Poilievre might have reason to show fealty to Modi: confidential sources told Radio-Canada that Indian officials in Canada undermined the campaign of one of Poilievre’s rivals for the Conservative leadership in 2022. Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown, who had previously been one of the Canadian politicians closest to Modi, had begun criticizing the BJP’s draconian crackdown on Indian farmers protesting agricultural reforms.
For India, a country with an increasingly militaristic and authoritarian government desperate to maintain its slipping label as “the world’s largest democracy,” Canada’s blessing is invaluable.
Modi shouldn’t meddle in our business.
Increasingly of late, I can’t help noticing how fascistic leaders around the globe (both historically and today) seem to jump at the chance to boost and back each other up internationally even as they routinely sow contempt and mistrust to divide people within their own nations.
I’m aware (I think) of what it is about the reality they’re living in that makes this seem consistent to them-- each “nation” (in the nationalist sense) for itself-- but even in that light it seems they should realize not scapegoating/outright persecuting subgroups of the people within your borders could be productive and a boon to your nation as well.
but even in that light it seems they should realize not scapegoating/outright persecuting subgroups of the people within your borders could be productive and a boon to your nation as well.
Tho if Modi did that he wouldn’t be able to show himself as a manly-man, becase real men show no mercy.
Yeah I guess the narcissism that seems to plague these types necessitates a hierarchy of some sort.
Also, I guess the strongman/woman will look stronger if seen to be treated as an equal by another one with the image they’re trying to cultivate. They mutually benefit.
