meghnad Jul 4, 2023

The "debates" happening in India about Uniform Civil Code are so funny.

People are arguing about a policy that literally doesn't exist.

Nobody knows what it is, everybody has their own ideas depending on their level of privilege in society, and yet nobody really asks the question: "Wait but wtf is the UCC that is being proposed by the government? Are there any specifics?"

And our TV media just seems to run with it. Because if nothing exists, then you can give endless arguments about nothing.

Show threadmeghnad Jul 4, 2023

The reason why the government doesn't give specifics is because in a country like India with a million customs and a billion belief systems coexisting, imposing "uniformity" is a pipe dream.

Either you have the freedom to believe in your own customs or you don't. If you have the freedom, then others have it too even if their customs might be different from yours

So HOW do you impose uniformity?

Show threadMstdn Kirt

@Memeghnad @kirt

i worry the answer to that last question might be fascism?

hopefully that's hyperbolic

Jul 4, 2023 at 1:43pmWeb
Show threadmeghnad Jul 4, 2023
@kirt @kirt yes it was. I don't think it's possible in the strictest sense.