• Trudge [Comrade]@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    I knew that my take was going to be wrong but I didn’t know it was going to be this wrong. This is what I get for passive information osmosis slop style of knowledge. Thanks for the correction comrade.

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      You are not wrong that North was wealthier historically but colonialism , casteism and religious sentiments ruined the North. Congress also had bad policies in the past. Though I won’t say North is like Africa but they lack affirmative policies towards downtrodden and lower caste people and they lack visionary leaders overall. Nowadays Hindutva has engulfed the whole North it will take many years to undo the Nazi mindset.

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        1 year ago

        Thank you both for the replies, it’s interesting stuff that I’ll try to look into more in the future. I see that in the 2019 elections BJP managed to win in a lot of regions, except for the south and southeast. Much has happened since then like COVID and the farmer protests so I suspect the BJP won’t be as dominant in 2024. I also see there was a new 26 party ‘opposition alliance’ created last month.

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          I will say the opposition alliance is full of holes and consist of lots of opportunists , they can switch between Congis and BJP when time is favorable . Left front has become weak af post 2008, its difficult for Indians to choose a coherent party with some ideals . Congress also won’t ban the extremists like Bajrang Dal and VHP affiliated terrorist fronts and they will pursue the neoliberal policies of BJP .