Narendra Modi is a democratically elected leader, but his image is that of a leader who decimated opposition and dissent — in Parliament or on university campuses.

  • xuxebiko@kbin.socialOP
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    1 year ago

    I disagree. Democracies and their foundations are living structures. They shouldn’t atrophy and become fossils. When needed, they should be updated but if the political party in power is fascist then they’ll wreck the very basis of democracy (this is the danger staring India in the face). Which is why we should never ever vote any kind of fascist or extremist to power. When we take democracy for granted, we allow fascism to creep in.

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
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      1 year ago

      What I’ve been observing in the US is that about 1/4 of the population is appropriately aware of fascism and freaked out about it, 1/4 absolutely loves fascism, and 1/2 the population thinks it’s all “just politics” that can safely be ignored no matter how much anyone tries to explain the importance of it. It’s infuriating.