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Re:India protests: Internet cut to hunger-striking farmers i... by davchana on Saturday January 30, 2021 @10:50PM (#25975712)
No worries, I understand. Many sikhs here support Trump. Mostly who are here since ages, & are businessman, does not pay minimum wage, employ & exploit asylum seekers. And I am also sikh, although does not wear any sikh symbols like Hair Turban.

No where I said we need congress government. Modi dictator need to go away. India was progressing way way more in Manmohans rule (yes, there were million bad issues were too, no denial). But Modi's rule is dictatorship.

Delhi 1984 need to be punished, by Singh's or by Government, or by people. Yes, that includes Rajiv, Indiara, Kamal Math, Everybody who was involved. #NeverForget1984

You can't even compare Biden Support to modi Supporters. Biden won fair & square. The greatest president has world's most secure elections under his rule, & fraud happened? No, he lost it. Simple. I am Democrat pro, want Sanders, but will work with Biden, because the other option was Twice Impeached Orange. Never. A lesser evil is better than bigger one.

RSS has a MBA Think Tank in Nagpur, thinking over every next move to keep the power clutched in their bloody hands forever. Its a rouse that winning every election will seem sus, so lets lose some smaller ones.

Serving in military does not give one a certificate of something. Its a profession. Nobody is forced. Its for money, just like any other profession. Teachers, Cashiers, Servers, Firefighters are equally important. Nothing morally special about being you or family in military. Millions of racist bigots work in every country's military, thinking themselves as Patriots, but infact are just racist.

Re:India protests: Internet cut to hunger-striking farmers i... by quantgenius on Saturday January 30, 2021 @11:36PM (#25975995)
Also to be clear, I’m not super pro BJP or anyone. I’m pro competence. I’m certainly not pro some of the nonsense that the various state BJP governments pull, including the past beef related hysteria.

Modi himself is not pro that nonsense as he has mentioned more than once. However, to govern he does need to create a big tent. Beef ban vs 15% of Indian women legally treated as chattel. Which battle would you prioritize?

As far as India doing better under Manmohan Singh? I like Manmohan Singh. I think if he actually had freedom to act rather than being a puppet he would have done really well. But frankly, in terms of how the country did it’s not even close. And if the Congress won again, you wouldn’t get Manmohan Singh. You’d get Rahul or Kamal Nath.

Re:India protests: Internet cut to hunger-striking farmers i... by bgdam on Sunday January 31, 2021 @12:50AM (#25976413)
I don't understand how banning beef has anything to do with Indian women being treated as chattel.

You can prevent the latter without dictating my food habits. Also, if you're so intent on saving the cow, why is India still the world's largest exporter of beef? Because banning exports of beef will hurt the corporate masters who fund the BJP.

Re:India protests: Internet cut to hunger-striking farmers i... by davchana on Sunday January 31, 2021 @01:03AM (#25976494)
Exactly, many of the beef factory owners are BJP members or Supporters. It should be simple to rule, provide safety, & quality of life, but dont dictate what to eat or wear or marry or sing or dance. As long as its not a defined crime, people should be able to decide if they want to eat beef or celebrate valentine.
Re:India protests: Internet cut to hunger-striking farmers i... by quantgenius on Saturday January 30, 2021 @11:23PM (#25975917)
Just to be clear I’m not a Trump supporter as you seem to imply. Gave money to and voted for Biden, both in the primary and the general.
Re:India protests: Internet cut to hunger-striking farmers i... by quantummkv on Sunday January 31, 2021 @05:23AM (#25977725)
>You can't even compare Biden Support to modi Supporters. Biden won fair & square

So did Modi. His victory in elections was accepted by all his rivals as fair and square.

> But Modi's rule is dictatorship.

How is it a dictatorship? Modi won fair and square in an election conceded by all his rivals. If you don't like him, then vote him out. If you cannot vote him out, then you can claim to it being a dictatorship.

But you can go and vote him out. And sorry, the majority of the country not accepting your views to vote him out is democracy, not dictatorship.

Re:India protests: Internet cut to hunger-striking farmers i... by srean on Sunday January 31, 2021 @10:52AM (#25979660)
You are correct that Modi won popular vote. But this one chancellor who is rather a poster child of being a bad boy won his election too. Note also the fact that only about 50% of the people exercised their vote so there is a large fraction who aren't that enthused about Modi