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Do you know why this happened?

spaceman_2020 4y ago
Religion, especially in public life, has made a big comeback under the current ruling party. This party is also generally considered an upper-caste party. I assume much of it is due to implicit soft support from the ruling establishment.
- throwaway_1928 4y ago
- nirav72 4y ago
  Modi is of lower caste. Most of the BJP leadership is lower caste.
  - random314 4y ago
    Modi is Vaishya or Brahmin - either upper or middle caste. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modh A lot of Vaishyas have been certifying themselves as Backward caste in order to obtain affirmative action privileges. Including the dominant caste in Gujarat, the Patels - with the Patidar movement. Modis were added to OBC list in 2002. This is a subversion of affirmative action which was meant to help lower castes, not upper castes. BJP is primarily composed of upper castes. Only performative functions like Presidency are granted to lower castes.
    - spaceman_2020 4y ago
      Can confirm this. My caste is OBC as well, even though it is among the most politically powerful and is classified as a warrior caste with high percentage of land ownership. Heck, in my home state, Rajputs, former rulers, have been lobbying to get categorized as OBC because of the reservation benefits.
    - known 4y ago
- throwaway_1928 4y ago
bgdam 4y ago
It's nothing that requires much research. The current national government openly supports discrimination on religious and caste based backgrounds. 7 years of this, and people who used to think "Caste is a taboo subject, and we should be working around it", now think "Caste pride is cool".
- cortesoft 4y ago
  It sounds a lot like what has happened in the US over the last 7 years
  - draw_down 4y ago
- rajup 4y ago
  Hmm the current Prime Minister of India is from a "lower" caste. The current president of India is from a "lower" caste. Curious how you come up with "the current national government openly supports discrimination on religious and caste based backgrounds".
  - lowbloodsugar 4y ago
    In the same way Hitler was hardly a model, muscled, blond haired Aryan. Those without the traits advocate it more.
    - rajup 4y ago
      Uhh.. what?! I’ve seen some crazy takes on here but this one is definitely new and takes the top spot.
    - cuteboy19 4y ago
      The analogy is incorrect. Hitler would need to be a Jewish rabbi for it to be accurate
  - mrtranscendence 4y ago
xhevahir 4y ago
This gives some background: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindutva#Upper_casteism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindutva#Upper_casteism
politician 4y ago
Strictly from a resource allocation standpoint, it makes sense to keep economic flows within a subpopulation rather than diluting them over a broader population. Consider, "buy local" initiatives. I imagine that hypothetical Republicoin and Demacoin currencies would find strong support among the hard-core true believers of the respective groups for the same reasons.
- spaceman_2020 4y ago
  Man do people really say stuff like this casually? That human beings are just “resources”? Am I talking to a bot?

spaceman_2020 4y ago

Religion, especially in public life, has made a big comeback under the current ruling party. This party is also generally considered an upper-caste party. I assume much of it is due to implicit soft support from the ruling establishment.

throwaway_1928 4y ago
nirav72 4y ago
Modi is of lower caste. Most of the BJP leadership is lower caste.
- random314 4y ago
  Modi is Vaishya or Brahmin - either upper or middle caste. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modh A lot of Vaishyas have been certifying themselves as Backward caste in order to obtain affirmative action privileges. Including the dominant caste in Gujarat, the Patels - with the Patidar movement. Modis were added to OBC list in 2002. This is a subversion of affirmative action which was meant to help lower castes, not upper castes. BJP is primarily composed of upper castes. Only performative functions like Presidency are granted to lower castes.
  - spaceman_2020 4y ago
    Can confirm this. My caste is OBC as well, even though it is among the most politically powerful and is classified as a warrior caste with high percentage of land ownership. Heck, in my home state, Rajputs, former rulers, have been lobbying to get categorized as OBC because of the reservation benefits.
  - known 4y ago
throwaway_1928 4y ago

bgdam 4y ago

It's nothing that requires much research. The current national government openly supports discrimination on religious and caste based backgrounds. 7 years of this, and people who used to think "Caste is a taboo subject, and we should be working around it", now think "Caste pride is cool".

cortesoft 4y ago
It sounds a lot like what has happened in the US over the last 7 years
- draw_down 4y ago
rajup 4y ago
Hmm the current Prime Minister of India is from a "lower" caste. The current president of India is from a "lower" caste. Curious how you come up with "the current national government openly supports discrimination on religious and caste based backgrounds".
- lowbloodsugar 4y ago
  In the same way Hitler was hardly a model, muscled, blond haired Aryan. Those without the traits advocate it more.
  - rajup 4y ago
    Uhh.. what?! I’ve seen some crazy takes on here but this one is definitely new and takes the top spot.
  - cuteboy19 4y ago
    The analogy is incorrect. Hitler would need to be a Jewish rabbi for it to be accurate
- mrtranscendence 4y ago

xhevahir 4y ago

This gives some background: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindutva#Upper_casteism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindutva#Upper_casteism

politician 4y ago

Strictly from a resource allocation standpoint, it makes sense to keep economic flows within a subpopulation rather than diluting them over a broader population. Consider, "buy local" initiatives. I imagine that hypothetical Republicoin and Demacoin currencies would find strong support among the hard-core true believers of the respective groups for the same reasons.

spaceman_2020 4y ago
Man do people really say stuff like this casually? That human beings are just “resources”? Am I talking to a bot?