Dehradun, Jan. 27 -- I was watching a movie Frankenstein on OTT. The movie in itself was very well made; but what struck me the most was its resonance to the modern world and geopolitics.
Victor, the creator of Frankenstein, appeared to be akin to the electorate of a country; and the elected political leader to be Frankenstein's Monster. And the entire movie seems to correlate to a specific type of Democratic Tragedy.A Creator (Electorate) using their power to bring something to life; only for that creation to grow beyond their control and eventually become a source of destruction for the very people who empowered it.
This phenomenon usually follows a predictable cycle where the mechanisms used to gain power are eventually used to dismant...