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This post is an example of the wild fantasies indulged by the followers of hindutva where India is forever on the precipice of taking over the world intellectua
by random314 5y ago
This post is an example of the wild fantasies indulged by the followers of hindutva where India is forever on the precipice of taking over the world intellectually and to an extent territorially. In this future liberalism will be consigned to the garbage can and ethno nationalism and fascism centered on Hinduism will reign supreme.
The popularity of yoga is hilariously touted as a precursor of things to come. The prime minister has created an "international" yoga day. They assume this will be followed by international adoption of ayurveda, cow "science", cow worship, renaming of several mathematical and scientific discoveries after Indian gurus who supposedly discovered everything originally in the veda.
The don't seem to be aware that modern yoga practised in the west is a modern invention by an Indian fitness instructor who was attempting to capture a portion of the American fitness market jumpstarted by eugen sandow. Most of the so called asanas have been incorporated into yoga from modern gymnastics.
- zozbot234 5y ago> ethno nationalism and fascism centered on Hinduism will reign supreme. Hey, if nationalism and fascism (ethnic or otherwise) are going to reign supreme anyway in this "Brave New World" of Fake News Media and Fake Social Media, I'll gladly root for the Hindu version over others. I'd rather worship actual cows than the newfangled "sacred cows" that are being pushed by some parts of the West.
- cptsmrk 5y agoIt's like you erected two straw men and are trying to convince us one of them is bronze.
- naruvimama 5y agoThis was in response to the OP about western values. Are you not sick and tired of a colonial propaganda of attributing everything to the west. I pity people who actually believe Renaissance or Industrial revolution was something that happened overnight. Even as the "liberal" elite and evangelists try to force their agenda on the rest of the world, their own homesteads are turning more dharmic.
- orwin 5y agoI pity people who think renaissance was a thing.
- random314 5y agoThis is an old trope that has been recycled forever. Huxley noted it in 1945 https://m.imgur.com/i1JVHn0 https://m.imgur.com/i1JVHn0
- naruvimama 5y agoNothing springs up overnight, it requires transfer of knowledge and industry from a more sophisticated society. And a breakthrough or political condition that favors a change. You are seeing that today with China and the US.
- random314 5y agoIsn't being "dharmic" a reference to performing your caste duties irrespective of whether you will be rewarded in this life. The reward comes next time in the form of a caste upgrade. They are verses that specify that one must perform ones caste duties ("dharma") no matter what even if you are better at other things. Why on earth would United states turn dharmic?
- naruvimama 5y agoThat seems to be colonial/Christian interpretation of dharma. You should perhaps watch some videos of what actual Hindu gurus say.
- IgniteTheSun 5y agoI'm also very troubled by the misuse of the term dharmic in this thread. Westerners misusing Indian terms to suit their own desires should be pushed back on. It sometimes seems like a deliberate strategy to confuse and therefore hide the philosophy conveyed by those terms even though much of that philosophy is universal and nonsecular. Also, in reading threads on this forum over the years, it is quite clear that many fall into the classic trap of confusing ethnicity with religion. Leaders that call for extremist measures are usually promoting the interests of some subset of their community - not promoting the ideals called for by their religion - but many of their followers don't understand religion well enough to realize that. This is just as applicable to the west as it is to other places.