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@Aqualord17 You're realising that now? Governments change, capitalism remains constant. If Congress comes to power, Ambani, Adani, et al. will simply make alliance with them.

Read history, it has always been intertwined with our government. Nehru had to appoint a literal Tata director as FM

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@lucifer_damned Just when you think Rahul Gandhi seems to have changed, he reveals that... no, he has not.

With that one tweet, he has just given BJP and others a massive weapon to discredit the protests. Right now, nobody likes America and technofascism is utterly scary to even think about.

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@IndicGarfield @LibleftEnjoyer Congress not creating a coherent plan for action or even a shadow cabinet that proposes alternate policies and what could be done is one of their mistakes.

They need to provide a clear and direct idea of what their vision is and contrast it with BJP's.

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@marineravin National bourgeoisie. You can at least fight them at some point if the situation aligns. How do you rid yourself of something international like Starlink that isn't even in your country?

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@Schandillia Literally in the news:

https://t.co/OYGy9GYiat

[Harsh @Freenore]

@supersayan68200 Because their priority isn't leadership: it is self-enrichment and self-interest. Always has been.

If people actually put country above party and self then most of the politicians' career would end. And they'll actually have to take human development seriously.

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@audeamuser You should read Ashoka Mody's India is Broken to see that Congress has had its success and failures. Economically, the early years were disastrous.

Or Kapil Komireddi's book to see the sheer vulgar abuse of power when they held power.

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@audeamuser So then why was the country in such dismal state by 2014 (which Modi made worse)?

Anyway, it is a political party, and hence can be criticised or praised. There's nothing wrong with people having views, and Guha has written history books with footnotes to justify his views.

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@shrutammegopaya Bullshit. Historically speaking, Hinduism has had some really remarkable moments in its history.

The reason why it isn't a cultural capital is because the people who love appropriating Hinduism for their politics have not created great art to showcase it.

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@MikeyCorleone7 I'm not sure about this. I think one has to live in denial to not see that Congress needs to restructure itself. It is organisationally so bad, very little grassroots presence, or presence in some of the states at all.

Tharoor at least offered a solution to this.

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@Dubeyjikaladka @neha_aisa I don't think they're much concerned about that, for better or for worse. They want to combine forces as much as possible for now.

Though yes, NSUI not being there doesn't bode well for this coalition, if it is that.

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@naaycoqui Presidency is nowhere near as powerful as made out to be. That's why Presidents either get frustreated or they launch power-grab.

The real deal is leading the House and Senate, that's how you can control every bill that goes through, and even cripple a Presidency.

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@iam_balaji Arguably the only odd person out is Vajpayee - a life long parliamentarian who never held any CM post and was EAM for a very brief period.

But he was a truly remarkable orator, whatever one makes of his politics. Rahul, on the other hand, has never been inspiring or even fluent.

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@iam_balaji The reason Rahul Gandhi is a non-starter for many is that he has no track record to point towards.

Indians elect PM on experience and certainty (activism, cabinet minister or CM). Rahul has none of that - he never tried to be CM of UP or Delhi and learn things from ground-up.

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@Raja_Sw Unfortunately we only deal in bhakti. Either a Modi bhakt or now a Rahul bhakt.

Principled, measured evaluation of a politician is not an idea that comes naturally to us.

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@themaskbeneath He wouldn't be doing this if he was the President though. If anything, his plans for de-centralisation and bringing new blood in and renewing grassroots activism would've benefited the Congress.

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@KellyofArrakis This is not democracy, this is giving monarchial vibes.

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@gillqaeda I'm convinced we Indians want to worship our politicians. You don't even need propaganda for it.

Rahul is a fifth gen dynast who is in politics because he believes PM is his birthright. And as you said, his family governed India for decades, yet somehow India is still awful.