[HN Gopher] Cow Dung Capitalism (2016)
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Cow Dung Capitalism (2016)
Author : ordiblah
Score : 15 points
Date : 2021-09-22 17:47 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| bserge wrote:
| So, "Bull Shit Capitalism" got lost in translation on its way to
| India.
| amriksohata wrote:
| Side note but beef production is one of the mostly costly foods
| in terms of water and carbon consumption so any kind of cow
| protection is welcome in my opinion
|
| Cow vigilantes exist because some folk are smuggling the cows and
| the poorer farmers cannot afford protection and risk losing their
| livelihood. So they setup vigilante groups to protect them from
| the smuggling market.
| snambi wrote:
| This post is five years old.
| webmobdev wrote:
| Someone will always find a way to make money of someone's beliefs
| (and it's easier if they are political and / or religious
| beliefs). So I am not at all surprised that someone enterprising
| has found a way to monetise some Hindus obsession with cow dung
| and urine ..
| xfhgjxcfgh wrote:
| >The cow--a symbol both of religious reverence and communal
| vigilantism-- whose value in a modern economy, irrespective of
| the politics around it, one would assume should decline as
| increasing numbers adopt urban lifestyles far removed from an
| agrarian culture, is finding itself the fount of a new form of
| business.
|
| Sounds like Christmas.
| 0_____0 wrote:
| no idea how i grew up in an indian household and didn't know
| about this
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