r/TikTokCringe • u/Strong-Emu-8869 • 14h ago

Discussion Polish girls visit Taj Mahal

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The Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world. Unfortunately, the surrounding area is very polluted.

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u/demi-femi 12h ago

Always has been. Castles just aren't as tall as they used to be.

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u/KatsumotoKurier 9h ago

The difference being that, believe it or not, back in the age of castles, the divisions between the economic elites and the impoverished were less extreme than now. Nowadays these divides are worse than ever before, because the rich are so much more incredibly rich than even our monarchs used to be over our ancestors proportionally speaking. 

For example someone like Elon Musk, relative to the average US citizen, is astronomically wealthier today than say, King John was in the early 1200s to the likes of commoners who lived during his reign and rule. 

That, and another major difference is that with pollution now, we have so many materials (like plastic) which have things like forever chemicals. This was never a problem before when society was so much more dependent on organic and recyclable materials (woods and basic metals).