[lazy_nerd]

If people in US can be misled by fake news, India stood little chance. Facebook and WhatsApp have been used effectively to brainwash the general public in India.

As Barack Obama described in his new book 'Promised Land', the chances of democracy surviving in a multi-ethnic, multi-religious poor country like India was precarious at best. BJP and RSS has effectively made sure that democracy dies in India

[kevin_thibedeau]

This is a problem in all cultures where proscriptivist philosophies have enough currency that people will actively oppose general purpose freedom. Democracy requires a willingness to tolerate differences of opinion and behavior.

[quantummkv]

> BJP and RSS has effectively made sure that democracy dies in India

That's a weird statement to make, considering that the current PM is a self-made man without any old money, family name or ivy league connections. Infact, most of the high ranking people in his cabinet are self-made men like him. The current Home Minister of India for example started his career as a polling-booth level canvasser in the party.

If a poor self-made man rising to the top in free and fair elections (results accepted by everyone) is a murder of democracy, then you need to find the correct definition of democracy.

[rainingcatndogs]

> Infact, most of the high ranking people in his cabinet are self-made men like him.

We hear a lot about how the current government is less corrupt and less dynastic. But their actions say otherwise[1][2][3].

[1] https://m.thewire.in/article/politics/bjp-congress-political...

[2] https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/electoral-bonds-contro...

[3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrest_of_Kafeel_Khan

[kranner]

There are many examples of fascists who were self-made men. It doesn’t have anything to do with democracy at all.