A lot of what is happening in politics in India, particularly the horror that is the media, is a direct copy of the polarisation in politics that happened in the US. I read a short comment on the Internet and thought it would be instrumental to understand it.

'It's due to an Overton Window shift that started with Reagan. Around that time they figured out how to use wedge issues to their fullest (guns, abortion, statues, etc) to make people ignore economic issues. They've also spent a ton of time and money getting folks "punching down" at the class below them.'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_queen

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=punching%20down