Comments by "K `" (@user-jt3dw6vv4x) on "Asianometry" channel.

  1.  @adarshvnair  Why India? You should read ancient Sri Lankan texts, it's about Sri Lanka after all.
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  2.  @sublimefermion2205  The Sinhalese are NOT Indians. Just because they share genetic similarities to people in eastern India does not mean they are Indians. Are you going to call the Koreans Chinese? They share genetic similarities to people in eastern China. Stop claiming other South Asian people as Indians.
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  3. Exactly, Sri Lanka had everything going for them but they ruined it. No wonder Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore continued to express disappointment at what Sri Lanka had become.
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  4.  @himanshukhichar4185  No Sri Lanka wasn't settled by Indians. Sinhalese, Sri Lankan Tamils and the first people, Veddas are not Indians.
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  5.  @Sedna063  It's temporary, not permanent. To temporary waive IP. This is a global pandemic but rich people and people, like yourself, who bow down to the rich are more interested in making money instead of ending the pandemic. It is in the interest of the whole world to end the pandemic.
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  6.  @King_Neptune  They did. That's what started all of this. Just imagine if they treated minorities right where the country would be today. Most ethnically diverse countries don't know how to manage ethnic diversity, only a few know how to do it like Singapore, Mauritius and New Zealand.
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  7.  @ihavenojawandimustscream4681  The Maldives is doing fine, so is Bhutan and Bangladesh.
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  8. So because Sri Lanka accepts assistance from China it makes it a "stupid greedy country" but if it were to offer the non-existent support from the US it's a "benevolent partner"? The audacity. When Sri Lanka opened up for other countries to engage in FDI, nobody came except for China. BTW this crisis has nothing to do with China. Did you even watch the video? Imagine commenting before even watching the video from start to finish.
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  9.  @King_Neptune  You can't honestly be serious right now. It's time to move on. Living in the past does nothing.
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  10.  @foxooo  I suppose for developed Asian countries with aging populations, automation and robots could work in certain industries but not for everything, particularly those related to health fields such as the medical world and aged care. For developing Asian countries with aging populations like Sri Lanka or Thailand, I don't think automation and robots are going to work for them because unlike the developed countries, they are still developing middle income nations and have a lot of room to grow. They risk falling into the middle income trap if they have no working force. They also wouldn't have the money to invest in such technology compared to a country like Japan, Singapore, Korea or urban China (which is on par with the developed world).
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  11.  @sublimefermion2205  I have no idea why Indian men love to claim other South Asian ethnic groups. This is why anti-Indian sentiment is so profound across South Asia and Myanmar, y'all are constantly claiming everybody as Indian.
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  12. Well in this case, the war did end. The LTTE does not exist anymore.
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  13.  @King_Neptune  I'm not from Sri Lanka but I am a Sinhalese and a Buddhist. Idk if it's because I'm from another country but I honestly think you all need to move on. Sri Lanka has screwed up every opportunity is had because of ultranationalist people. Funny you bring up Rwanda, they went through a genocide and are now a beacon of what can happen when people move on, recognise the past and treat all ethnic groups of a country equally. It's such a shame after everything that is happening to your country, you are still interested in justifying ethnic minority discrimination because of stuff that happened more than a hundred years ago.
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  14. It is a strength if you manage it. Take a look at Singapore, New Zealand and Mauritius. They are all ethnically diverse countries that are very successful.
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  15. Did you watch the video?
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  16.  @Sedna063  The US started devastating wars too. No wonder the entirety of the Global South is turning their backs on the US. Selective outrage.
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  17.  @Sedna063  No it doesn't. You seem to be very fond of rich people getting richer, so much to the point that you're making up fictional scenarios because you don't like the idea of India and China producing vaccines to be given out to developing countries. You seem to be more interested in prolonging a global pandemic and hoping for the emergence of new variants so that rich people can get richer and the sad thing about all of this is that you're most likely just an average human from a lower middle income household, like most of us in the world bending your back over for rich people. The whole world is suffering but you're here wanting rich people to get richer without just ending this pandemic. As I said before, it is in the interest of the entire world of ending this pandemic. You need to understand the fact that the ultra-rich are in a better position to most people on this planet, that is how things work. At the end of the day, you're the one who will be affected first when things go south, not them. BTW, China is making an mRNA vaccine at this moment that has now been sent for trial testing so I have no idea what you're talking about.
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  18. It's not a debt trap. Idk why everybody talks about Hambantota Port. The previous Sri Lankan government offered to hand the port over to China under a lease. They chose to do it. China didn't force them. It's not a trap because most of their debt isn't even owed to China.
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  19.  @wlee9888  I agree
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  20. Interesting that you mention that because Sri Lanka has one of the fastest growing aging populations in Asia, so that's another thing that adds to their failure. They got old before they got rich.
