Comments by "Arunabha Ghosh" (@orunabho) on "Islam or any faith isn't a threat to democracy—not merely on its own. It needs something else too…" video.

  1. Not entirely correct. Some religious systems are fundamentally intolerant with diversity of thoughts, whereas some others are fundamentally plural in their thoughts. Some believe in good vs evil binary, where some others see shades of gray in its worldview and philosophy. Electoral democracy means little compared to the notion called "Republic". Electoral democracy in an immature country will destroy it, where possibly a kingdom kind of things would have worked all, till the foundation of Republics are in place - the propeople institutions of the state. Electoral democracy is some sort of mobo-crazy only. The Republic, where citizens and the fundamental inalienable rights are more important, and state, which must always be chained, is fundamentally a matter of convenience. Naturally all 3rd world countries are banana republics including India. What is saving India - its civilizational plurality, people are different and they know that and respect that. So binaries do not work here.
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  2.  @ThePrintIndia  thanks SG for replying, appreciate that.
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