India elections: exit polls show Narendra Modi expected to win historic third term - eviltoast
Modi’s ruling BJP may gain a two-thirds majority, amid allegations of intimidation of opposition candidates and Muslim voter suppression
  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    36·
    5 months ago

    slightly different flavors of populist conservative

    It’s not “populist conservatism”. That’s minimizing media language. It’s extreme right wing demagoguery.

    This specific flavor being Hindu-nationalist fascism.

    • Beryl@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      5 months ago

      Oh I agree with you, but I wanted to alude to what’s going on in other parts of the world as well, where it’s not at the outright fascist stage. Yet. (I also called it dictatorial, so…)