They don't believe in delegating work

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

1. This is true for most of the west, not just the states. 

2. One can engage in such hobbies when one has a decent amount of disposable income, solid infrastructure and availability of all the requisite space, materials, tools and equipment. India hasn’t reached that level.

3. This is also a cultural thing that has developed over the last 150-200 years. In that time, india and Indian society has only seen assault and occupation while the west has had time to develop and create a people who have the free time and money to engage in such activities.

4. Finally, necessity - unlike India, in the west population is limited and labour is expensive. Therefore, people like to do a lot of stuff on their own. This also then becomes an activity, turning a chore/requirement into a fun experience. 

Things aren’t so black and white.

To add to this - I suggest you read about the life of the average American 100-150 years ago. Hunting and fishing weren’t activities, and a father-son duo didn’t make tables to “bond” or “do something together”. Back then, the average American broke his back to feed his family.

https://twitter.com/btchknburrito/status/1740135849172541653?t=E437opY81v9kyHYB3FzDew&s=19

Construct & Repair stuff is not just an American thing - Europe, East Asia, Australia etc have that mentality in abundance too. Labour and those who do it are cheap in the eyes of caste -ridden Indians.

https://twitter.com/whtsmytweet/status/1740025777767547243?t=84tKofqmi704pk-EudQ4WA&s=19

It's not a feudal society. They don't believe in delegating work, unless really necessary. Also the American spirit of building something from scratch.

https://twitter.com/Swapan_Sarit/status/1740024600413839432?t=8_V7kx2_i5rRg_t4SE9mJQ&s=19

To add to this - if you think this is crazy, wait till you see what the average European does in their free time. It is common for everyone from little kids to adults to go for long treks in the mountains, skiing, or backpacking around the world and playing a sport.

https://twitter.com/btchknburrito/status/1740259542678823230?t=gJz0ZhbMojtfgd5zaj8wFA&s=19

I’ve always been fascinated by how outdoor-oriented Americans are. They’ll go fishing and hunting on weekends (??) they construct and repair stuff frequently and they have much less of an aversion to the trades?? We went to the states and one of my dad’s friends- a true white-collar desk job guy who lived here till he was FIFTY- had constructed and polished a dinner table just for fun?? I admire it so much

https://twitter.com/palaknotpaneer/status/1740014393042305373?t=iNhIhjA_vyibAwtbxOixAw&s=19

The US has a lot of issues but dignity of labour isn't one of them. There's no separate lifts for cleaners like our dirty minded apartment owners have here.

https://twitter.com/SiddhantBaner10/status/1740094527409647733?t=2xDUF5zX5icERynDt8ykuQ&s=19

A certain sect of rats abandons art in order to devote more of their time to scrounging for survival. Each generation, a bit less of this sect dies than members of the mainstream, until after a while, no rat composes any art at all, and any sect of rats who try to bring it back will go extinct within a few generations.

In fact, it’s not just art. Any sect at all that is leaner, meaner, and more survivalist than the mainstream will eventually take over. If one sect of rats altruistically decides to limit its offspring to two per couple in order to decrease overpopulation, that sect will die out, swarmed out of existence by its more numerous enemies. If one sect of rats starts practicing cannibalism, and finds it gives them an advantage over their fellows, it will eventually take over and reach fixation. ... 

Like the rats, who gradually lose all values except sheer competition, so companies in an economic environment of sufficiently intense competition are forced to abandon all values except optimizing-for-profit or else be outcompeted by companies that optimized for profit better and so can sell the same service at a lower price.

https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/