I doubt China is as (or more) corrupt than India. There is ton of corruption in China, yes, but the people at the top do seem to care about China doing well economically, and about improving the living standards of the people in their country. Could you say that&#x27;s true for India?<p>I&#x27;m speaking from experience, and based on what I&#x27;ve seen. In statistics, you don&#x27;t survey the entire population, but rather you take a small sample. I think I&#x27;ve a statistically significant sampling of experiences.<p>The police-related issues in the US is a serious threat to personal liberty, and there are a lot of people fighting for it to be corrected. You are <i>entirely wrong</i> when you say &quot;and most conscientious Americans havent dont anything to fix it&quot; -- the people have responded overwhelmingly, and there is huge push and fight underway to correct the moral&#x2F;social injustice. Just read the news.<p>I said &quot;Indians (in India)&quot; because, yes, there is a difference. If you surround yourself Americans, and spend time with them on a regular basis, you will naturally, over the course of time become more like them. If you always stick around other Indians, then you will not change. I&#x27;ve had bad experiences with non-family Indian people. Various Indian friends I&#x27;ve had at various points in my life have screwed me over &#x2F; been a bad friend to me at a much higher frequency than my American friends. These days, I keep people who are <i>too Indian</i> (culturally &#x2F; identity-wise) at an arm&#x27;s distance, and avoid getting too close to them.<p>I&#x27;ve just had really lopsided experiences. The majority of my American friends have been genuinely been friends. In times of trouble, they&#x27;ve sincerely empathized and actually tried to help. A bunch of Indian &quot;friends&quot; I had in the past, would laugh when I got into unfortunate circumstances, and they certainly would not try to help. There are good and bad people on both sides, but the majority of Americans I&#x27;ve come in contact with, have been a much better people, character-wise.<p>Regarding the squalor, your &quot;poverty&quot; argument is cop-out. Cities like Bangalore, which are filled with tech companies, still look like steaming garbage dumps. Why? Because the people don&#x27;t care. The cost to clean up the city, and keep it clean on a regular basis, would be tiny. Simply collecting 50 rupees per month from the residents of Bangalore who make above a certain wage, would be, by far, sufficient to make the city speck and clean. What makes me irate is total apathy of the majority of these people about the cleanliness of the public spaces of the cities they live in. I&#x27;ve seen people in nice cars, open their window, and toss garbage onto the sidewalks&#x2F;streets. It&#x27;s pathetic and disgusting. It tells something about their character&#x2F;culture.