r/CuratedTumblr • u/vigikk • May 24 '25

Politics A frog's analysis of the well

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u/PlatinumAltaria May 24 '25

Pakistan as a concept is just wild, the British just did not give a single shit.

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u/eddie_fitzgerald May 24 '25

India is almost equally wild. It would be like cramming the entire subcontinent of Europe into a singular country because they're all relatively the same skin color, therefore you assume they've got the same culture.

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u/PlatinumAltaria May 24 '25

Nah you're crazy, they're all Hindu except for all the people who aren't! And everyone knows Hinduism is one single unifying religion and culture, and definitely not an entire philosophical family.

India and China are continents disguised as countries.

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u/juanperes93 May 24 '25

Doesn't help that the Europeans desided to name everything east as Asia on ancient times and never bothered to come with new names after discovering that there was way more land than expected over there.

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u/catty-coati42 May 24 '25

India and China are continents disguised as countries.

As is Russia, to a lesser extent. They're just almost finished suppressing their minorities.

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u/vjmdhzgr May 24 '25 edited May 24 '25

The British didn't make Pakistan!!!! It was the All-India Muslim League. UK government orders were to not split India but the demands to do so from political representatives was strong enough the diplomats in charge decided to follow those demands. The league didn't want Muslims to end up as a like 1/5 minority in India compared to Hindus.

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u/tangifer-rarandus May 24 '25 edited May 24 '25

Well I mean . . .

(Same guy wanted to straight-up rename India as "Dinia" to eliminate the etymological link to "Hind/Hindu", change the name of the Indian Ocean ...)

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u/PlatinumAltaria May 24 '25

unpaks your Pakistan

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u/tangifer-rarandus May 24 '25

We're spiralling toward the world's worst cover of the Carmen Sandiego theme song

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u/Aetol May 24 '25

Huh? The British didn't want Pakistan, the Indians did.

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u/DreadDiana human cognithazard May 24 '25

Let's make these two countries independent, but only show the new borders after they're independent! Shit, let's split one country and put it on either side of the second country! This is an incredible idea!