7 ms·
Yet 90% of my social circle (middle-upper class India) is in strong favor of this seemingly terrible move by Modi government. It is not unlike the support Duter
by WWKong 10y ago
Yet 90% of my social circle (middle-upper class India) is in strong favor of this seemingly terrible move by Modi government. It is not unlike the support Duterte has seen in Philippines.
- firasd 10y agoI think schadenfreude and Utopian promises (especially from a leader they already support) have a strong grip on people. At this point though the pro-demonetization rhetoric in India is running out of steam. First it was going to be a 'surgical strike on black money' that would end corruption and terrorism, so you had to stand in bank queues for your country the way soldiers stand at the border; then it was about 'going cashless' and digital payments; by now it's clear that the main thing that's needed is to print new notes as quickly as possible. Almost everyone who was rich and corrupt on 7 November 2016 will still be rich and corrupt an year later.
- naveen99 10y agoevery one i know in india, /r/india and even its circlejerk / 4chan analogue of /r/bakchodi is also strongly in favor of the war on cash also.