> I have been shocked by the vicious hatred and massive troll armies, that exceed anything I’ve noticed elsewhere Mutual distrust and animosity was always ther

> I have been shocked by the vicious hatred and massive troll armies, that exceed anything I’ve noticed elsewhere Mutual distrust and animosity was always there underneath the surface. The internet is just making it a lot more visible to outsiders. Don't forget that India itself was born during violent and widespread Hindu-Muslim clashes that displaced some 10+ million people from their homelands and resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of others. The past history of India has been quite violent if you think about it. We have had several insurgencies fueled by ethnic hatred and real or imagined grievances. The 80s and the 90s were very violent years. We had the Gujarat riots (or pogrom, depending on whom you ask) as late as 2002. The freewheeling, anonymous nature of the internet just makes ideas fueling hatred to spread fast. Now it is easier for skilled rhetoricians to infect others. Everyone is getting radicalized - Hindus, Muslims, various caste and ethnic groups, you name it. All this is not even counting any bots and propaganda armies on the internet working overtime to project a certain narrative. I fear that things might get worse, much worse, before they get better.