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I wish Kashmir would get resolved so we could get on with our lives. Literally there would be no reason for all the hate / hate-mongering if not for Kashmir. W

I wish Kashmir would get resolved so we could get on with our lives. Literally there would be no reason for all the hate / hate-mongering if not for Kashmir. Which co-incidentally would mean that the powers that be in those nations would lose a lot of their raison d'etre, so maybe that's why that's not happening. :)

r00fus 4y ago
If it weren't Kashmir, it'd be some other border province. As you said, it's the politicians and the political (possibly geopolitical) structure that results in this.
- throwaway2203 4y ago
  I doubt it, I mean, what would they fight over, Junagadh? Who even cares about that? Kashmir matters because of its resources / Muslims / Hindus.
  - chickenimprint 4y ago
    You failed to understand the meaning of his comment on the political structure. Basically it comes down to this: The easiest way to gain the favor and unquestioning loyalty of citizens is by antagonizing an outside power. All missteps can be excused by evoking the enemy. The need to justify policies that are usually politically costly drops sharply. Coalition building becomes irrelevant. The best part is, that the feedback loop of attacks between opposing states, verbal or otherwise, keeps the system running indefinitely. Take the lazy, incompetent and corrupt governments of Abbas, Netanyahu and Hamas for example. This is politics on easy mode. You can identify dozens of examples of this dysfunctional dynamic. Some are internal, like in Belgium or Bosnia, others external, like Serbia vs Kosovo or Azerbaijan vs Armenia. The reason Erdogan, possibly one of the worst statesmen in world history, has clung on to power, is that he can antagonise both the Greeks and the Kurds. It's inherent to the geopolitical system and there is little that can be done about it. There's plenty of Musilm-majority areas in India that Pakistan could have made a fuss about, if Kashmir had never existed.
Jenepas 4y ago
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r00fus 4y ago

If it weren't Kashmir, it'd be some other border province. As you said, it's the politicians and the political (possibly geopolitical) structure that results in this.

throwaway2203 4y ago
I doubt it, I mean, what would they fight over, Junagadh? Who even cares about that? Kashmir matters because of its resources / Muslims / Hindus.
- chickenimprint 4y ago
  You failed to understand the meaning of his comment on the political structure. Basically it comes down to this: The easiest way to gain the favor and unquestioning loyalty of citizens is by antagonizing an outside power. All missteps can be excused by evoking the enemy. The need to justify policies that are usually politically costly drops sharply. Coalition building becomes irrelevant. The best part is, that the feedback loop of attacks between opposing states, verbal or otherwise, keeps the system running indefinitely. Take the lazy, incompetent and corrupt governments of Abbas, Netanyahu and Hamas for example. This is politics on easy mode. You can identify dozens of examples of this dysfunctional dynamic. Some are internal, like in Belgium or Bosnia, others external, like Serbia vs Kosovo or Azerbaijan vs Armenia. The reason Erdogan, possibly one of the worst statesmen in world history, has clung on to power, is that he can antagonise both the Greeks and the Kurds. It's inherent to the geopolitical system and there is little that can be done about it. There's plenty of Musilm-majority areas in India that Pakistan could have made a fuss about, if Kashmir had never existed.

Jenepas 4y ago

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