Politically, their job is to sell the subordination of minorities to the electorate as the hallmark of strong nationalist governance. The differences between Bolsonaro, Erdogan and Modi stem from the different degrees to which majoritarianism has found institutional expression in their countries’ politics. Bolsonaro, like Donald Trump, is a rootless political opportunist who uses political parties as temporary vehicles for his narcissistic ambitions. Compared to Modi, Erdogan and Bolsonaro are relative beginners, not because they are personally inadequate but because they don’t have the political infrastructure of a century of organized supremacism behind them. Indian politics offers previews of the possible fates of other nations and there are lessons to be learnt from India’s political evolution.

Source: The Telegraph November 28, 2021 13:51 UTC