:bjp-cool: I hope a naxalite parodies Modi one of this days

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    • ssjmarx [he/him]
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      4 years ago
      1. I think it's a case of vaguely knowing that that used to be a state in that region and assuming that means it can be a breakaway republic.
    • pppp1000 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Unlike China, India needs to be balkanized. The north eastern states don't want to be a part of India. So do Kashmir. India as a whole didn't exist until the British forced it to become like that. Racism runs rampant but this fucks will act like it doesn't exist.

      • Chomsky [comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        Kerala didn't elect one BJP seat, they really despise that movement and want nothing to do with it, or really anything that goes on in Northern India.

        India doesn't need to be Balkanized, they need a cultural revolution. The semi-feudal caste system is a disgusting relic and it needs to go.

        • pppp1000 [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Caste system doesn't exist throughout the country. Stop looking at the country as a monolith. Kerala not electing a BJP candidate isn't the reason why I said it needs to be balkanized. BJP aren't popular in other non communist majority states either.

          Look at the North Eastern states and the rest of the country. They are literally treated as a second class citizen in their own country. If anyone says otherwise then I will slap them silly. The cultural difference between the regions are more evident than in those calling for Uyghur self determination

          • Chomsky [comrade/them]
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            4 years ago

            It should be extremely self evident from my comment that I don't treat the country as a monolith, so I don't really know what you are on about.

            The caste system is 100% a major problem facing the country, and low caste people are also being treated as second class citizens, should they separate as well? Clearly that is out of the question.

            • pppp1000 [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              Caste system should have been abolished when the region gained independence from the Brits.

              Me wanting a balkanized India isn't based on that. I don't think you understood when I said the cultural difference and racism faced by a certain region of the country is the main reason why I think it should be balkanized. The entire north east isn't Hindu either. Other than some of them being forced to convert, they aren't part of the religion that practices caste system. Hindus performing caste system in central and north India isn't part of my argument for balkanization.

              When you force groups of regions to form a country and treat their citizens as some sort of low lying filth for 70 years then I absolutely believe that you shouldn't be part of that country.

              • Chomsky [comrade/them]
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                4 years ago

                Don't get me wrong, if the Eastern States DID manage to secede from India, I would support that movement to the hilt if it maintained an anti imperialist character.

              • Chomsky [comrade/them]
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                4 years ago

                One option is independence, but then you are out of the fire and into the frying pan. The country will immediately be in debt and forced to take on all kinds of loans from China or the world bank and trade one set of colonizers for another. It is certainly one route, but one that comes with its own set of risks and as we know from the few countries that have remained independent, it is a very tough row to hoe.

                Another possibility is to find common cause with Dalits, Naxalites, Kashmiris etc. and fight for regional/indigenous self determination and an end to religious and caste discrimination. I think an approach with a wider more internationalist approach that finds common cause will be ultimately stronger and more difficult to exploit by imperialists.

        • soufatlantasanta [any]
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          4 years ago

          In the case of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, no. Czechoslovakia splitting did actually help both nations move forward with more autonomy. And Bangladesh splitting from Pakistan did as well.

          It really depends on the circumstances within each country tbh

    • AlexandairBabeuf [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      Manchukuo was supposed to be a part of china too, 'Manchuria' with modern borders has never been, nor ever professed to be, an independent state

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      Not only that, the five colours of the flag (adapted from the republican Five colour flag) is supposed to represent the five major ethnicities of China. The Han, the Manchus, the Mongols, the Hui (Various Muslim ethnicities), and the Tibetans.

        • Mardoniush [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          It's apparently a bit more complex than that. The current definition is narrower than the one the Nationalists used.

    • star_wraith [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      And the Hong Kong flag, what's up with that blue and white? They already have a very recognizable flag, why wouldn't they just use that one?

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      4 years ago

      Why would Manchuria use the flag of Manchukuo, the imperial Japanese puppet state?

      Because the author has :brainworms: