The Old Brit Way – Part 2
THE ADVANCE — Issue 2 (January 29, 2021)
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If the deaf are to hear, the sound has to be very loud.
—Bhagat Singh
THIS ISSUE’S FEATURED ARTICLES:
The Old Brit Way – Part 2
THE OLD BRIT WAY
The crackdown on Indian Farmers/Protesters by Indian Government, With the Use of Imperial British Political tools in 21 century. (Part.2)
Rumi Nalwa
January 29 2021.
The control of power comes through the means, the means that control the masses. Under the British, the means of information were under their direct surveillance and control.
The BJP government is focusing on the similar tactics used by the Britishers. But with democratic tools, tools like centralisation of power.
The centralisation of power supports the BJP government, to amend rules at the grassroots level. Its utilisation helps them clear their path, to install policies which benefits them. And the BJP government achieved these feet by mass propaganda. Propaganda which it started way back in 2013 right before the 2014 elections.
This propaganda first focused on finding the wrongdoings of then UPA government; tracing the factors behind those shortcomings. Now the public was doubtful, more cautious of what was happening in the capital.
Plus to convert these doubts into bias, they started simulating the various ways Indians got betrayed, betrayed by a particular set and sect of people, a party etc. And how they the BJP folks were the only saviours of this nation.
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The Indian mindset was divided; with the scarcer burden of proof and the constant allegations. More information created more doubt, which led to the downfall of UPA and the rise of so-called truth-tellers.
But the truth told to the public was a lie, a lie channelled to masses, through media. And beyond this point, the broken-spirited Indians could no more seek the difference between the two; the truth and the lies.
Britishers with their divide and rule policy were able to win the war against Indians (in some case) without even getting a shot fired at them during 1857. This manipulation has happened because of their constant propaganda. Convincing people of both Hindu and Muslim faiths that the cartridge of bullets composed of beef or pig fat. Something which people of both Hindu and Muslim faiths distanced and opposed. As a result, the Indian side was unwilling to fire the new arms, providing a massive tactical advantage to Britishers.
BJP government just after getting itself elected played the same card in a modern way. They started centralising power being a majority government and controlling the pillars of democracy in the way they want. Indian is the world’s largest democracy and but also the most corrupt one. The pillars of democracy get bent to support the particular agenda of few, ruling out the masses. One of the pillars that got overexploited by the government is journalism and media because both of them are the major and important sources of consumption of information by masses.
The media propagated the ideas of Neo-Right, with everything occurring at a rapid and gradual pace. How did this happen? The question we never asked. How did it happen overnight in some cases? Why the media got itself so indulged with the government? When did the acceptance of government become necessary for free thinkers to think and speak or publish what they want? These question might be the right place to start with.
But if we look deep into it, This happened due to the vested interest of the BJP led the neo-right government and media houses. The benefactors and contributors of both government and media are the same.
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The group of people who own the most of both wealth and capital in this nation. This percentage of the population has gained so much power since the days of Britishers, that they are well rooted in the Indian political system and can swing the power any way they want.
Many revolutionary movements came under the direct scrutiny of these shareholders of capital; revolutionary Movements, which were supposed to liberate India from British. Due to these controllers of wealth, the political powers had to withdraw the moments indefinitely, for example, Non-Cooperation moment.
The farm bills that got passed in 2020, were not the brainchild of government or any of its officials, but the private sector. If one will go back and study the World Trade Organisation and its problem with pre-bill era Indian Agriculture system, you will realise there are much bigger powers at play.
The new farm laws are very inclined to what WTO demands and will favour the private sector, both nationally and internationally; crushing the farmers and small merchants. So who is the master of the puppets here? BJP government, Wealthiest Indians or Foreign political forces?
Indian government and media have been quick in labelling the farmers protesting as anti-nationals. But if we go in-depth, we might start asking the counter questions. Who is actual anti-national here? Its a topic of research. Is today’s government any different from Britishers that looted and left our country years ago? Ask yourself this question, you might not get an answer, but a path to it.
To be continued…
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