The last few weeks have seen a massive social and political up-churn, with protests rising against the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA). What if a state decides to create laws for implementation that involve the creation of targets and polarize society? Game theory can help us better understand the logic of creating targets and its effect on the social (and political) psyche. This could help them steer societies into divisive terrain for the purpose of gaining long-term political legitimacy. India, at this juncture, may benefit significantly from a similar unifying social and political movement that peacefully resists a “discriminatory" law which appears to invoke the politics of exclusion.

Source: Mint January 01, 2020 16:30 UTC