[pranau]

This happens in North Indian states as well where the state governments have gotten extremely trigger happy with cutting off internet access for trivial reasons like student exams. It’s extremely frustrating and makes me wonder how people keep voting the same morons (I’m sorry but I do not have a charitable word for them) back into power.

[908B64B197]

The best vote of confidence is the brain gain/drain ratio.

Are smart, educated and highly motivated professionals going to North India or are they leaving it?

[HenryKissinger]

I generally agree, but this doesn't work in countries that restrict cross border movement of their own citizens.

North Korea neither gains talent from abroad nor loses talent to other countries. Europe loses talent to the United States. It's a flawed comparison, but North Korea is not a better place to work and do business than Europe, which this comparison would imply.

[bagacrap]

if I wanted to rule without opposition I might take steps to drive away or suppress the intelligentsia, so I'm not sure what your metric is really measuring, maybe effectiveness of my tyranny?

[unmole]

Because the other set of morons are not necessarily any better.

[nindalf]

Ah yes, the evergreen complaint in Indian politics. No matter how bad the current government is, it’s supporters will claim the alternative is worse. Even when tens of thousands of people were dying because of COVID, people like this would say “abe librandu (hey libtard), if not Modiji then who?”

Such people missed the obvious answer - the other side might not be perfect but anyone is better than someone who boasted about hosting the largest crowds he had ever seen … during a pandemic.

[MeinBlutIstBlau]

Because they aren't being "voted" in.