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Occam's razor.
There's no way babus who cleared UPSC didn't think of this very basic question themselves before issuing this order.
The confusion is by design. To keep everyone occupied in these worries instead of real issues.
Modi govt has weaponized ambiguity in compliance.
There's no way babus who cleared UPSC didn't think of this very basic question themselves before issuing this order.
The confusion is by design. To keep everyone occupied in these worries instead of real issues.
Modi govt has weaponized ambiguity in compliance.
https://twitter.com/bytesofnews/status/1659612288054333440
It's been nine years of this and a full year remains.
They issue some order that shakes up the equilibrium and puts the populace at work with compliance. That drags on in chaos cos there's too much ambiguity. A dozen or more clarifications. More confusion.
Next election comes.
They issue some order that shakes up the equilibrium and puts the populace at work with compliance. That drags on in chaos cos there's too much ambiguity. A dozen or more clarifications. More confusion.
Next election comes.
This is something I read about in a book on late 20th century Latin American politics, which was full of authoritarians who took over in the name of "development" and/or national security.
"Keep your population standing in lines for some reason and rule forever."
"Keep your population standing in lines for some reason and rule forever."
The reason 21st century Latin America is mostly full of democracies is that the 20th century "banana Republic" phase was almost entirely the creation of the CIA & KGB.
The basic cultural DNA of Latin America is very democratic.
Red tape was central to the authoritarian phase.
The basic cultural DNA of Latin America is very democratic.
Red tape was central to the authoritarian phase.
Be it right wingers in Chile or left wingers in Mexico or even reactionary clueless Chavez-Maduro types, a tool used by authoritarians in those very historically bureaucratic societies, was keeping their populations busy in compliance. Keep them on their toes, scared.
A few years ago, I took an undergrad class to Chile. Some students were libertarian types who loved Milton Friedman so had somewhat mixed views about Pinochet. That they had only read on American blogs and such. The kindest view of Pinochet possible.
The view being that of course violent crackdowns and executions and political prisoners are wrong, but didn't he usher in economic growth that eventually made Chile wealthy? That's the view US libertarians, AEI, Heritage, Breitbart etc will sell you.
Actual Chileans told em, nah
Actual Chileans told em, nah
Chilean experts in Santiago told them that the economic growth in Pinochet years was all natural resources based and would have happened no matter who ruled. Those years were not nice to live in. Students asked
"So how did he rule almost 20 years?"
"He made us stand in lines!"
"So how did he rule almost 20 years?"
"He made us stand in lines!"
Most Chileans remember spending a lot of time in lines in the 70s & 80s for some compliance reason or another, often to even hold on to your own home. The "ease of doing business" only existed for pals of Pinochet. The common small business was weighed down by red tape.
It eventually took the systemic rot and discontent over 15 years to reach even the Chilean elites, the wealthy, the ones looking to be the Switzerland of South America.
That the promised "development" had been restricted to just the top & the circle was shrinking.
That the promised "development" had been restricted to just the top & the circle was shrinking.
I'm old enough to remember 80s India and also Manmohan India in great detail.
Manmohan India is when India almost never stood in pointless lines.
80s India often stood in pointless lines.
Modi India has to always keep standing in pointless lines. #NewIndia
Manmohan India is when India almost never stood in pointless lines.
80s India often stood in pointless lines.
Modi India has to always keep standing in pointless lines. #NewIndia
Modern India and 20th century Latin America are similar in the sense that there is a baseline respect for government and authority. From 1800s, our ancestors grew up in colonial & then post colonial modern states. So a basic level of obedience is baked in.
If the gormint says stand in line, Latinos and desis will, more often than not, stand in line.
Authoritarians exploited this cultural obedience in 20th century Latin America.
And Modi is doing it to India as we speak. Keep us busy complying, obeying, standing in lines.
Authoritarians exploited this cultural obedience in 20th century Latin America.
And Modi is doing it to India as we speak. Keep us busy complying, obeying, standing in lines.
The happy lesson from Latin America is that there is an expiry date to these tactics.
Eventually the red tape starts affecting economic growth. The rich start feeling the squeeze. And there's a shakeup and return to a democratic republic for all, not just a few.
Eventually the red tape starts affecting economic growth. The rich start feeling the squeeze. And there's a shakeup and return to a democratic republic for all, not just a few.
An Ecuadorian friend recently said "every Latin American country is so multi colored mixed and with revolutionary history that only democratic socialist can work here. We flirt with dictators once in a while, but a place this diverse has to gravitate to lefty democracy."
I daresay India is also extremely multi colored and with revolutionary history, so I hope that just like our Latino cousins faraway, we too eventually gravitate towards a lefty democracy, cos yeah, no way can Hindu Rashtra work without historic bloodshed.
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