Yet 90% of my social circle (middle-upper class India) is in strong favor of this seemingly terrible move by Modi government. It is not unlike the support Duterte has seen in Philippines.
I think schadenfreude and Utopian promises (especially from a leader they already support) have a strong grip on people. At this point though the pro-demonetization rhetoric in India is running out of steam. First it was going to be a 'surgical strike on black money' that would end corruption and terrorism, so you had to stand in bank queues for your country the way soldiers stand at the border; then it was about 'going cashless' and digital payments; by now it's clear that the main thing that's needed is to print new notes as quickly as possible.
Almost everyone who was rich and corrupt on 7 November 2016 will still be rich and corrupt an year later.
Almost everyone who was rich and corrupt on 7 November 2016 will still be rich and corrupt an year later.