Re: OT ; Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On 03/10/2024 03:10, rbowman wrote:

On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 23:53:27 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
 

On 2 Oct 2024 22:33:49 GMT, rbowman wrote:
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The problem with democracy, or most forms of government for that
matter,
is it doesn't scale well.

>
India manages to run a democratic system with about 4× the population of
the USA.

 While i think Modi is an effective leader people who are not in the BJP,
particularly Muslims, might not agree. I can imagine your comments if
Trump ran on a platform of Christian nationalism and passed an analog of
the Citizenship Act of 2019.
 ht

Very much so. There is a definite populist strain of 'fuck the muslims' in India at the moment
tps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_(Amendment)_Act,_2019

 At least Modi has the foresight not to use Sikh bodyguards if you're
planning to trash the Golden Temple.

Politics is the art of the possible, and India is at breaking point in terms of population right now. It is simply seething with people who all need somewhere to live, somewhere to shit (besides the side of the road) and something to eat.
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