• HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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    20 days ago

    A lot of people assume that the act of decolonization usually leads to a change in the type of government, but that is a lot rarer that people think. Some changes to government happen, but a lot of times, the economic and cultural practices persist after decolonization.

    I expect that this is happening in India. The British left behind an unequal society. Rather than radically reforming that society, the Indian economic and political leadership replaced British positions with Indian ones.

    • TVgog56789@lemy.lolOP
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      20 days ago

      That’s exactly what is happening in India.

      Even this contemporary push for hindu nationalism is already making inequality worse than before.

      Corruption, unemployment, inflation is getting worse which will further expand the gap between haves and have nots and people are being distracted with culture wars.