The lead editorial in the ToI today, entitled “Get Real On The Economy” expresses valid contempt not only for the discredited Left but also for the status-quoist “head-in-the-sand” baboos of baboodom.
It strongly asserts what we must never forget: That whatever good we are seeing in India today is because of “liberalization” and the consequent opening up of markets and the unleashing of entrepreneurial energies, long repressed.
Good. Very good.
But then, why not call for Liberty?
Since this edit was written in Delhi, where I am also currently located, why not call for the delicensing of alcohol and bars? Think of the nightlife industry that would explode. Today, I drive 5 kms to buy beer from a government theka. There isn’t an affordable bar or pub anywhere in this shitty city – unlike happy Goa! Why not have a Goan atmosphere in the Capital? Why not get rid of all the party-poopers?
And think of Jean-Baptiste Say’s “Law of Markets”: the sale of X gives rise to the demand for all non-X. Thus, the Law implies that Liberty would not only allow a million more people to sell something, it also implies that once they do sell something, they will be in possession of the means to demand everything else. A good beer retailer would buy an Audi R8. A crooner in a bar would buy a Bose music system. And the chanachurwallah would buy a Sony colour TV. All other industries would stand to gain.
Yes! The answer is Liberty, my friends.
Shout The Word!
Liberty from our The State!
Read about the Congress Ticket Shoppe.
And how the Naxalites have affected "democracy" - mere "elections" - in tribal Bastar.
Liberty!
That is:
NOTHING POSITIVE IS REQUIRED FROM OUR THE STATE, ITS POLITICAL PARTIES, OR ITS ADMINISTRATIVE APPARATUS.
They should all just step back:
Laissez Faire, Laissez Passer, Laissez Aller!
Liberty!
change, we need!
ReplyDeletebut how can we bring it?