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  • mannycalavera@feddit.uk
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    10 months ago

    That's pretty racist my friend. Why is your assumption that Indians are, in your words, the "lowest common denominator"?

    That's a pretty outdated way to think.

    • Syldon@feddit.uk
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      10 months ago

      GDP per capita. That is not racism. it is fact. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita

      Not everyone is a racist.

      • mannycalavera@feddit.uk
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        10 months ago

        Err, sorry what does GDP per capita have to do with skilled nurses and care workers? As long as they are skilled who cares where they come from. Would you refuse to be treated by an Indian nurse because he or she came from a country whose GDP per capita was lower than a French one? Grow up.

        You have to do better than to pretend your comment is anything other than racist. Fucking hell this sort of thinking is still popular these days. Disgusting.

        • Syldon@feddit.uk
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          10 months ago

          Coming from the most racist country in the world this is brilliant.

          India has issues I would rather not deal with until they can change. The education system is not good for everyone, it is good for the privileged few. Corruption is rife across the country. So no it is **NOT **racism, it is statement of fact. India is a very poor nation in terms of GDP. There are consequences to that.

      • NuPNuA@lemm.ee
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        10 months ago

        If they're coming here to work in non-profit industries like healthcare, what's this got to do with anything?

        • Syldon@feddit.uk
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          10 months ago

          A majority of the treatment in the NHS is privatised. There is profit in healthcare. Talk to anyone from the US about that.

          • NuPNuA@lemm.ee
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            10 months ago

            Still doesn't explain why you're so worried about it when it represents systematic issues and not individuals.

            • Syldon@feddit.uk
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              10 months ago

              I never said I was worried. I said it would be better to deal with the EU over India.