When Common Sense Dies, Democracy Follows (And Idiots Rule)

 

When Common Sense Dies, Democracy Follows (And Idiots Rule)

Hindi Version: https://rakeshinsightfulgaze.blogspot.com/2025/09/blog-post_24.html

Democracy doesn’t die with a military coup anymore. It dies when people cheer for their own chains. It dies when common sense is replaced by memes, WhatsApp forwards, and godmen pretending to be guardians of national pride. And when logic leaves the room, you know exactly who walks in: politicians in saffron robes and designer kurtas, backed by propaganda, selling you nationalism like a subscription plan, loud, shiny, and completely hollow.

Let’s not sugarcoat it: the absence of common sense is now a political strategy. It's not a bug; it’s a feature. The dumber the masses, the easier it is to sell lies as legacy and fraud as faith. And nowhere is that more blatant than in India today, where the BJP has turned irrational belief into a full-blown operating system.

Let’s take just one example. The ECI vote deletion scandal. Here's what happened: voter OTPs, meant for verification, were allegedly used to delete votes. Suspicious, right? So what did the Election Commission of India do when the question was raised?

They refused to share the IP addresses involved.

Let that sink in. They didn’t investigate who deleted the votes. They didn’t track the source. They didn’t ask the tough questions. They shielded the system, not the truth. And anyone who thinks that’s okay has clearly outsourced their logic to WhatsApp University, proudly operated by the BJP IT Cell.

Let’s be clear: if the ECI is truly impartial, its job is to investigate when fraud is suspected not throw a rug over the evidence and yell “trust us.” Their refusal to act isn’t just laziness it’s complicity. But instead of demanding answers, large chunks of the public are nodding along, too busy forwarding doctored videos and fake quotes to care that the very core of democracy free and fair elections is being hacked in plain sight.

Why? Because critical thinking is now "anti-national." Because questioning authority is "disrespecting tradition." Because in a society where religion is weaponized and logic is demonized, silence becomes the easiest form of loyalty.

This isn’t new. Before 2014, India had its flaws but it also had guardrails. Now? Those guardrails have been melted down and turned into stage props. Religion, caste, race divide, distract, dominate. The playbook hasn’t changed. Just the actors have gotten bolder.

And across the ocean, America ran a similar script. They elected a man who exploited the working class while feeding them lies, blamed immigrants for everything, and wrapped every failure in a flag. Sound familiar? That’s because once common sense is gone, any fool can wear a crown.

This is not about ideology. This is about intellectual surrender. Once you stop thinking, you start obeying. And the system rewards that obedience with fear, fantasy, and a false sense of moral superiority. Religious figures tell you to believe, not to question. Leaders tell you that dissent is treason. And soon, the only thing more dangerous than a lie is the person who dares to call it one.

Thankfully, not everyone’s hypnotized. In India, opposition parties are finally waking up. They're countering propaganda with facts, pushing truth through AI-generated videos that are, ironically, more honest than the speeches from government benches. The Modi mom video, the ECI rigging exposé maybe they’re dramatic, but they make people think. And that’s revolutionary in an environment where thinking is treated like sedition.

The real threat to the system? It’s not opposition leaders. It’s not activists. It’s the voter who still thinks. The one who isn’t for sale. The one who asks uncomfortable questions, and doesn't settle for patriotic noise over factual answers. These people are the last firewall against total submission.

And while the world races toward automation, replacing people with machines in the name of "progress," the reality is clear: it’s about control. Emotions are the new currency. Outrage is manufactured. Logic is an endangered species. And we, the people, are happily building our own digital cages while calling it innovation.

Unbiased governance isn't a gift. It’s earned. It’s demanded. And it starts with thinking. It starts with suspicion where suspicion is due, not blind worship. So the next time someone says, “The ECI must be right,” ask them: “Why are you okay with untraceable vote deletion?” If they can’t answer that, congratulations, they’re part of the problem.

So keep forwarding lies, keep defending corruption, and keep pretending you’re on the side of the truth. But when democracy finally chokes and dies in the temple of blind belief, don’t you dare act surprised. Because you handed over your common sense, and in return, you got slogans, scandals, and silence.