yeah, I reckon its bullshit
making a cultural virtue out of corrupt backward shitholes. It's no different to some stoner hanging out in newquay. You can say he's polychronic, man, with a different concept of time, or an aimless workshy layabout who doesn't give enough of a fuck to honour obligations. People turn up on time in advanced economies because if you don't you won't have one. I lived in brasil where"polychonicity" was common in most of the country, and sure enough, so was corruption and waste and poverty. However in Sao Paulo, the working and financial heart of south america, people generally turned up on time, worked long hours, and dicked you around a lot less.
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 6 Apr 2026, 16:13,
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That was pretty much his point
He certainly wasn't making it a virtue, more saying that it is a cultural problem (not a genetic one), can be fixed, and should be fixed if you don't want to live in a backwards shithole.
The thumbnail even calls it a handicap...
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Mon 6 Apr 2026, 18:44,
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I didn't watch the whole video, but I did google the term and it's one that at least some socioligists take seriously
It's treating it like a cultural touchstone that I have a beef with
Indian people dont shit in open fields (or on train station platforms) in Leeds, but you see it all the time in India. Is it part of indian culture or an emergent property of poverty and lack of amenities?
I see the tardiness as just another emergent property of poverty, corruption and instability, rather than a cultural legacy. People only care about others, their broader community, when they feel secure and stable and connected to their neighbours. Otherwise the tendency is to only care about you and yours and fuck everyone else. I lived in one of the more wealthy parts of Sao Paulo, but the public spaces were all overgrown and run down. It's because not enough people gave a fuck, as it wasn't just about their direct benefit. This goes hand-in-hand with turning up an hour late to a meeting.
Anyway, it's something you contemplate living in these countries, just wanted to get that rant off my chest
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 7 Apr 2026, 0:57,
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I fully agree with all of that
The actual root cause may be poverty driving the culture, or culture affecting the poverty. I lean towards the former also.
I hadn't heard of poly or monochronotic (surely that's the actual word?) before, so I thought I'd post it. I'm glad you got that off your chest, I like getting other viewpoints on things especially ones based on actual experience that get me to consider things a different way.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Tue 7 Apr 2026, 11:22,
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