Comment by pjc50

3 years ago

There's probably quite a lot of them. Modi-style authoritarianism is extremely popular in India.

Unfortunately yes. Every democratic country deserves the government they get. However, in the case of India, it seems that it is slowly sliding towards authoritarianism and maybe soon Modi and co. can elect themselves without asking the people. Though India is not alone with this and it is happening in multiple countries. Usually the end of credible opposition, being crushed, marks the beginning of the end, like we have seen with Russia and Belarus.

Here are some red flags from India:

https://scroll.in/article/1027566/opinion-indian-democracy-i...

And it will continue to be if people ignore things like this. In a democracy the voters are responsible for the actions of the leaders

  • >In a democracy the voters are responsible for the actions of the leaders

    The corollary being that citizens of democratic countries have the leaders they deserve.

And they are very powerful on the internet as well as migrants in western countries of the majority so-called-majority-religion-of-india support them. Hate speech on the internet against non-Hindus is common in the country and even here they are trying hard to remove my comments fearing many people will see their true faces. It's only social media and whatsapp that's required by you-know-which-majority-religion terrorist accounts to spread venom and hate speech against other communities. source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-61090363