Narendra Modi is a democratically elected leader, but his image is that of a leader who decimated opposition and dissent — in Parliament or on university campuses.

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      No, he wasn’t. He was appointed. His party won the largest number of seats, but not a majority, and Paul von Hindenburg won the Presidency. The problem is that the party with the largest representation got to choose the Chancellor, so obviously the Nazis picked Hitler. In theory the President needed to agree to it, unfortunately they were Nazis so, ya know, not big fans of mutually beneficial compromises.

      Then Pauly Boy let them pass the Reichstag Fire Decree and the purge of opposition began.

      The power sharing at the time was a bit convoluted but eventually he’d force the Presidency into irrelevance and then, eventually, just take the title too, for shits and giggles.

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        And in the end, Pauly did it all because he inherently hated the left, independent of any evidence or anything. He just believed they were traitors and the reason everything was lost.

        Hrm… sounds familiar recently, doesn’t it? 😑

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      It’s not new even in india. Indira Gandhi, who for all the good things she has done, turned dictator, suspended our Constitution, and launched the Emergency on a flimsy pretext. India united & brought her to her knees.

      This 2nd attempt at dictatorship is by Hindu supremacist Modi, who is trying to destroy our Constitution and electoral process since he knows he faces a defeat.

      The most dangerous time fo abuse victims is when the abuser feels they might escape. Same situation.