It's not just for #IndiaElections, pretty much in any elections, if we are happy with choosing lesser of the evils, we'll never get to choose greater of the giants.
Let me decode the quote what do I mean by "If we are happy with choosing lesser of the evils, we'll never get to choose greater of the giants. There is a saying about choosing lesser of two evils. It's when faced with selecting from two immoral options, the one with the least immoral should be chosen. That's the case with voting in many elections across the world because of lack of moral candidates to choose from. Now, with #IndiaElections, our leading political parties are engaged in a blame-game of claiming the other party being eviler in their election campaigns. They are essentially trying to say they are the lesser of two evils. It's not a good situation for the country. If people don't encourage such blame-game and demand for their plans for development and solving problems of the people, the political parties have a bigger incentive to become moral; what I call a "giant". India would be a better place if there are multiple giants and we are faced with selecting from greater of the giants. Politicians and political parties are a reflection of the mindset of the masses. They try to sell what you want, not necessarily what you need. For instance, if you stop caring about their promise/pledge to benefit your religion/caste, they will stop selling it. That's why stop encouraging when they blame the other party and start applauding when they make a promise of development of all the people like plans for education, infrastructure, employment generation, ease of doing business, protection of everyone's rights, transparency in Government contracts, etc. So, stop being happy with choosing lesser of the evils, which will lead us to choose greater of the giants.
- Channa Bankapur
Let me decode the quote what do I mean by "If we are happy with choosing lesser of the evils, we'll never get to choose greater of the giants. There is a saying about choosing lesser of two evils. It's when faced with selecting from two immoral options, the one with the least immoral should be chosen. That's the case with voting in many elections across the world because of lack of moral candidates to choose from. Now, with #IndiaElections, our leading political parties are engaged in a blame-game of claiming the other party being eviler in their election campaigns. They are essentially trying to say they are the lesser of two evils. It's not a good situation for the country. If people don't encourage such blame-game and demand for their plans for development and solving problems of the people, the political parties have a bigger incentive to become moral; what I call a "giant". India would be a better place if there are multiple giants and we are faced with selecting from greater of the giants. Politicians and political parties are a reflection of the mindset of the masses. They try to sell what you want, not necessarily what you need. For instance, if you stop caring about their promise/pledge to benefit your religion/caste, they will stop selling it. That's why stop encouraging when they blame the other party and start applauding when they make a promise of development of all the people like plans for education, infrastructure, employment generation, ease of doing business, protection of everyone's rights, transparency in Government contracts, etc. So, stop being happy with choosing lesser of the evils, which will lead us to choose greater of the giants.
- Channa Bankapur
