Author here assume “democracy” is a cotton candy store with colors and bubbles popping all around. The funny thing with these analysts is that they were a certain lens and then their entire life keep looking at “democracy” through the same old lens. Pardon my language, but bro, just read up more on what Chanakya has said about it too. Maybe you will realise that India is dearly missing “strongmen” who actually could be more forthright with their decision making
“It’s only a ‘paradox’ to academic commentators who view governance as an idealist debating club. Citizens don’t want abstract institutional gridlock—they want results. Preferring a decisive leader to execute policies isn’t ‘democratic backsliding’; it’s realpolitik.
Author here assume “democracy” is a cotton candy store with colors and bubbles popping all around. The funny thing with these analysts is that they were a certain lens and then their entire life keep looking at “democracy” through the same old lens. Pardon my language, but bro, just read up more on what Chanakya has said about it too. Maybe you will realise that India is dearly missing “strongmen” who actually could be more forthright with their decision making
“It’s only a ‘paradox’ to academic commentators who view governance as an idealist debating club. Citizens don’t want abstract institutional gridlock—they want results. Preferring a decisive leader to execute policies isn’t ‘democratic backsliding’; it’s realpolitik.