I don't think the sheer numbers are the ultimate reason for the difference in values. Every American is basically faced with the same question of ratios vis-a-vis going to Harvard and yet cheating isn't normalized. The phenomenon might have more to do with the inadequate opportunities for a decently intelligent Indian and that itself is because they rely on central institutions to give them opportunities instead of creating them themselves.
The difference is the gulf between the top and average and the bottom.
In America the average is pretty damn good, a pretty big jump from the bottom, and not terribly below the top.
In India, the bottom is living in shit. The middle is living in only the shit of people know, the above average is having a shit free room of your shit house, and the very top is average for Americans.
I don't think the sheer numbers are the ultimate reason for the difference in values. Every American is basically faced with the same question of ratios vis-a-vis going to Harvard and yet cheating isn't normalized. The phenomenon might have more to do with the inadequate opportunities for a decently intelligent Indian and that itself is because they rely on central institutions to give them opportunities instead of creating them themselves.
The difference is the gulf between the top and average and the bottom.
In America the average is pretty damn good, a pretty big jump from the bottom, and not terribly below the top.
In India, the bottom is living in shit. The middle is living in only the shit of people know, the above average is having a shit free room of your shit house, and the very top is average for Americans.
Yeah you're going to cheat.