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The recent incident from a school in Muzaffarnagar highlights, once again, how many of India’s institutions, and its people, are failing the country’s Muslims.

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[–] gowan@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No one wants to try to fight India over anything. Everyone needs them as a bulwark to the PRC

[–] xuxebiko@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why should anyone fight India when they can curb his Hindu supremacist hatespeech & violence using diplomatic means? They could've & still can exert pressure to stop violence on religious minorities ( Muslims & Christians). But they won't because he buys their drones & jets at higher than usual prices.

FTR, Modi has already aligned himself with PRC, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. Seen this year's BRICS meeting?

[–] gowan@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because the majority of India seems to support Modi. Trying to force significant political change like restraining nationalism isn't done by asking nicely.

India is going to do what best benefits the Indian elites. As the next most likely major power due to population alone they will be an important ally for everyone.

If you paid attention to the BRICS meeting you'll note India was the one preventing China from calling all the shots.

[–] xuxebiko@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

India was the one preventing China from calling all the shots.

How? by tantruming and refusing to deplane?

By releasing reports that the two leaders had "reached a broad understanding to bring about normalcy in relations while simultaneously diffusing the situation on the borders" which China promptly refuted by issuing new maps that show Aksai Chin and the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh as belonging to China?

[–] gowan@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Population is a strength regardless of education. Large populations can vastly cut manufacturing costs for simple goods that do not require technical skills. Large populations can utilize a meat grinder approach to conflicts that smaller nations cannot easily adopt.

India's refusal to back moving away from dollarization at this point was a significant move. China was looking to make BRICS somewhat subservient to them as NATO was to the USA during the Cold War period. That isn't happening now.

[–] xuxebiko@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Large populations can vastly cut manufacturing costs for simple goods that do not require technical skills.

we're not in the stone-age anymore, so what goods are these that don't require technical skills to manufacture? What will be the earning of people employed in these jobs? will they be able to earn enough to not depend on subsidies for survival? Will they be ableto earn enough for the kids to get eucated? what sort of a nation will we be if we depend on the majority to work in low-skill jobs? This is the future you see for india in 2023? Our freedoe fighterss had better ambitions for us in 1947.

Large populations can utilize a meat grinder approach to conflicts that smaller nations cannot easily adopt.

WTF is this argument? Using people as cannon fodder because there are so many of them, their deaths won't matter? Are you taking lessons from Putin?

Wait! Is that why we've been on the backfoot with China even though they've invaded our land multiple times in Ladakh and the NorthEast? Because we're saving our forces & energy to defend/ attack against smaller neighbours like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal?

Are you being satirical or funny on purpose? because otherwise....

[–] gowan@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago

The same things that Koreans, Chinese, Vietnamese, Hungarians, Czech people, and Japanese people made as their economies developed? There are all sorts of items that do not require extensive training to manufacture that people regularly use.