I'm no American and I am from a country (Turkey, but I moved out) that has some similarities to both Asian and Western style corruption.
> "What is this govt. going to give me for free for me to vote for it"
The exact line of thinking has caused its own Trump case in Turkey. It is similar for the Eastern Europe. Many voted for Trump for petty small interests and very short term gains too. For all of them, social media was a huge boost to explode small gains into bigger narratives.
What? They didn't say big government or respect for it did this. In fact, they're arguing for a strong government and that violent ignorance is dismantling valuable public systems.
Are you being sarcastic? To say India doesn't have violent ignorance in the same breath of... The obscene wealth inequality, social castes, sexual inequality, etc of that country...
Not in India. Here, there is no concept of Big Govt. The concept is "What is this govt. going to give me for free for me to vote for it"
Its the other end of the complimentary spectrum.