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No matter your political inclinations, you cannot unironically praise Indira Gandhi and denounce the current administration in the same breath. Even if they are
by blueblisters 6y ago
No matter your political inclinations, you cannot unironically praise Indira Gandhi and denounce the current administration in the same breath. Even if they are ideologically different, they both have similar authoritarian tendencies and a common pathway to power - populism.
- kashif 6y agoNo they are not the same - the current administration is clearly fascist.
- rusticpenn 6y agoThey haven't declared an emergency to have powers.. Yet.
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- selimthegrim 6y agoLooks like Kashmir was out of Sikkim playbook though
- dhruval 6y agoIndira Gandhi declared an emergency and used the emergency powers to amend the Indian constitution in a way that benefits her ideology. That’s in a completely different league when it comes to authoritarianism. The current PM just keeps winning large electoral victories and is passing laws that benefit his ideology. And sometimes in ways that circumvents the constitution of India. I think there is a difference.