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383 points toomuchtodo | 1 comments | 31 Oct 25 17:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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haritha-j ◴[01 Nov 25 08:36 UTC] No.45780117[source]▶
I used to live in Sri Lanka and one of the most pervasive things I noticed when I moved to the west were all these gambling ads. There, it was widely accepted that gambling was harmful. Yes, you could do it, but you could never advertise it. I'm shocked that my 3rd world country has way better control over this than the west.
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vanderZwan ◴[01 Nov 25 09:45 UTC] No.45780426[source]▶
I think that's an unfair conclusion towards Sri Lanka, it's not like Western countries are inherently superior. Some things are further developed, some things were lost, and some things just reflect different values.
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1. haritha-j ◴[01 Nov 25 15:11 UTC] No.45782260[source]▶
This is true. Growing up, there was always this ideal that the West was superior ingrained in us (colonial hangover as some put it), and it takes a lot of unlearning to see past it.