[kamaal]

>>It’s hard to believe today but South Korea in the 1960’s was the poorest nation on Earth.

In % GDP terms S.Korea is a top spender on research, development and education.

To give you a contrast in the recent Delhi elections, the party that built quality schooling for the poor was voted out. These are deep undercurrents of the Indian society. Watching a poor persons child get schooling and eventually a shot at getting better than your kid, is something most of the Indian middle class can't bear to watch it happen.

The motivations of Indian electorate are always- Can this political party hurt the people I hate?

You can't help people whose life purpose is to sabotage good things out of envy that other people will have it good.

[throwaway7783]

This is a very sweeping generalization.

The party that got voted out was mired in corruption scams and their premise to power was fighting against corruption.

Politics in India can be a lot more nuanced than you claim it to be. What you are saying is one part of the equation.

[kamaal]

>>The party that got voted out was mired in corruption scams

Thats basically every single political party. And thats actually baked into core assumptions before even going to vote. Regardless of who you put in power will steal.

The edge comes from using you as a attack dog to aim against people they hate. Not honesty.