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Endless debate on H-twitter today

Reminded me of this classic post by Robin Hanson stressing "Perception"

Politics isn't about policy
School isn't about Learning
Consulting isn't about Advice
Marriage isn't about Romance
Church isn't about God

overcomingbias.com/2008/09/politi…
The debate over Agniveer, Trads, SCs, Dalit acceptance emphasized Hanson's points for me

Trads think - "Hey....all the sacred texts are available for download. Why are the SCs complaining"

Fair. But it's not about whether you are fair. But whether you are perceived to be fair
In this "democratic world" we inhabit, everything becomes a function of "popular perception"

The rights and wrongs of things are secondary

What matters is - how you are perceived.

If you are perceived to be racist, you are racist

Perception is reality. Unfortunate but true
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I see that some people are angry at the tweets in this thread

My point is simple
If you want to bring people to your side, or proselytize, you gotta put yourself in your "target"'s shoes

You can't talk to him as though he is as invested in your tradition as you are
The retort will be

"Hey...ours is not a proselytizing religion"

Well....you better develop a proselytizing streak. It is not alien to H-tradition to propagate one's religion

If you dont want to, don't complain at headlines that talk of the conversion of all AP Dalits for e.g
Complete self-absorption is the bane of H

As a result, you always end up talking to insiders - preaching to the choir

You never learn the art of talking to the uninitiated
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Which Politician from the past does Modi resemble the most?

My vote - Kamaraj

1. Embraces rhetoric of "Sacrifice" and austerity

2 Populist to some extent

3. Believer in "Efficient" Govt as force for good
Partial to big welfare schemes

4. Not much subaltern anti-UC rhetoric
Both came from humble backgrounds, and were more comfortable conversing in their mother tongue (in Modi's case Gujarati + Hindi) than in English

Both of them single men with no kids. Public valued their personal austerity the most, and "incorruptibility" was their biggest USP
Sure. Kamaraj was a secularist. Modi is not quite

But then Modi uses secular rhetoric a great deal after his ascent to national prominence

Except for their attitude on the "Other", I see striking similarities
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Public figures who were big in Indian consciousness 50 years ago

Totally irrelevant today

Jayaprakash Narayan (JP)
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Ram Manohar Lohia

Who else?
To a greater or lesser extent, all these figures epitomized "Nativist" / "rooted" socialism

That type is irrelevant in our times

Yes, Modi is for welfare state, but not really a socialist. So we can't place him in that category
Another big leader from that age who is kind of irrelevant today -

Indira Gandhi

who was perceived as this "secular, but tough nationalist"

Again a type that is not so relevant in current Indian polity
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