Now that Chacha Manmohan S Gandhi has armed himself with coercive legislation in order to forcibly teach socialism to the young, the very same children he calls the “population problem,” let us consider the validity of the label “liberalizer” that is applied to him.
Chacha used to be a teacher himself. I once met a man who had been taught by Chacha. He said that Chacha used to lecture his class on the benefits of exchange control. Anyone remember the bad old days of exchange control? Anyone want to attend a class on the benefits of exchange control?
Or should we sit Chacha & Co. down in a classroom and give them a lecture on sound money?
Who needs education?
In my view, Chacha is making a last-ditch attempt to keep the errors of Nehruvian socialism alive. This is his sole purpose. He is aiming for ultimate control – thought control. And that too, towards prolonging our collective suffering under socialism. Chacha is no great liberalizer. Chacha is a die-hard socialist. And a Gandhi family loyalist. This new act of parliament is aimed at upholding their brand of socialism (which includes central economic planning – ugh!). This Great Big Lie is what he aims to teach. Glory to The State. Damn truth. Damn justice. Damn the people.
Should I feel despondent? I don’t think so. As Ludwig von Mises put it, “the truth remains the truth.” We are armed with the right theories, Chacha is not. And bad theories backfire, because they cannot work. For example, take ballistics.
If you want to make a gun that shoots straight, you will need to know the science of ballistics. If you deliberately adopt a wrong theory you cannot produce a good gun. In all likelihood, when you fire that gun it will explode in your face. Thus, the right theories matter. So let us be optimistic:
We shall overcome someday.
Socialism has collapsed all over the world. It will collapse here as well. Someday. Someday soon.
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