India following facist model according to Indian author 1732

Straydog I just said that with the increase in jobs locally, fewer people are aspiring to go to the US. Whether their relocation to the US is good or bad and how bad relative to other problems is a different issue.

You need to know more of politics to understand my statement. The missionaries were at the head of an invasion. Once the natives were subjugated by the conquistadors, the missionaries did the job of converting them. Without the armed forces to bring about conversion, the missionaries would not have been able to achieve anything. I saw it from my own eyes in calif on TV that even today, when people are baptised in mexico -a sword is kept at the altar or what you call it to remind them that they would be beheaded if they didn't agree. The whole process became a tradition for good.

They were after gold initially -and later they were after ownership of land.

who exactly finances the India lobby and for what purpose?

I don't view americans as a monolithic enbreasty. I view politicians as politicians or people conspiring to do something as just that. Things like skin colour and nationality (or affliation into a religious group) doesn't mean much to me.

Im saying religion is a means to acquire-retain power.

Maybe that is because the Iraq gamble mis-fired big time.

Aryan supremacy or some such thing which gave down-trodden people hope. Religion is basically a school of thought. Some would claim it leads to salvation or makes a better human -but for all practical purposes, it is a school of thought. Even atheism is a school of thought.

Sure -but my point was that religion was and is being used as a tool to improve political fortunes -worldwide.

When govts and politicians use religion -it is usually to acquire-preserve power but not to lead the poipulace to salvation or make better humans out of them.

Understand what I am saying. A religion that has no compebreastion in a primal society and one which develops locally does not have to compete for relevance. Buddhism is not an ancient religion. Hinduism is ancient -but it moved out of Asia minor to Indian subcontinent where the religion was modified to decimate a pre-existing religion via the caste system.

thanks.

yeah -that would be to retain control of mindshare. They put galileo in prison, not because a round earth or a static sun would offend christ but because it would dilute their standing in society and reduce the wealth that believers contributed to the church.

some things like tao-ism-confucianism.

Does the Indian taxpayer contribute to that? I know the govt approves lobbying in the US to fend off Pakistan from gaining influence. But Im not aware if the govt approves contribution to increase offshoring-H1B etc.. Why will the lobbying work if the labour wasnt cheaper or will it still work if the labour isn't cheaper thanks to wage-driven inflation or correcting exchange rates?

Not really. In terms of military and economic power -they are ahead of other countries (good pt for you) and so a bad intent on their minds has greater negative impact on the world around you.

yeah -which is what I stated above.

it is of interest to Indians and dalits have been voting for the past 50 yrs. The naxallites are on an offensive with the state and for them to take part in elections, they would need to have truce with the govt. That is what the PM is trying to do.

other countries don't spew propaganda that we are liberating these people or trying to bring democracy to them. Your govt spews propaganda about spreading democracy -but has something else on mind when installing 'controlled' democracy or some such thing. If your politicians couldn't care less for people in their own backyard i.e those with the power to vote them out of office -why will they give a damn about people elsewhere?

If I say something negative about the USA only -it is because I am better informed about the US vs other countries, and it could mean that I want you to react to it and change the course of things. Like talking of slavery can stir your conscience and you could work to abolish it -but its not meant to insult you per-se.

How will foreign manpower be more exploitable than free-native labour -if it was not something besides free labour? What else could labour be if not free -other than being captive? The extent to which it is captive depends on the constraints under which your politicians need to act. Mexico has poor job creation, so people there are v desperate to find jobs -plus they don't have education to see through scams. So, they are willing to give up their civic rights and work as illegals. India has greater job creation and the folks with education will not bother to gatecrash and clbuttify themselves as illegals -so to attract such people, the govt needs to issue work permits to ensure they are legal -but create mechanisms-kludges in legislation - by which they are captive to the extent the situation permits.

regards -kamal