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  21.  @skinzy7099  Yes it's a pressing issue in Asian countries too. A lot of workforces in these countries are shrinking quite rapidly as more elderly people retire and so a lot of aging countries in the region, including developing ones, rely heavily on temporary migrant labour from other Asian countries to fill gaps in their workforces. Additionally, local governments or marriage agencies in China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Singapore now import migrant brides from Central, South and Southeast Asian countries as a form of matchmaking to pear them up with single men in these countries in hope that they will start families that will take care of domestic life, including taking care of the man's elderly parents.
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  22.  @sidkings  No, not anymore. They are now classified as a lower middle income nation. The effects of the Easter Sunday bombings and global pandemic prevented them from climbing the ladder of upper middle income nations in 2020. The current economic crisis probably made things even worse. We'll find out where they stand in the middle of the year when the updated rankings are released.
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  23.  @sidkings  Sri Lanka becoming an upper middle income nation in 2019 was the cherry on top for them. People had this idea that everything was good, so good that an official document about how Sri Lanka can become a high income developed nation by 2030 was given to the new Sri Lankan government at the end of 2019. Then the pandemic happened and the economic crisis started, ruining any chance they had.
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  24.  @apidas  Why are you so salty? I've noticed whenever something good is mentioned about another South Asian country, y'all in everybody's notifications being bitter. 💀
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  25.  @sublimefermion2205  ...and Sinhalese are NOT of Indian origin. Just because Sinhalese people share genetic ties to eastern Indian does not mean they are of Indian origin. Are you going to call yourself African? All humans came from eastern Africa so you must be of African origin too. Sinhalese is not merely an identity. An Indian speaking Sinhalese can't claim to be Sinhalese. You think an Indian born in Delhi can move to Sri Lanka and learn Sinhalese and start calling themselves "Sinhalese"? You do a DNA and it'll come back as genetically North Indian. A Sinhalese person doing a genetic test will come back as Sinhalese. Now, don't try to dispute this because I'm of Sinhalese descent. BTW, stop liking your own comments. 🙃
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  26. Vin Martolia Sinhalese are NOT Indians. Idk why so many Indian men online like to claim other South Asians as Indians. Does it give you an ego boost or something? You're really out here saying all that stuff and then deleting your comment so nobody knows what you said. Typical...
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  27.  @malithaw  No we are not of Indian descent. Will you say Koreans are of Chinese descent? Think about it.
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  28.  @malithaw  So if India did not exist until the modern age, why are you referring to yourself as "Indian"? The logic is not there lmao.
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  29.  @himanshukhichar4185  "Aryans" are not native to India
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  30.  @malithaw  Also Sinhalese mostly related to Gujaratis lol? Sinhalese are most closely related to the Tamils and Bengalis. Most Sinhalese are pitch brown skinned people who look Tamil, even feature wise. Why are so many Sinhalese in Sri Lanka so adamant in claiming proximity to North Indians? Embarrassing behaviour
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  31. Are you serious because you seriously can't believe a man with 10 heads was real?
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  32.  @DS-ux9ld  Do you think calling me name in your language means anything to me? Also no, Ravana was not a real person.
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  33.  @SweetMattieG  It's not a debt trap. They only owe 10% of their debt to China. They owe the same amount of debt to Japan so is Sri Lanka under a Japanese debt trap? People are so brainwashed by anti-China reports in the mainstream media that everything involving China is somehow seen as negative.
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  34.  @SweetMattieG  China only has 3 military bases in the world and none of them are in Sri Lanka. Sorry but you have no idea what you're talking about. The MSM has misled you severely.
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  35.  @rayh.9130  The Singaporean government has been controlled by Chinese and Indians (especially Tamils) since before the country gained independence from Malaysia. One of the four founding fathers of Singapore, who is responsible for being the architect of ethnic harmony in Singapore, is a Ceylonese Tamil.
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  36.  @King_Neptune  Sorry, that's not an excuse. Sri Lanka is in this state because of ethnic supremacy. Imagine continuing to make excuses in 2022 after everything that has happened. You ought to realise that there is a lot more ethnic harmony in Sri Lanka atm because of what is happening. Seeing Sinhalese, Tamils, Moors, Burghers, Malays, Buddhists, Christians, Muslims and Hindus supporting each other is so beautiful to see. Such a shame that you're still living in the past.
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  37.  @tamilianboys6664  The Tamils are suffering at the moment. So what karma? 💀
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  38.  @randominus2641  Yeah but that doesn't mean much. They banned the national anthem being sung in Tamil and promoted the use of Sinhalese among all ethnic groups. That has never happened in Singapore. Singapore specifically made English the language of governance and education in order to make sure everybody is equal and does not have an advantage over another. Tamil, Mandarin and Malay are taught in schools as a second language.
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  39.  @randominus2641  Not when the minorities have their own language. India has 22 official languages and people in states like Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Assam don't speak Hindi, they speak their own native languages. So making Sinhalese the only official language is wrong and only promotes this idea that the other Sri Lankan ethnic groups are not "Sri Lankan enough" because it promotes this idea that Sri Lankan = Sinhalese.
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  40.  @randominus2641  Tamil being an official language doesn't change the fact that Tamil people have faced discrimination in Sri Lanka. That's my point.
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