This is in continuation of my article 'Is Majority always right'. Here I found an article written in Economic Times:
But does development derive solely from and absolve the Modi brand of politics?
The 1930s supply a dramatic answer, when three countries were ‘developing’ at a
furious pace under the aegis of three different leaders and political
ideologies. The US was recovering from the Great Depression and basking in the
glow of Roosevelt’s New Deal. Germany, under Hitler, was rebuilding its
war-ravaged economy and acquiring the muscle required to wreak revenge on the
world. The Soviet Union, under Stalin, was tempering the steel it knew would be
required to withstand an inevitable assault by western powers.---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Two things were common to all three leaders: passionate commitment to economic growth and reciprocally passionate support from their followers. For the rest, they stood for diverse political ideologies and led their countries to drastically different political denouements.
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Modi’s politics is similar to Hitler’s in several ways. Vilification of a
minority community and its transformation into a hate object for the majority,
contempt for democracy and its constitutive organisations such as trade unions
and institutional processes such as the rule of law, dependence on the personal
charisma of a demagogic leader, glorification of the nation and the strong
leader who alone can provide prosperity and security — these are common
traits.
As expected the letters to Editor are full of criticism of the article but
one should notice that majority of the letters are from NRI's. I have always
noticed in magazines or even newspapers NRI's are always defending Modi.Maybe because they dont live here and are only concerned with development and
money. Anyways the link to the article is here.
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