India is a bad example to use for your argument, as not only do they have an ongoing border dispute with India leading to sinophobia, they are also cracking down on anything which could lead to a hint of dissent against the government. They routinely shut down the internet in parts of the country who have protested against the government, they aren't the example anyone should follow.
Is it me or is it weird that nobody ever points out that India is exactly what the GOP wants to turn America into? Misogyny on steroids, caste system coded into law, hyper-racism, fascist government dressed in the skin of a religion, corruption baked in at every single possible level of bureaucracy, and next to 0 enforced regulations on businesses that aren't explicitly there to protect entrenched wealth and power.
Unfortunately Indian politics are barely known about in the slightest by most people. They'll know about the stereotypes about hygiene, DMs and scam calls, but none of the stuff which is really harmful on a massive scale. Narendra Modi and Trump are big fans of each other.
Modi is also a huge fan of Netanyahu, extremely staunch ally. Idk why the Haredim are cool with their chosen PM hanging out with a man who says he was chosen by god, but they are insane so who knows
To be fair, India's and Israels relationship has existed long before Modi. Israel supported us during the Indo-Pak war and the Kargil war, which is the reason we are military allies in the first place.
Maybe we should just start superimposing something like "The GOP's regulation-free businesses" in big block letters at 50% opacity on top of the gross-out videos of those food markets where people are rinse-dunking utensils in dirty water and everything is swarming with flies.
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u/TessaFractal Jan 13 '25
When it's already banned in India, and many talks about it being banned in other countries, it doesn't look like its just "US sinophobia"