These rebels are all Communists in their ideology – and Communists and Socialists have always been part of the Total Chacha State.
Funny how armed rebels, considered by Chacha Manmohan S Gandhi to be the “gravest security threat to India,” essentially share the same ideology as that of their rulers. Obviously, then, the rulers’ ideology is as false as that of the rebels’.
However, what I really found exhilarating is the idea that the State Police are going to get a bloody nose in this conflict – and don’t they deserve it, the rude bully-boys of the House of Nehru? Make no mistake about it – the Maoists are a strong force, motivated and trained, and situated in dense jungles where the mercenary soldiers of the Total Chacha State can never be a match for them. There is only so much you can accomplish with mercenaries – and even Machiavelli understood that. In his own city, the good man Machiavelli raised a volunteer civil militia – which is what the Maoists are. All that is amiss is their political and economic ideology.
My conclusion: This is an illustration of the fact that not only has socialism in India failed as an economic ideology, it has also failed in Politics. Whereas Nehru and Gandhi were mass politicians in their own right, Chacha Manmohan is a backroom boy. From the backrooms, they try and remote-control politics – keep out the liberals and libertarians; maintain the BJP as the only alternative, a darker shade of black; deify casteism and reservations as appropriate policy responses; and keep on with the PSUs, including Air India; while turning all the attention on stupid issues like employment guarantees and “education.” And send the cops after all rebels – to crush them with force. This cannot work for long. And it is no longer working. Read about how Salwa Judum is headed by a CONgressman tribal. Note how "political order" is not being achieved by State Politics.
Of course, these Maoist rebels, and their sympathizer Arundhati, will have nothing to do with Capitalism – as practiced here. The story of these tribals is a story of exploitation – by forest contractors, by the Thapars, by the Essar Group, by the Tatas. This “cronyism” is not Capitalism – and mining must be governed by Property.
Thus, the only solution to the country’s immense woes is to extend liberalism to Politics itself. There must be a Politics in India that speaks the language of Private Property, of Voluntary Exchange, and of a Rule of Law under these principles. This is a Politics that can have a civilizing effect on the nation and achieve a great purpose – achieve a new moral consensus in the land. Then only can there be peace and harmony. And, that elusive goal of all politics - political order.
Speaking of politics, there is news that libertarians the world over are observing 8:30pm to 9:30pm TODAY as “Edison’s Hour” in celebration of technology and energy. Lew Rockwell writes of a friend who says:
The warmers are holding “earth hour” today. I’ll be commemorating it by turning on every non-green light-bulb (which is the only sort I have) inside and outside my house, from 8:30 to 9:30 PM CDT. In addition, I’ll run the washer, dryer, and dishwasher. Oh, and I’ll idle my SUV for good measure, with the headlights blazing.
I plan to join in the celebrations – and this anti-green politics. I hope you do so too. The Maoists should join in – for nowhere does Arundhati Roy mention in her article that they have access to electricity.
Energy is what Indians need – and the more, the merrier. Indeed, the more we use of what energy sources we have today, the more newer sources will become economical for use tomorrow.
Chew on that – and keep all your lights, fans, air-conditioners, washing machines, microwaves, SUVs, music systems, TVs ON between 8:30 and 9:30 pm tonight.
More Power for the Jungle People.
(A glass of mahua would go down well, too.)
There is a reason why history repeats itself – in the final stage of any culture, the powerful elite tends to get too complacent and they forget the long and tortuous struggles that their ancestors had to go through before they managed to create the world in which the present generation can live with a degree of comfort.
ReplyDeleteThey start cutting the roots on which their civilization is built and by doing that they self-destruct. That is what they are doing in USA, Europe. These billionaire juveniles don’t have the sense to clean up the closet in their bedroom, but they think that they are capable of saving the Earth. Idiots.
The smug and complacent jet setting elites of today have no idea how difficult life is without electricity. They have been born in a world with electricity, with all sorts of modern appliances, and that is why they can’t appreciate the “beauty” and the “importance” of the modern human civilization.
They fail to understand what a great achievement civilization it. They think that darkness is better than brightness. I am sure they will one day get what they want. In the so called Earth Hour they have switched off the electricity voluntarily, but a time will come when lights will go off because there is no one left to produce it.
You can make a gorilla wear a $1500 Armani suit, but it is still a gorilla. That is what these so called elites, who celebrate the Earth Hour are. They are just gorillas, who think they will be better off swinging from one tree to another, in the darkness of jungle. They have no conception of civilization.
As far as Ms. Arundhati Roy is concerned, she is a creation of the liberal-leftist western culture. By glorifying the Maoists, she is pandering to the whims and fancies of her Western masters who have conferred her with the honour of Booker Prize and made her what she is today. She is not a friend of the poor; she is the friend of the millionaire Western liberals, like Naom Chomsky and others.
In fact, the best way of psychoanalysing Ms. Arundhati is to compare her with Peter Keating (The character in Any Rand’s famous novel Fountainhead). Peter Keating did not have any talent for architecture, but his work was palmed off as the greatest architectural marvel ever by certain leftist forces, who wanted to use him for their own ideological reasons.
The same is the case with Ms. Arundhati. She is not a very talented author, the leftist western lobby in Europe wanted to enshrine a mediocrity, so that she could be used later for their evil ideological reasons. That is the only reason why they conferred the Booker award on her. They guys at the helm of leftist Booker establishment, created the “Huge Arundhati Roy brand” so that it could be used to promote leftist ideology in India.
Now Ms. Arundhati Roy has no alternative except to keep doing what the leftist westerners, who have created her, want her to do. I don’t think that Arundhati has any practical liking of the Maoist way of life, she is part of Delhi’s elite. She lives in a posh locality, flies around in Business class, she is very much part of the five star club. She is only supporting the maoists because she needs to keep obliging the ultra powerful leftist establishment that operates out of London.
My word of advise to Ms. Arundhati Roy – if you really want to grow into a real author, who makes a lasting impact, get rid of the Booker medal IMMEDIATELY. Throw it into the nearest garbage dump and start concentrating on writing real stories. Please keep away from political and ideological issues… You don’t have to keep obliging the European leftists forever, just because they gave you the Booker. Best of luck.
You know Anoop, A. Roy is no different than various other
ReplyDelete'intel-lack-chuls' such as Mallika Sarabhai, Amartya Sen and Barkha Dutt, Kiran bedi as well as anyone who regularly appears on NDTV.
why should she have the honor of actually making some sense.
It is because of these people that our nation is what it is. When you believe that development is about giving to someone by taking from someone then you are doomed.
The poem Development set aptly describes these 'intel-lack-chuls'.