Man, India seems like the Wild West. I lived in Vietnam during a brief explosion of internet connectivity and online consumerism -- mild by comparison. This isn't the kind of "democracy" or freedom of speech we would like to export as a civilization. I feel like American consumer/industry has just opened the doors to every kind of scam possible in countries which were not prepared for it. And many of them rebel as if it were a conquest, but it's not. It's progress. It just becomes grotesque when it's left to places <i>without law</i>.<p>Let me explain.<p>There is an important turning point, I think, in every country where you develop antibodies against the worst kinds of scams. Scams we may have let loose. But by the 1920s, most Americans would not trust a witch doctor (even if they would have trusted him in 1890). In the case of Russia, their leadership longs for 1890; they reject western modernity altogether and want to reenact a medieval war. For China it's more like: let's take the methods and eject the "false" morals. What they don't realize is that our (possibly stupid) individual morals are the <i>only thing that hold the fruitful methods of capitalism in check for us, in our country</i>. Our so-called morals are not for others; they are the way to restrain ourselves.<p>To be more specific, Russia has a morality misaligned with successful capitalism - they think rejection and revanchism are the key to prosperity; China has a morality <i>too</i> aligned with it - they do not see that individual freedoms and happiness are crucial; and America has forgotten its meaning altogether, because it no longer cares about individuals <i>or</i> the group, only identity-disordered affinity groups.<p>So tl;dr capitalism is a big tree that will uproot your house, or it can be tamed into a small tree that provides shade and sustenance; or it can be chopped down leaving you with nothing. The progression of 19th century societies who had no prior history to work from was to go through those three phases and return to a median. The progression of societies just encountering the full brutal force of lying, mercenary, vicious capitalism for the first time will probably be the same trajectory... but it would be helpful if they learned from our mistakes and (legally) stopped these things. The legal system is the best brake on abuses of capitalism; it's the natural counterpart that evolves over the years. If you want to fix this problem, <i>fix the legal system</i>.<p>I'm from a history of Jews who were all lawyers. Not allowed into universities. Not allowed to partake in the mainstream civilization of Germany or Russia or Ukraine or America... but <i>versed in their laws and the contradictions inherent in their laws</i>. You find this shit, this data that shows horrible mismanagement and crime in your country? <i>Learn</i> the laws better than the ones who wrote them know them. Then, sue the motherfuckers under their own laws. That's how you get a civilized country.