an asshole?
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