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>collectivism and subservience towards authority figures are taught as virtues

Remind me to never fly on a plane piloted by an Indian flight crew.

(Protip: If you can't stand up to your captain, your plane is going down.)




> Remind me to never fly on a plane piloted by an Indian flight crew.

(Protip: If you can't stand up to your captain, your plane is going down.)

Not sure if you're joking, but this is actually cited as one of the reasons behind one crash.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_Express_Flight_134...


Same with South Korean airline crashes: https://www.salon.com/2013/07/10/cnn_asks_if_koreas_hierarch... But who knows if any of this is true or if "hierarchical cultures cause airline crashes" is just pop-sci bs.




Still very rarely, just significantly more often




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