Reject blackpill/whitepill. Embrace things-are-hard-pill
Table of Contents
1. Things are hard pill
Reject bluepill/redpill/blackpill/whitepill.
Embrace “things are hard”-pill. Things are hard, and it takes extreme agency to do them.
2. NCERT textbooks and Midwit Human Capital
2.1. midwit capital asymmetry
It took them so long because there is a lack of RW Midwit Human Capital to create quality RW schoolbooks.
It won’t take the Left so long because they have vast Midwittery production to tap on.
This is not a fault of BJP leadership, but of RW ecosystem … as always.
2.2. not at the stroke of a pen
People need to stop imagining everything as a conscious decision by the govt. Things Are Hard, they don’t happen at the stroke of a pen.
It took so long because RW lacks Midwit Human Capital to write a good book. The Left is overflowing with MHC so can reverse it quickly.
2.3. disinformation campaign
The disinformation campaign against the NCERT textbooks over the Swarajya map is a good illustration of why these things take time when you lack Midwit Human Capital.
The NCERT map is straightforwardly correct and the books are very factual and even-handed; yet it still takes effort to defend it. Imagine if govt had instead rushed it or tastelessly picked some schizo grifters to write the books.
3. Challenges to a Reign of Terror
The brief reign of mild terror against comedians & Bwood in 2020-22 has had a VERY +ve impact. Instilled real fear and prevented the space from becoming a source of leftist indoctrination.
Problem is this model only works on “lay leftists”/industries where leftism is a “side business” — not against people whose entire job is leftism (NGOs, academic leftists, LW news outlets). There you need a permanent reign of terror, so you need to be able to sustain that cost (of angering the Liberal Raj) indefinitely.
The model can still be used against online influenzas, and I would ike to see that. Tho the upside will be limited, as much of the problem is international.