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India Emerges As A Trusted and Neutral Arms Supplier To Southeast Asia, Challenging US-China Dominance
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According to India...
But their government is about as believable as a AI or crypto CEO. They just make wild claims that are never backed up.
But you only tell me, does only India makes wild claims and not US and China or other countries? No matter what we think, but India is showing results and also is continously growing. Also the one Article that lables this movement as "India's Starategic Arrival" is a chinese article from South China Morning Post
Only if you only consume Indian media, because for 70 years now you all haven't had press freedoms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_the_press_in_India#Censorship_on_press
Which, the 1950s was when your current government was formed, crushing the press was like the first thing the far right BJP did
I highly doubt you've ever been alive to experience a free press (unless you're over 70) so it's not your fault, you've been brainwashed your entire life by far right authoritarians...
Except your lucky enough to have the internet, your not limited to only hearing what your government wants you to hear. You can just skip the propaganda instead of spreading it and defending it
Unless of course, your a supporting of the far right Bharatiya Janata Party and that's why you made this post....
Are you a supporter of the far right Bharatiya Janata Party Mr BharatiyaReformist@lemmy.ml?
Sorry man, but I have to say the way you talk, you seem like you yourself has been brainwashed by Far Left Dominating parties in your country, who are brainwahsed into thinking that no one other than them has free press.
The claims I have given in my post are not by my country by given by South China Morning post, it is up to your perception wheather it is far left, right or whatever of your thos terminologies.
Press freedom in Right wing rule countries is much better than prime Far left dominant countries. If Press was not free here, how are we today the world's 4th largest economy, how are we the 4th strongest military, if press is not free here how are we called the pharmacy of the world?
In these 70 years alone we have acheived what many newly independent countries and even well established countries would fail to acheive, and each and every goverenment and party has contributed in this despite their mistakes, either it is INC or BJP, both have contributed in their own way. Let me tell you, in here if even any one person's voice is tried to be crushed, the very next day you will see processions and these processions don't stop until responsisbility is taken by the goverenemnt.
Yes Challeneges are there, but when had we not faced such challenges, yes the media is biased, but also many of them are free and kicking, we will improve and grow, despite what the world hopes or thinks. Is the Chinese media not manipulated, or US media not biased? How dod they grow? Media plays a huge role in maintaining democracy and promoting growth, but examples like China prove that this is not the only factor. By this statement don't think I am in any way trying to undermine the importance of Media, but it is not the only factor
Now about which Party I support, I support all those parties who want the betterment of this nation, I support India i.e Bharat, and it's people and whoever will try to do good for the nation in a rational way I will support them and their actions and as an Indian this is my birth right. If this same was action was done under INC rule, I still would've had supported this. I would like to clear "I don't support a Party, I support an Idea, and that Idea is Nation focused not a Party Focused"
I hope this would've had answered you long awaited question Mr givesomefucks@lemmy.world? And I would really suggest you Mr to keep your bask of your so called sense of superiority in your pocket and to stop thinking that other than you, no one has freedom, with of course, all due respect.
What?
You think "far left" Americans think America has a free press?
That's completely out of touch with reality.
But I'm always curious about other people's points of view:
As the mod of a far right religious and ethnic nationalist community in India, what do you consider "far left"? Is it just the belief that people are equal regardless of ethnicity, religion, or "caste"?
Would those beliefs be extreme to you?
What specifically are the "far left" beliefs that you think are so terrible? Because my assumption is your about to complain about far right authoritian governments like Russia and China...
Quick edit:
The community
https://lemmy.world/c/HindutvaTalks@lemmy.ml
The sidebar:
Openly advocating for a religious ethnostate...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindutva
It's literally part of the Wikipedia segment of fascism...
The so called Far Right Authoritarian counties mentioned by me such as Russia and China, the current system they follow have roots to Far Left Ideology i.e communism. China till this day is following a Communist model politically, and it's economy only rose after 1980 when foreign investement were welcomed which is not at all a part of Left Ideology. Russia too, the current system they follow has roots to far left Soviet Union, aka the god father of all Leftist Ideologies.
According to me who is a hindu and has read a lot of Shastras and texts, all the foreigners and even many Indian have seem to misuderstood the idea of castes in Hindu Religion and Community. Castes unlike the current rigid structure used to be system in which Varna (Caste) of a person was decided on the basis of his Merit and Interests, there are numerous examples in our texts of many people including many modern day lower caste people who changed their caste to higher class. Also it is mentioned in Gita that "At the time of Birth, all people are Shudras (Lowest of the caste) and by Merit he rises in status". Also in Manusmriti which is blamed for imposing this system mentions that despite a person's caste, he must be treated with respect by all the other castes. The Varna System was more like a Proffession system whch later got mainipulated.
So don't think that the Idea of Equality was introduced only by far left groups, it has existed all along. I do still respect some of the leftist ideas like socalism, but yes it needs to be balanced, no idea or ideology or faith must be followed bilndly, that's what I think.
Dude Wikipedia can be edited and manipulated by almost anyone??
Let me clarify, Many people misunderstand the word 'Hindu' , it is does not denote a religous unit or a political unit, it denotes a cultural unit. Sanatan is the real religous word for modern day hindu word which gets connected with religion. All Indians, no matter what faith they follow, they can be muslims, Christians, Sanatanis, we have the same cultural heritage, the Hindu Heritage. Persians used to call all those who lived to the south of Indus and North to Indian ocean as Hindus, despite what religion they followed.
It might look like I am advocating for RSS, but I am not, I am just explaining the ideology they follow because I am will versed in it, RSS promotes this cultural unity which is beyond what religion one follows.
What about the violences on Hindus and minorities in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Let me tell you, there is nothing like this happening here. I have many muslim friends, many of them even support BJP. RSS, the parent organisation of BJP has Muslim Rashtriya Manch, if things are this bad why are muslims joining it?