CoolI have a poster of Omar Al-Bashir on my wall
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Hitler in a Mini-Skirt and Stalin in Hot Pants. Infamous Dictators as Anime Ladies.
Some of the most infamous dictators of the 20th century have now been turned into cute anime characters with not so cute accompanying biographies.kotaku.com
Yes, because I pay attention the news and so I had read about the riots at the time they occurred.
Possibly you mean why do you not care. And just because you don't doesn't mean I don't.
I'm pretty sure that I and the vast majority of Hindus and Muslims share a deep desire to not be murdered, and so extend that idea to the concept that murder is wrong. I'm pretty sure it's more ubiquitous across cultures and history than you think.
Sort of. The so-called "Licence Raj" was not government ownership, but very heavy regulation of private industry - although yes, it was very inefficient, and there were long concerns that it would spur corruption. India started dismantling it back around 1990, and it's no surprise that's when its economy - staggeringly sluggish in the postwar period - finally took off.
Not really, it might actually be the opposite, most year that Modi was PM saw a reduction in GDP growth, the only year that saw an increase were right after he was elected (when his reform would have the least impact). I don't think he's harming the economy, but there's really no reason to say that he's delivering big economic growth and similarly there's no reason to say that corruption is less of an issue under him. Modi is popular because he's a nationalistic populist who's very good at playing with the media (and very good at squashing independent voice). Him and the BJP are also very good at playing the election game, stealing election by bribing member of opposite party so they would defect to his party and using pliant court and loyal bureaucrat to bend the rule in his favour.
I think what I was trying to get across was partly perception. Modi delivered growth - if you say it was less than before he took office I'll take your word for it, but it has been good and consistent growth all the same (to covid-19) and he has that safely in the bank. Nor would I argue for a minute India under the BJP is not corrupt. However, people have long memories: the Indian National Congress built itself a reputation for corruption, and bears the reputation for poor economic performance from the postwar period. Until the BJP is similarly tarred by enough serious failures that also damage its reputation, it will go into elections with a healthy advantage.
Consider this: only four countries in the world have more than 250 million citizens: China, India, United States, and Indonesia
I would say that the US and Indonesia having that big of a strike would be virtually impossible based on their current size
Correct. It would require the participation of children, the elderly, and those who belong to professions that can't strike in order to accomplish those numbers.
Alone, yes, but perhaps they could go halves and have strikes in both countries simultaneously.
Considering what the US did in Indonesia to kill so many commies, works strikes aren’t on the cards for either country
It'd take something extraordinary, sure, but I still think it's more likely than either country getting a quarter billion alone. Course, by that logic you could throw in the entire EU having strikes at the same time or something, make it worldwide.
