The subtitle of ‘The Roper Report’ website is ‘Billy’s Balkanization Blog’, and normally we discuss the ongoing balkanization of the United States. However, balkanization of other nations could severely impact our fortunes and future here, a well. To that end, it’s crucial that we understand the inherent instability of all multiracial, multiethnic, and multireligious countries. There’s no more fragile example of this top-heavy miasma than modern India. With over one and a quarter billion people, India is second only to China in terms of sheer numbers, worldwide. In addition to regional differences and problems with secessionist minority groups in Sri Lanka and elsewhere, India also is now over 15% Muslim, a population which often is in conflict with the Hindu majority. Next door to India is their historical enemy, the Islamic state of Pakistan. Both countries are nuclear powers.
Imagine if war broke out between them again, and India balkanized. Hundreds of millions of refugees might seek to come to Europe or the United States. It could dwarf any migration we’ve ever before encountered. The results would be catastrophic.
Here is Indian television’s new report on just how close they are to balkanization.
Bengali_guy
I hope you don’t mind me posting as a non-white but I just wanted to say as a Bangladeshi, I can pretty confidently say that the vast majority of my countrymen and also the senior elites would have no idea in annexing those areas to the west of the current Bangladesh, in the same way predominantly white America would be interested in annexing and absorbing 120 million Mexicans. The people to our west are way too different including in religion, language, mentality eg. Bangladesh is an ethno-state for Bengalis of the Muslim faith.
At the most there would be interest in taking parts of west Bengal, Assam or Tripura which are heavily Muslim already.
The break up of India is not in the interests of Bangladesh as it would just lead to regional instability, it is like the break up of Canada or Mexico, neither of which I think most Americans would see in their interests.
shieldwallnetwork
How do you think the Indian government would react to the secession or annexation of west Bengal, Assam or Tripura?
Bengali_guy
1. India is a nuclear power and despite all this talk of Balkanization is strong, has a strong civic culture (e.g. no coups ever, civil society etc) and has clamped down successfully on the Maoist insurgencies plaguing the country.
2. Bangladesh has as much chance of taking the Muslim parts of West Bengal (we are not talking about the Hindu parts), Assam or Tripura as Mexico has of taking Texas or southern California. In fact there is less interest amongst Bangladeshis in a greater Bangladesh than there is amongst Mexicans and reclaiming “Atzlan”. Parts of southern California are already de facto greater Mexico anyway by all accounts.
Why (the unlikelihood of Bangladesh taking parts of India)? India is a nuclear giant and Bangladesh is an ant in comparison.
Plus Bangladeshis are akin to the Swiss, Swedes or others in Europe that they have a non-militaristic nature, do not see themselves as a continuation of a great empire (unlike the Turks and their Ottoman heritage or the Iranians and their empires) and fundamentally see themselves as a weak nation struggling to combat basic poverty. That’s how the world sees Bangladesh and that’s how Bangladeshis see themselves. Empires, “greater Bangladesh” are all delusional.
3. Before 1965 there was some interest amongst southern Indians, primarily Tamils, in secession but then the war with Muslim Pakistan united them and has done so since.
4. There is far more behind-the-scenes western input and influence in to Indian decision making than people realize. The US has far more covert behind the scenes influence on India than people realize. Part of the reason why Modi seems to be aggressively pursuing de-monetization is from influence amongst certain quarters in Washington DC and elsewhere.
We live in a west-centric world and an American-based one. For any new state to be recognized it needs to be recognized by the US and the west who in essence control the UN and international institutions. The west does not want the break up of India and it serves them no purpose.
The globalists want a big unit like India which can then be easily configured in to a more centralized global system, rather than more unmanageable smaller chunks.
5. I apologise if I am rambling on but since you allowed me to post on your blog. I think that what we call “white nationalism” in the western context is simply natural nativist sentiment but stigmatized by the media. Just as a Tibetan wants Tibet for Tibetans or a Palestinian wants Palestine for the Palestinians, a Frenchman wants France for the French (not ruled by the Nazi Germans as per WW2 or non-white immigrants), an Englishman wants England for the English. This is just a simple natural feeling and nativist sentiment for their own homeland.
In the American context, the Trump administration whilst a civic nationalist one with some African-American figures, is one which wants an American society continuing its traditionally historical European cultural and racial heritage.
White nationalism will become less marginal and vilified and more common in national discourse. Richard Spencer (an ex-Republican mixing with senior Republican circles in Washington DC and beyond) is called “alt-right” a less negative term than “white supremacist”. With the Democrat party’s onslaught against white identity there will be a natural reaction by white people to defend themselves and their identities and not be seen as semi-criminals, guilty of historical wrongs, whilst they struggle to pay bills and feed their families.
Trump, whether people like it or not, is to a degree a white nationalist or Euro-American nationalist as he seems to be adamant on applying the views of Anne Coulter and others that the US needs to “protect” its “culture” (a European one in terms of values) by stopping the massive influx from Mexico which changes the country. I think Trump is just the beginning.
There is so much more I could add, but apologies if my post is too long and thank you for allowing me the opportunity to express myself. Sorry also if I strayed from the topic of India and my own region of south Asia.
shieldwallnetwork
I appreciate your perspective and input, thank you.