Explanation from mythology: Why people voted for Modi, Brexit and Trump – and against Arab Spring
Explanation from mythology: Why people voted for Modi, Brexit and Trump – and against Arab Spring Modern society works on the philosophy of equality. These verdicts are a vote for diversity. Modern liberalism believes in equality as well as diversity. And that is the problem, for equality is the very opposite of diversity. When Indian, British and American voters are choosing Narendra Modi, Brexit and Donald Trump, many commentators feel the voters are rejecting the virtue of equality that informs the Idea of India, the European Union and the US Constitution and are seeking to return to old inequalities. But what the voters are simply rejecting is homogeneity, the dark side of equality. The same is true when the Arab Spring fails. For the doctrine of equality in the global village threatens tribal identities. The fight for tribal identity, the right to be either caste Hindu, British national, white heterosexual male, or orthodox Muslim, even a woman, or queer person, invariably u...