We need to talk about India..(Asmongold)

Asmongold reacts to Why Is India Like That? by Basic Logic.



The Basic Logic channel points out that Indian cultural traits seem to have formed after 1000s of years of oppression. The video looks at two ideas of Jugaad and Izzat that are both seen as 'virtues' but they actually undermine trust and cohesion. 

Jugaad roughly translates to 'hack' or 'workaround', where a person takes advantage of a system, including other people, to gain a benefit, or to do less work, or to do scam/pretend work, regardless of the negative consequences of the action. It's not about efficiency, or the overall outcome, but simply to benefit oneself. 

Izzat is personal prestige or pride/ego where not having to do anything and being able to make others do something is seen as a virtue. It's about having and displaying social power, to be one up on others. It means not having to stoop so low as to pick up rubbish, or care if you cause it, where no one can make you do anything but you make others do things.

Many Westerners are now waking up to these traits and do not want this side of Indian culture imported into their countries. Globalism and mass migration is a bad idea. The people of India need to sort out their own problems (of scamming and lording it up over others) rather than export them.  

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, October 5, 2026.]