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The Importance of India

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Re: The Importance of India

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Post by wtmt »

> If China rises to heights of power that eclipse the US completely, only India may be strong enough to speak for liberal democracy.

With recent history in mind, I doubt the emphasized part. India is not actually a beacon of a liberal or a constitutional democracy, as has been shown in the last six years by the party in power in the central government. If anything, India is regressing and ignoring constitutional protections while also becoming more protectionist and closed to other countries. Mass surveillance, rights being curbed, an authoritarian state that requires citizens to submit to its orders (without legal backing) and other factors are serious concerns that shouldn’t be ignored by outsiders.

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Post by ankitkumar98 »

Having a huge population doesn't help much. I am from India and I can say that the current state of the country is not good. There are some good initiatives such as the Digital India initiative and some good advancements on the Fintech scene but the country is not in the best state right now. At least, not positioned for remarkable growth like China had in the past few decades.

Re: The Importance of India

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Post by ankitkumar98 »

ankitkumar98 wrote: post #13

Having a huge population doesn't help much. I am from India and I can say that the current state of the country is not good. There are some good initiatives such as the Digital India initiative and some good advancements on the Fintech scene but the country is not in the best state right now. At least, not positioned for remarkable growth like China had in the past few decades.

Also, Participation of women in the economy is super low. This needs to be improved.

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Post by ezVoodoo »

But India is still a Semi Slavery society. The untouchables, anyone? The Hindu caste/social grouping system tells millions of people that they are contaminated and their fate is doomed upon birth. This is the most powerful racist/slavery/brain-washing machine that the human being has ever made, no?

It is so hard to believe such brutal system still exist in human society. Yet, the country enforcing this claims to be the best friend of the west. Well, actually if you think about the BLM moment in western countries, it starts to make some sense...

Re: The Importance of India

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Post by 0x8BADF00D »

sand_castles wrote: post #8

Demographics is not destiny, if it were true, Pakistan would be more powerful than Russia. How you organize your society matters much more, Japan/SK has fraction of the global population, and somehow maintain their economic importance. India has all the problems of a democracy without much of the benefit. It's more likely that India becomes a CCP style country than stays a democracy. If India was so great it's smalle…

> How you organize your society matters much more, Japan/SK has fraction of the global population, and somehow maintain their economic importance.

They maintain their importance by being creditor nations, i.e. they are productive and save.

> India has all the problems of a democracy without much of the benefit. It's more likely that India becomes a CCP style country than stays a democracy.

There is a fundamental distrust of power structures in India. This is due to multiple waves of colonization by foreign powers, first by the Mughals and second by the British East India Company.

India is likely to be a liberal democracy far longer than the United States. It’s current fascination with populism doesn’t necessarily lead to authoritarianism. Rather it is giving a voice to the most disenfranchised in a country, typically those who are now economically obsoleted by automation.

> If India was so great it's smaller immediate neighbor wouldn't be so hostile towards it, and friendly to CCP.

That is due to political history and infighting between secular and religious figures in India’s independence movement.

Re: The Importance of India

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Post by ra7 »

sand_castles wrote: post #8

Demographics is not destiny, if it were true, Pakistan would be more powerful than Russia. How you organize your society matters much more, Japan/SK has fraction of the global population, and somehow maintain their economic importance. India has all the problems of a democracy without much of the benefit. It's more likely that India becomes a CCP style country than stays a democracy. If India was so great it's smalle…

> India has all the problems of a democracy without much of the benefit. It's more likely that India becomes a CCP style country than stays a democracy.

What is the basis for this? People have been predicting fall of democracy in India for decades (especially in the West), but nothing of that sort has happened. The closest incident was the state of emergency under Indira Gandhi in 1975-1977. India successfully recovered back then when the populace was far less educated and far less exposed to the outside world. It's not likely that anything like that is going to happen again.

Re: The Importance of India

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Post by therealkira »

sand_castles wrote: post #8

Demographics is not destiny, if it were true, Pakistan would be more powerful than Russia. How you organize your society matters much more, Japan/SK has fraction of the global population, and somehow maintain their economic importance. India has all the problems of a democracy without much of the benefit. It's more likely that India becomes a CCP style country than stays a democracy. If India was so great it's smalle…

Great countries cant have any dispute with smaller neighbors, they just give away whatever the smaller ones ask for? You make no sense.

Re: The Importance of India

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Post by ezVoodoo »

ezVoodoo wrote: post #15

But India is still a Semi Slavery society. The untouchables, anyone? The Hindu caste/social grouping system tells millions of people that they are contaminated and their fate is doomed upon birth. This is the most powerful racist/slavery/brain-washing machine that the human being has ever made, no? It is so hard to believe such brutal system still exist in human society. Yet, the country enforcing this claims to be t…

We hope to see a Dalits Lives Matter(DLM) movement in India TODAY. That is, if this country cares human rights and equality at all.

Re: The Importance of India

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Post by fakeyguy »

ezVoodoo wrote: post #15

But India is still a Semi Slavery society. The untouchables, anyone? The Hindu caste/social grouping system tells millions of people that they are contaminated and their fate is doomed upon birth. This is the most powerful racist/slavery/brain-washing machine that the human being has ever made, no? It is so hard to believe such brutal system still exist in human society. Yet, the country enforcing this claims to be t…

for all practical purposes this doesn't exist any more. It's jsut that western media focuses on it a lot.
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