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Middle class the middle child of Indian politics. (lemy.lol)
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cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/25678930

There are three classes in India.

The Rich- They commit frauds, scam, borrow money from public banks never to return and flee the country when they gamble and lose.

The poor- These people are helplessly dependent on freebies from the government for survival. Most of these are found in villages where a feudal system prevails.

The government claims to lift 400 million people from extreme poverty since 2014. However they are giving free rations to 810 million people today. Such people who couldn't afford to buy food will obviously be considered extremely poor.

And that 60% of Indian population. These are also the poor who are responsible for 90% of the voter turnout.

To form the government you need to get funding from the rich for campaigns and in return give them cheap loans, lower corporate taxes and sell government assets and natural resources for pennies on the dollar.

The third is the forgotten middle class who pay for everything and get none of the benefits.

Because they are not a majority. Even if they were they wouldn't go to vote for whatever reasons. Political parties know that the middle class is happy being milked for nothing in return and won't influence vote share.

To shift focus on the middle class we need significant urbanization so they become a majority and electoral education. Taxpayers have every right to right to ask what they will get in return. Free good quality healthcare and education is a bare minimum.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The poor- These people are helplessly dependent on freebies from the government for survival. Most of these are found in villages where a feudal system prevails.
The third is the forgotten middle class who pay for everything and get none of the benefits.

I think not living in a feudal setup is a great benefit.
Very sad that our country has not uplifted the majority from feudalism even after 70+ years of freedom.
It is upto the emancipated middle class to bring awareness to them.

To shift focus on the middle class we need significant urbanization so they become a majority and electoral education. Taxpayers have every right to right to ask what they will get in return. Free good quality healthcare and education is a bare minimum.

Full support

Is the writeup meant to obtain support from those who consider themselves to be middle class?

I think the poor are still the people who are worse off. It's worse when your govt does not save you from feudalism, right? Your govt using you as a taxe source vs your govt being indifferent towards or supporting feudalistic exploitation n related attrocities against you. The latter seems more risky.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

77 years to be precise.

Yes as well as to help uplift the majority of the poor to the middle class.

If most of the poor becomes an educated middle class and most of them become electorally active then the government cannot win elections just by distribution of freebies months before elections.

They have to work on middle class problems for affordable and good quality healthcare and education, sanitation, transportation, potable water, 24 hour power supply.

The few poor that are still left out will also be able to have a better standard of living owing to these services.