The main driving force behind the Indian Rightwing movement is upper class resentment over ancient privileges diluted by democracy. Its objective is a hierarchical future similar to what tradition dictates. The hate you see is the necessary force to create the new hierarchy.
Does that mean that is the only force? Of course not. There are other forces too, but they are not formative or creative forces that shape policy in any way. They are mostly for show. For example, the movement gained from the anti-corruption sentiment built up between 2010 & 2014
And think for yourself, what was the result of that ‘sentimental force’?😀The biggest electoral funding scam anywhere in the world that legalised opaque & unlimited funding of politicians by cronies, called ‘Electoral Bonds’!! 🥲
The only driving force that can explain both actions on the ground and law-making in the legislatures - from Una to Kathua to Hathras to CAA to NRC - is upper class resentment. And the desire to stop and reverse the dilution of ancient privileges.
A few people saw this as a 'conspiracy theory'. That is a hilarious misreading & shows lack of understanding of how interests coalesce & politics works. The upper caste dominance of India's govt, judiciary and media, for example, is not a 'conspiracy' in the normal sense.
That's how interests and networks coalesce seamlessly to promote the 'common interests' of the 'insiders' against the 'outsiders', often without the necessity for smoke-filled rooms where conspiracies are hatched :). The understandings are unstated and the hatreds, shared.
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