It is relatively obvious why an authoritarian regime might resort to banning things, but why should a democratic one like India proceed down this path?
The Romans’ version of stoicism is rapidly picking popularity on Instagram — Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca are some names that get thrown at you when you fire up your screen.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
There is substance in the argument of the author. In addition, there is also a need for people to get educated and be aware of what is good for them, for the community and the country. But if govt regulates everything, it will turn out to be over-regulated country. We have seen this enough in this country till now. There are many examples.
A very sensible and realistic view on this subject. We all know this in India, even though the left of centre political parties protest vehemently when any government other than theirs, impose these restrictions. We understand these protests as political in nature and usually ignore them as being part of the democratic process. We also tend to ignore wokes like Greta and such others as being brainless twits, as they do not know what they say. Once again thank you for this article.
The writer is spot-on in her analysis. I have long felt the same but never came across an article articulating this view before.
There is substance in the argument of the author. In addition, there is also a need for people to get educated and be aware of what is good for them, for the community and the country. But if govt regulates everything, it will turn out to be over-regulated country. We have seen this enough in this country till now. There are many examples.
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A very sensible and realistic view on this subject. We all know this in India, even though the left of centre political parties protest vehemently when any government other than theirs, impose these restrictions. We understand these protests as political in nature and usually ignore them as being part of the democratic process. We also tend to ignore wokes like Greta and such others as being brainless twits, as they do not know what they say. Once again thank you for this article.
Well written.