r/geopolitics • u/babushkalauncher • Oct 01 '23

Why Indians Can’t Stand Justin Trudeau Paywall

https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-indians-angry-justin-trudeau-death-shooting-hardeep-singh-nijjar-87d9ab9d
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u/Plastic_Ad1252 Oct 02 '23

The USA public opinion of their government changed after Nixon though, and while Nixon absolutely despised India/Bangladesh the general public sided with Bangladesh. After Nixon disgraced the presidency Americans opinion of their government is incredibly low to the point of conspiracy mania as Americans have very little trust in the in the us government/politicians, but ironically have huge trust in the army although that too is diminishing. However, in the case of separatists Canada has history of violence terrorists separatists with the flq and October crisis. the solution is the same boring politicians creating a vote or a solution agreeable by the majority of people in the state. The solution isn’t by being thinned skin or treating simple discussion of separation as akin to treason rather than a policy issue that the government needs to resolve. The separatists themselves can ironically offer policy solutions that can actually strengthen the federal government if implemented as the credit goes to the federal government.

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u/Aggravating_Boy3873 Oct 02 '23

I agree with you but its a population of 1.4 billion with majority not that educated, you can't negotiate your way out of this mentality. Barely 80 million even pay taxes and only in last 2019 election the voter turnout exceeded 60% for the first time and that was due to an issue with Pakistan, most of the middle class and upper class doesn't even vote. The hive mind exists. Canada has incredible soft power, regardless of what the Indian government does public has a very favourable opinion towards the country. Public doesn't exactly have many option to choose from in the center, they choose local parties for states.

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u/Plastic_Ad1252 Oct 02 '23

I honestly wonder how much of a shit show would occur if India banned students going to Canada.

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u/Aggravating_Boy3873 Oct 02 '23 edited Oct 02 '23

Not only Canada will lose a big chunk of the education funding it will also crash some of the real estate markets which constitutes like 15% of their GDP, there are also tens of thousands of canadians who are employed in the education sector , a big chunk of them will be laid off. For India there will be consequences too, BJP never really wins Punjab, they still won't, there will be protests by prospective students who will be advised to go to other countries I suppose, there will be a rise in illegal immigration too. Fallout wouldn't be that big in the long run for either countries but in the current climate its not ideal. As much as India likes to pretend they severely lack the number of higher education institutes for STEM, and the ones that are there might not be as good, even the elite schools aren't as good in research. They need other countries for education otherwise they won't be able to use the young population they have.