The sedition charges against Aseem Trivedi show how desperate our political system has become. The fact of the matter is that politicians and bureaucrats have reached a new low of legitimacy — they simply cannot command respect, they can only intimidate and coerce. That loss of moral legitimacy was the end of the Raj, which was a good thing.
The National Commons
The National Commons
The National Commons
The sedition charges against Aseem Trivedi show how desperate our political system has become. The fact of the matter is that politicians and bureaucrats have reached a new low of legitimacy — they simply cannot command respect, they can only intimidate and coerce. That loss of moral legitimacy was the end of the Raj, which was a good thing.