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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 23:53:27 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On 2 Oct 2024 22:33:49 GMT, rbowman wrote:
> 
>> The problem with democracy, or most forms of government for that
>> matter,
>> is it doesn't scale well.
> 
> India manages to run a democratic system with about 4× the population of
> the USA.

While i think Modi is an effective leader people who are not in the BJP, 
particularly Muslims, might not agree. I can imagine your comments if 
Trump ran on a platform of Christian nationalism and passed an analog of 
the Citizenship Act of 2019.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_(Amendment)_Act,_2019

At least Modi has the foresight not to use Sikh bodyguards if you're 
planning to trash the Golden Temple.