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kepler456 t1_j56c5a4 wrote

Reply to comment by answersplease77 in India: The Modi Question (2023) - BBC investigates Indian PM Modi's rise in the Hindu Right-Wing stratosphere and deadly Anti-Muslim and Anti-Sikh Politics [00:59:00] by CryMore36

Sad to say but it is still a democracy, the majority continue to vote for this. This is the bigger shame isn't it. If it was an autocracy you could at least say there are a few evil people ruling the country, but what can you say now?

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answersplease77 t1_j5acgh9 wrote

but the police and courts are controlled by corrupt officials from the top of government. In democracy they let them speak and criticize government and find corrupt officials accountable. Here you only have Modi ass kisser goverment officials, 30+ refused to be interveiwed for saftey, people afraid and speak anonmously with changed voice, and journalists and police who spoke about the corruption were jailed for life and killed like this documentary showed. This is like any other repressive regieme. Absolute freaking shame what India has become

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kepler456 t1_j5e8gvp wrote

Yes, you are not wrong at all. But in a democracy the members of state are the ones elected. A good and functioning democracy has all the features you speak of. India is not a good democracy, but for now it still is a democracy since the members representing the population on the governmental front are elected by the people.

The judiciary was never elected by the people nor is the media. Them being elected is what you would expect in a functioning democracy, but unfortunately that is not what defines the word.

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