People who feel they are discriminated against other groups/cultures/etc.
Most of the time that feeling of “discrimination” is not supported by facts but some feel that way nevertheless, so the government leverage that to cut civil liberties, push back the opposition, or be corrupt and not be put on the spot by the society.
most people just want competent governance, so that the government can provide the basic needs for society - security - internal and external, public infrastructure shared as widely as possible, opportunity to work, time to play.
a political system which is unable to provide this will be (rightly) condemned by the people - witness Edelman trust barometer and the YoY decline in trust of governance models which fail
As an Indian, I knew India would be pretty high up, but I would not have guessed topping the list. Here are some of the motivations I have heard over the decades, which I'm only relaying, not endorsing:
* the armed forces perceived as a vastly less corrupt institution
* uncontrollably large population (One neighbour even told me she wished someone would drop a few nuclear bombs on a few places randomly. She was fine with randomly being one of the dead.)
Many believe a "strong leader" would take tough decisions to fix India.
Pakistani military is famous for its claim that the people of our region don't have the "temperament" for democracy. Sometimes I am amazed how far we indians have managed to tenaciously hold on to our democratic values, when one considers all our internal differences and our immediate neighbours. Recent e.g. - Bangladesh: while the western media paints the recent revolution there as a "democratic" movement against an autocrat, like the Maidan revolution, if you look deeper you find there is nothing really democratic about it; the Awami League, a popular national party, has been banned as apparently "democracy" for such "democratic revolutionaries" means allowing right-wing parties to participate in the elections while holding elections without an opposition.
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[ 6.6 ms ] story [ 24.7 ms ] threadMost of the time that feeling of “discrimination” is not supported by facts but some feel that way nevertheless, so the government leverage that to cut civil liberties, push back the opposition, or be corrupt and not be put on the spot by the society.
a political system which is unable to provide this will be (rightly) condemned by the people - witness Edelman trust barometer and the YoY decline in trust of governance models which fail
* rampant corruption
* rampant disorderliness (queues, traffic, crowds)
* rampant votebank appeasement politics
* the armed forces perceived as a vastly less corrupt institution
* uncontrollably large population (One neighbour even told me she wished someone would drop a few nuclear bombs on a few places randomly. She was fine with randomly being one of the dead.)
Many believe a "strong leader" would take tough decisions to fix India.