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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (14 children)

India is like 18% of the world population, so it becoming an autocracy explains most of the population swing.

[–] red 1 points 2 months ago (13 children)

what? when did india become autocracy?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

It's sliding that way, thanks to radical Hindu nationalists, but I'm not sure how it actually got recorded in this data.

[–] red 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"radical Hindu nationalist" get back to reddit, you only belong to echo chambers

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure that's how guys like RSS would self-identify. A Hindu Rashtra (ethnostate) is their stated goal, and the marching and paramilitary activity make me skeptical they would say "we're just moderate".

[–] red 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

they are not even close to being as radical as you think omg, even if they are it still has nothing to do with india being autocracy. i said that because this has nothing to do with india being autocracy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And see, that's where you can actually get me. I don't follow Indian politics that closely, I don't know off the top of my head what exactly the mainstream NGOs are talking about when they mention the autocratic shift under the BJP. Maybe you can add some context.

It looks like it still rates still rates as a flawed democracy at this point, to be clear. Even groups openly hostile to democracy, which the BJP isn't to my knowledge, can take many years to accomplish the shift to autocracy, because norms don't die overnight.

[–] red 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

just so you know, in democracy index india is just slightly below usa and yes even usa is considered flawed democracy here and yeah I hope you realise you were seriously biased against India and idk why

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The US political system is on the brink of failing. That's not a brag.

You seem biased too, probably because you're in the picture.

[–] red 1 points 2 months ago

again like i said, I'm not bragging i told that because no one think us is a autocracy but you somehow thought india is.

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