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BJP the ruling party is sliding India into totalitarianism.

by azifali 6y ago

swarnie_ 6y ago
A good chunk of the world has shifted that way since 2000, its actually baffling.
- sumedh 6y ago
  Maybe because social media helps demagogues spread their message?
  - malware7 6y ago
    Or is it that the monopoly of leftists over "the truth" is falling apart.
    - sumedh 6y ago
      What is the "the truth"
      - malware7 6y ago
        Leftists lost their control over the global (and local) narrative with the rise of social media. So, now they have to hide behind the disguise of NGO's to push their narrative because nobody trusts their news.
  - baud147258 6y ago
    I don't think demagogues ever needed social media to spread their messages
- rmrfrmrf 6y ago
  It turns out that not everyone appreciates being turned into an economic client state of the US. Nationalism is a direct reaction meant to (whether effective or not) reaffirm sovreignty.
  - f154hfds 6y ago
    Uhh what? How is the US buying goods/services from India infringing on their sovereignty?
    - rmrfrmrf 6y ago
      Shipping India's able-bodied workforce to the US and driving the rest of the local economy with low-wage factory jobs absolutely hampers a country's ability to govern and develop itself. The threat of pulling manufacturing out of a country becomes too great and forces governments to bend to the will of foreign investment.
      - gruez 6y ago
        >Shipping India's able-bodied workforce to the US [...] I wonder why the blame is on the US or American companies, which offer better working conditions and pay, rather than Indian companies for not being competitive enough, or the expats for "defecting" from their home country.
        rmrfrmrf 6y ago
        Because the laws and treaties that enable it were enacted by the US government.
        gruez 6y ago
        And what about the laws and treaties that enable enacted by the indian government? If they wanted to they could do what the soviet union did and impose borders controls to prevent indian engineers from escaping india.
        rmrfrmrf 6y ago
        That's when your US-based firms step in and say "stop or we're tanking your economy".
    - 6y ago
- thinkingemote 6y ago
  I suggest you become unbaffled. Knowing the reasons why will help everyone have better lives and help revert things. On one hand being baffled may be a symptom of not seeing certain things and on the other it maybe a reaction to seeing things and feeling powerless. I would caution against simple answers to things though. Me right, them wrong is never a useful explanation.
- mschuster91 6y ago
  "Thank" 9/11 for that one. The reactions to this attack was the first crack in the dam of human rights, and unscrupulous/authoritarian politicians dismantled it until unrecognizability over the last decades.

BJP the ruling party is sliding India into totalitarianism.

swarnie_ 6y ago

A good chunk of the world has shifted that way since 2000, its actually baffling.

sumedh 6y ago
Maybe because social media helps demagogues spread their message?
- malware7 6y ago
  Or is it that the monopoly of leftists over "the truth" is falling apart.
  - sumedh 6y ago
    What is the "the truth"
    - malware7 6y ago
      Leftists lost their control over the global (and local) narrative with the rise of social media. So, now they have to hide behind the disguise of NGO's to push their narrative because nobody trusts their news.
- baud147258 6y ago
  I don't think demagogues ever needed social media to spread their messages
rmrfrmrf 6y ago
It turns out that not everyone appreciates being turned into an economic client state of the US. Nationalism is a direct reaction meant to (whether effective or not) reaffirm sovreignty.
- f154hfds 6y ago
  Uhh what? How is the US buying goods/services from India infringing on their sovereignty?
  - rmrfrmrf 6y ago
    Shipping India's able-bodied workforce to the US and driving the rest of the local economy with low-wage factory jobs absolutely hampers a country's ability to govern and develop itself. The threat of pulling manufacturing out of a country becomes too great and forces governments to bend to the will of foreign investment.
    - gruez 6y ago
      >Shipping India's able-bodied workforce to the US [...] I wonder why the blame is on the US or American companies, which offer better working conditions and pay, rather than Indian companies for not being competitive enough, or the expats for "defecting" from their home country.
      - rmrfrmrf 6y ago
        Because the laws and treaties that enable it were enacted by the US government.
        gruez 6y ago
        And what about the laws and treaties that enable enacted by the indian government? If they wanted to they could do what the soviet union did and impose borders controls to prevent indian engineers from escaping india.
        rmrfrmrf 6y ago
        That's when your US-based firms step in and say "stop or we're tanking your economy".
  - 6y ago
thinkingemote 6y ago
I suggest you become unbaffled. Knowing the reasons why will help everyone have better lives and help revert things. On one hand being baffled may be a symptom of not seeing certain things and on the other it maybe a reaction to seeing things and feeling powerless. I would caution against simple answers to things though. Me right, them wrong is never a useful explanation.
mschuster91 6y ago
"Thank" 9/11 for that one. The reactions to this attack was the first crack in the dam of human rights, and unscrupulous/authoritarian politicians dismantled it until unrecognizability over the last decades.