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India should move toward an authoritarian system
You offer "infeasibility" as an argument. Let us first resolve the "desirability" question, and later we can have the feasibility debate.
India should move toward an authoritarian system
Agreed there is this risk that the a selfish dynastic despot ends up being at the pinnacle of an authoritarian system. But there are examples, most prominently, of China and Singapore, where they have managed to avoid this risk.
India should move toward an authoritarian system
Taleb in his "Skin in the Game" has also argued the intolerant minorities end up getting their way. Seems that in democracy the one who can be most demanding and recalcitrant ends up getting their way. Sometimes it's the majority, at others it is the minority.
India should move toward an authoritarian system
Instead of removing the flaws, the democratic system seems to have become a tool for increasing them, not just vertically but even horizontally. Only a benevolent constitutional authoritarian system can bring India back on track of becoming a just society.
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India should move toward an authoritarian system
Conceivably we can overcome all the flaws outlined in the other premises here, within the current democratic system, using the extant democratic institutions.
India should move toward an authoritarian system
The central premise of the landmark book, "Why Nations Fail" by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, is that for a nation to succeed, all segments should believe they are an equal beneficiary of the nation's wealth. In India, this belief has dwindled. "To each his own" is the prevailing belief.
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India should move toward an authoritarian system
Recently we've seen agitations by groups of people belonging to different regional/linguistic/caste/communities demanding special rights for themselves. Segments of people, aided by politicians are constantly on the lookout for ways to corner a larger share of the country's wealth for themselves.
India should move toward an authoritarian system
Swachh Bharat mission is floundering because it depends on everyone chipping in.
India should move toward an authoritarian system
With so many things obviously failing and in a shoddy condition, most people have not only given up the pursuit of perfection, they are not inclined to contribute to keeping the systems running, indeed they are not even averse to adding to its delapidatedness. A true "Broken Window" example.
India should move toward an authoritarian system
Demonetisation failed in achieving many of its goals for this reason.
India should move toward an authoritarian system
India is the most heterogeneous society. Fracture lines are many—religion, region, caste, language, socioeconomic status, skin color, political ideology being just a few of those. From time to time, these get exploited by politicians. As a result cohesiveness necessary for collaboration is missing
India should move toward an authoritarian system
A large proportion of the population is now coopted into corruption. Most people are not just victims of corruption, they are a cog in the corrupt machinery. This is a major reason that large scale initiatives fail, because they are designed with the assumption of most people being honest.
India should move toward an authoritarian system
Democracy works best when equality is homogenous across the population. With a population with lot of socioeconomic inequality, it ends up being a tool of exploitation in the hands of those already in possession of a larger share of the wherewithals.