Fine the Commies now!

Considering their ‘frivolous’ demands of protesting against privatization (keep such debates within the halls of the Parliament please), shouldn’t the Left parties be fined heavily for this heinous act on our economy and public convinience? After all, we have a precedent now. West Bengal and Kerela, please stop voting for these morons. As you see, you suffered the most.

Tweet This“Fine the Commies now!” [Short URL: http://www.ipatrix.com/?p=930] was published Thursday, September 29th, 2005 at 1:09 pm by Patrix, filed under Politicking. Both comments and linkbacks are closed.

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  • http://usctrojan98.blogspot.com USC Trojan

    This is deplorable. How can a ‘developing’ country develop with parties like these throwing huge boulders in the way of development?

    What motivates people to vote for these guys, enough that they can actually call themselves parties and fronts.

    Sadly though, with the diversity in India, and high level of regionalization, there’s never going to be a party with an absolute majority, and given the crumbling nature of the BJP, it looks like the Congress/Left Front combine may be in power for a bit.

    Sad, but true.

  • http://kuttan.blogspot.com Kuttan

    Your call is a bit too late for Kerala, Commies have bagged the local bodies elections and not surpirsingly the commies rejoiced their victory by joining in the national strike.

  • Middleground

    As much as I agree with you all these strikes and demonstrations are hugely unproductive, I really suggest you spend some time in Kerala and compare the standard of living of their poorest to the poorest in the rest of the country. There are definitely a number of other factors that influence it but whichever way you look at it, communism definitely is one of them. Not to say the state doesn’t have its share of problems(it does have huge problems) and needs a good dose of liberalisation but atleast you might see why they still vote for the party there.

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  • http://www.wadias.in/site/arzan/blog/ arzan

    I think communism as an idea has lived its life. The bastions of communism, have slowly crumbled away, of course China, remaining the last of the two evils, the other being Kim Jong Il’s North Korea.

    I am surprised that some states still keep on electing communist governments. I guess, its a case of them electing the best of the worst.

    Their whole impetus against a free market economy is becoming a stumbling block for whatever ideas PM Singh and FM Chidambaram come up with, because the congress has to be in the same bed with the Left. Such is the lunacy of politics in India today. !!

  • http://ipatrix.com Patrix

    Trojan, The only thing that unites the Congress and the Left is their hatred for BJP…such alliances have a short life much to the detriment of the nation.

    PS.You USC folks have a kick-ass football team but your choice of a name always reminds me of the condom :)

    Kuttan, too bad they can’t find any other way to rejoice.

    MiddleGround, I don’t understand why would they continue to vote for a party that has kept them in the ranks of poverty…not unless they are forced to vote for them, are they?

    Arzan, China is a communist country only to the extent that they don’t have political freedom. The economic liberalization is much ahead than it is in India. The commies in India ought to learn from their masters.

  • Pleomorphous

    Patrix, when was the last time you visited Kerala?

  • http://nanopolitan.blogspot.com Abi

    CPM had a refreshingly reformist angle to yesterday’s strike in Kolkata. NDTV reported that it exempted the IT companies in Salt Lake City from the strike. The striking workers (and the other ‘generally jobless’ hooligans — party volunteers? — who were out in full force supporting them) were told to allow those vehicles heading to SLC to pass through without trouble. Wherever there was trouble, police came to the help of the employees heading to SLC!

    Interesting, isn’t it? It would be nice if anyone from SLC could confirm all this stuff.

  • http://ipatrix.com Patrix

    Pleo, never have. But I might sometime soon. And your point is?

    Abi, If that is true, it just exposes CPM’s double-standards. Support IT-related liberalization as long as it benefits their backyard but not the rest of the country. If I was a IT person in Mumbai, how could I travel to work if trains aren’t allowed to run by Commie hooligans?

  • http://swarangal.blogspot.com dreamweaver

    Rediff has a nice piece by TVR Shenoy about the left and its strikes
    http://us.rediff.com/news/2005/sep/30flip.htm?q=np&file=.htm

  • Middleground

    Patrix,

    Ranks of poverty? Probably didn’t make myself clear. Maybe Pleo is talking about the same thing.

    If you do visit rural Kerala, you will find the standard of living much higher than any other state in India. (IMHO, that is. I have visited rural areas of around 10 states so maybe this is a generalization but I believe numbers will prob back me up) The beggars that you find in the cities of south Kerala usually speak Tamil – they cross the border to beg there. You would be hard pressed to find a Malayali beggar.

    The point being I am fully convinced that there are so many liberalization intiatives the govt. needs to implement in the state that will start industrial development and sustain rural development. But if your point is that the state is in dire poverty because of communism, you need to visit the state to compare this poverty with the rest of the country. Not for nothing the state finds itself in every UN development report as a “model”.

  • http://ipatrix.com Patrix

    Dreamweaver, thanks for the link. It was a nice read; fully justifying my thoughts on the issue.

    Middleground, I don’t have to visit each and every place to be aware of its economic condition. Literacy is highest in Kerala but I haven’t seen that translated into economic development as compared to its southern and western counterparts. Men from Kerala still leave the state to earn money that they send back home. I am not blaming communism totally for the poverty; there might be hundreds of other socio-economic factors that affect other rural parts of India but I will definitely give other non-communist state a better chance at alleviating their poverty than Kerala. No progress can be made until few Marxist leaders continue to stifle our growth and renounce the oft-proven abysmal track record of a communist rule.

  • middleground

    Well, how do you measure economic development? By FDI investment or by looking at decline in rural poverty? If you are using the second metric, I see Kerala figuring in the top 2 or 3 on the list every single time(You can look at Deaton & Dreze or any UN Devlopment report on India). I understand both these metrics need to taken into consideration while measuring growth but the point is if you are wondering why “literate” people still don’t have any qualms in voting for a particular party, its simply because it has worked for them. (we can have a long discussion on how people never vote rationally but thats not the point of the post!) Ofcourse large numbers of men(and women) work elsewhere and send money in and that has contributed to development. But its quite simplistic to give this one factor all the credit.

    I think that regardless of the economics, what’s helped Kerala is that they have gotten relatively good governance from both the major parties in the state. And that,imo, goes a long way. In healthcare, basic education or rural infrastructure all of which, I believe are essential for development.

    And yes, you don’t need to visit a place to know about it economic state. But I do think if you visit it, you might get a different perspective that you don’t see otherwise. Atleast thats the way it’s been for me! :)


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