India is displaying classic signs that foreshadow fascism

Re:India is displaying classic signs that foreshadow fascism by realrocker on Sunday November 27, 2016 @09:56AM (#13049435)

I am not sure about this. India has never been good at conforming to a particular point of view. Aurangzeb tried it. Indira tried it. I read an article about traffic of a country implying how lawful it is. And just before reading this, I almost got knocked down by a big car jumping a red light while on a bike(In Bangalore too. We call ourselves civilized here). So whenever I get worried, we are falling into absolutism, I then recall how chaotic our streets and roads are. It's kind of a strength-is-weakness thing with India. You can't enforce a law here, but also can't impose a fascist state. I guess we are just destined to be the average guy of the world. Like the Big Lebowski, we only want our own patch of carpet, everyone else can go fuck themselves. Hail Tribalism :/

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Re:India is displaying classic signs that foreshadow fascism by kamaal on Sunday November 27, 2016 @11:29AM (#13049939)

>>Like the Big Lebowski, we only want our own patch of carpet, everyone else can go fuck themselves. Hail Tribalism :/

Actually this is largely an outcome of scarcity. Not culture.

As somebody whose three generation have lived in Bangalore, the situation wasn't exactly the same. At least with a lot less intensity.

Before all this IT craze started the city was pretty normal to live in.

With the crowd comes competition.

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Re:India is displaying classic signs that foreshadow fascism by throwawayIndian on Sunday November 27, 2016 @10:05AM (#13049467)

Oh man! The Big Lebowski reference is 200% accurate. On a serious note though, it feels almost certain that the Modi Government is going to lead India into another bloodshed, sooner or later. I hope not but that sinking feeling just doesn't go away given his track record.

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Re:India is displaying classic signs that foreshadow fascism by realrocker on Sunday November 27, 2016 @10:11AM (#13049506)

It's already happened with the lynchings, killings and sporadic riots, but at scale of India, it just doesn't leave a big enough mark. It's kind of sad really. India rationalizes the most horrific acts of humanity, shrugs and moves on.

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Re:India is displaying classic signs that foreshadow fascism by sremani on Sunday November 27, 2016 @11:28AM (#13049932)

Have you lived through 80s, and the constant riots in India during that time ? India is a no where near being a fascist country, because for love of god, its not ONE country.

Calling RSS alt-right, completely makes the whole article laughable. RSS was the Right, BJP was the Right, Jan Sangh (BJP's predecessor) was the Right and they were the only game in town, in a mostly Fabian socialist India.

Please go read some History.

Here is a nugget. In Hyderabad riots only happened in INC regime, when TDP was in power no riots. Now both are Centre-Left populist parties.

Rejection of Neo-liberalism is not fascism and the Harvard-Soviet fragilistas of the world, summoning ghosts of Hitler when a country like India is not ONE race is amusing but also horrifying because these morons actually have a platform for their "fake news".

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Re:India is displaying classic signs that foreshadow fascism by throwawayIndian on Sunday November 27, 2016 @01:41PM (#13050599)

> Calling RSS alt-right, completely makes the whole article laughable.

RSS is alt-right of India even if you think it isn't. Anyone who claims otherwise simply because INC or TDP jokers did something wrong elsewhere is either stupid or simply insane. RSS is and always will be an alt-right outfit even if every other political party like INC/TDP/BJP cease to exist.

Go read the some history yourself. I can meanwhile eat some beef nuggets on the side. ;)

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Re:India is displaying classic signs that foreshadow fascism by sremani on Sunday November 27, 2016 @09:19PM (#13052971)

You can eat beef nuggets with bacon, for what I care. That does not change the facts.

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Re:India is displaying classic signs that foreshadow fascism by Retric on Sunday November 27, 2016 @10:48AM (#13049708)

Another way of looking at it is every war before 1800 took place with a smaller global population than India has right now. Yes, a lot of bad things happen in India, but this is partly because a lot of things happen in India.

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Re:India is displaying classic signs that foreshadow fascism by dorfsmay on Sunday November 27, 2016 @11:51AM (#13050062)

Can you explain the issues with Modi's government? As somebody who has never been there and get his news from the Caspian report, John Oliver and Al Jazeera, it looks like Modi is trying to do the right thing for the country.

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