Been a lurker. Apologies if much of this sounds like a rant.
Bit of background, I am an Indian immigrant to the US and have been here for college and later for work. I felt like contributing mostly because I read some areas where I feel Indian politics could be a source of studying what not to do here. I know my background is not one that espouses sympathy in this group but make of it what you must.
The global-left-liberal-evangelical has pretty much implemented the same playbook everywhere but the non-left does not seem to carry knowledge beyond its borders.
Coming here, I was inclined to support President Obama. President Trump's election was a shocking surprise to me but I did not share the outrage that a lot of urban America did. It is only after Biden and the modern capture of the democratic party by Bernie's kids that i realized the sense in what points you have been making.
Over the last 2 years, thanks to the pandemic, i have been reading a lot more of Indian politics. More recently, i came across about your movement here. Many of the political conversations here have echoes of sentiments made there. It is just worse for the majority group in India.
To me, Indian history and politics are probably the biggest success of a communist sympathizing liberal project that targets the identity of the majority in order to solidify the voter base of radical minority groups. The way they go about doing it is, as long as you are part of a minority identity, you get promoted to boast about your background and use your identity for all sorts of perks. If a person of the minority speaks about the majority identity, you allude that it is tolerable and good since it is open to reform.
If you are part of the majority identity, you have to either be apologetic or repent for uncommitted sins they have convicted you of as part of their politics. Like how most people don't want to be part of a majority white community, many people want to re-classify themselves to be not Hindu. Just as a reference, if you are a Hindu religious institution, the government has control access over your finances. If you are not a Hindu institution, then you can get paid by the government
The key points are i want to make are that
immigration in US is similar to conversion in India. It is the tool the political left incentivizes to solidify their minority base and divide the majority.
while race and caste have very dissimilar histories, both are badge that the left uses to parade its self-righteousness. Castes are probably similar to what pre Christian pagan European groups had (not the expert but conjecturing).
Ill give quick points of reference that might help you see why i think India is much further worse
India has had federally mandated reservations (much much worse than the affirmative action it is compared to here) since the first year of the independent constitution. Initially, it was supposed to be a guaranteed quota of 22.5% for 10 years of government jobs for a British clobbered category of castes called "Scheduled Castes /Tribes". Later it increased by another 50% for a newly engineered category called "backward castes". All public insitutes, from our foreign service to our railways, to our public educational institutes are forced to implement it. Even private universities are mandated to implement it (not optional like US). There is no sunset clause anywhere and based on politics, it seems it will go on for ever. Even the current majority government cannot challenge it and has added on to more reservations. This same caste issue is used to create the political divide within the majority religion. Like the immigration issue is used to create a division among the majority here.
This caste fault line is exploited by religious groups to promote conversions. Since most of this sub is sympathetic to Christianity, you might not see how bad this is. But if you go to small towns, you will find that Christian groups set up schools, hospitals, NGO offices where perks are available to converts. They practically sue anyone who questions them, convert people with all sorts of incentives, and in hospitals make patients sign over their property for a cure.
In India, out of 29 states, there are 3 states with outright Christian majorites, 2 where they are the biggest religion and another 2 where they are more than 20%. There are 2-3 other states where they are significant political players. I dont think such a thing is possible even in increasingly non-Christian America today. The leader of the main opposition party is an Italian descent who has still not learned any Indian language. She was almost elected Prime Minister of the country in 2004. You might not like Kamala Harris (neither do i), but atleast she speaks english.
More recently the caste victimhood activism has germinated in the US schools as part of the CRT crowd. It is promoted and supported by the church groups, who often use it as a tool to spread the word that their institutional savior is the only possible cure. The same church groups that promote caste activism in India are also promoting immigration activism in the US and Europe. They do what is in their best interest without regard for the country they are in.
Now in India, the academics that would stand up against this were all removed back in the 70s-80s. The result is that most of this curent Indian academic generation is openly communist or at best ultra-liberal.
The issue in both places is that because of the non-left's high opinion of individualism, they don't bother with judging and influencing institutions. This allowed and continues to allow radically hostile academicians to get all the posts and generate all the kinds of studies that will be used to implement policy, cover news and also influence entertainment.
Finally, ill say that i had an unnuanced opinion of race politics in America for a long time. Please try to see if you can spot the nuance in the politics of other countries and you will find there are many similarities with what is happening here.
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