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Re:India invokes emergency laws to ban BBC Modi documentary by midoridensha on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @09:15PM (#34513548)
It's hard to see how democracies are any better than the Chinese authoritarian system when stuff like this happens.

I want to believe in democracy, but most real democracies seem to be intent on self-destruction and devolving to authoritarian states.

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Re:India invokes emergency laws to ban BBC Modi documentary by macinjosh on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @09:31PM (#34513654)
IMO, the closer political polarization of a democracy gets to the 50/50 mark the more authoritarian it seems because half of the population is being ruled by another half it vehemently disagrees with.
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Re:India invokes emergency laws to ban BBC Modi documentary by saeranv on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @11:11PM (#34514311)
There is real opposition to Modi's authoritarianism in India, since as a democracy, states have some relative autonomy. Tamil Nadu's DMK party is really interesting in this regard, and have a history pushing back against Modi's hindi/hindutva nationalism.
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