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India can revolt more appropriately than <img src=“https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/6dedb145-206a-4b35-ab5e-c9e41e1130c7.png” alt=“Amerikkka” width=“32” height=“auto”>
Ehh…
The shocking rape and murder of a girl in eastern India has sparked widespread unrest, the mob-killing of an innocent man, and police killing their main suspect in custody.
I don’t live in India to be able to ascertain what is copaganda, and what’s the truth. But if only <img src=“https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/6dedb145-206a-4b35-ab5e-c9e41e1130c7.png” alt=“Amerikkka” width=“32” height=“auto”> had an gram of collective consciousness, they would have released the Epstein files themselves, and hanged every single one of these nonces.
Exactly. Those guys in India went on a witch hunt and offed the wrong person(s). The US KNOWS that not only is Trump complicit but everyone else in those stupid ass files that he’s trying to protect. It’s not a witch hunt. They know exactly what Trump has done but are waiting on some miracle that will never come.
Do you live in america or does the same not apply
If I am comprehending @Duamerthrax@lemmy.world’s point🧵, the same applys: mob justice exists in the lowest caste, but not on the demagogy. Both are still classist fucks.
Pretty much this. Comparing India to the US is very much an apples to oranges type thing. Here’s a terrifying one. https://www.cnn.com/2015/03/06/asia/india-rape-suspect-hanging
An angry mob stormed a jail, so the suspect was already in custody. Police didn’t want to use force because there were students in uniforms, which if I’m reading between the lines correctly, means the cops assumed higher caste. The suspect was Bangladeshi, so this was also fueled by racism.
This was thousands of people storming a jail. How does that happen? Did the media see an opportunity to use this story to stoke xenophobia like we’ve been seeing in Europe and the US?
There are better examples of vigilante justice in India.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29901304
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Predator:_Murder_in_a_Courtroom
I don’t know what copaganda looks like either, but every Indian movie I’ve seen has a government approved CBFC notice at the beginning, so there’s some degree of thought policing going on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Board_of_Film_Certification
I assume that whatever India’s equivalent to the Epstein files is is well, the Epstein files. The mobs aren’t going after high ranking officials. They’re going after relatively low level criminals. India has their caste system and their justice system often overlooks “downward” facing crimes. Those are the instances when the mob gets riled up.
Yeah, punching down is always easier than up.
Too bad demagogues will demagoguery.
