[sumedh]

> Indian state wields too much power over everything

I think its part of our culture, it begins in our childhood where our parents tell their kids that kids (even when they become adults) should blindly obey their parents.

[narag]

Against the vice of asking there is the virtue of refusing.

[sumedh]

> virtue of refusing

cant do that with all the brainwashing about respecting your elders.

[narag]

Do you think my parents didn't do that and still do (I'm in my 50's)? Respect is not the same as uncritically accepting authority decisions.