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The US should not normalize Modi’s autocratic and illiberal India at the G20
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I mean, Biden seems pretty dramatically different to Trump. There are some things I'd like him to do differently (he certainly seems to share with Trump some mercantilist instincts about trade, for example) but I'd question the judgement of someone who can't tell the difference between a wannabe literal fascist dictator and a middle-of-the-road liberal moderate.
The India issue is a tricky one. Modi is undoubtedly a wrong 'un, but it seems Biden is making a strategic judgement about encouraging India into the liberal democratic side of the geopolitical divide that will dominate the rest of the century. India in China's camp would not be a good outcome for the world. But we need to not be blind to Modi's failings. I don't know how we strike that balance right though. Long-term, the real hope is that the Indian opposition get their act together and turf Modi's BJP mob from office.
I'm already being critical within the confines of accepting that I'll have no better choice than voting for him, there's no need to give me a lecture.
All the leaders we're discussing are a symptom of bad election systems. First past the post is never going to give us leaders that don't piss us off and divide us.