Comments on: Leftism and hypocrisy http://www.yazadjal.com/2005/05/12/leftism-and-hypocrisy/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:15:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Niket http://www.yazadjal.com/2005/05/12/leftism-and-hypocrisy/#comment-3445 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2005/05/12/leftism-and-hypocrisy/#comment-3445 Yazad, Things like these are true not just of the left but of all the political parties in India. Yazad,
Things like these are true not just of the left but of all the political parties in India.

]]> by: anon http://www.yazadjal.com/2005/05/12/leftism-and-hypocrisy/#comment-3446 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2005/05/12/leftism-and-hypocrisy/#comment-3446 Leftism and hypocrisy are two independent variables. Leftism and hypocrisy are two independent variables.

]]> by: tea http://www.yazadjal.com/2005/05/12/leftism-and-hypocrisy/#comment-3447 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2005/05/12/leftism-and-hypocrisy/#comment-3447 Why are we surprised by anything that the left does. One the fundamental aspects of their strategy is that no principle is sacrosanct if it comes in the way of creating a communist state. By that same token, any can be justified if it can somehow be rationalized that it ultimately furthers the cause of establishing a communist state. In reality, such a philosophy generally leads to the adoption of the maxim that the worse the conditions, the better it is from the perspective of marxists because it will lay the seeds for revolution. It is a fallacy to think that leftists are interested in incremental improvements within the framework of capitalism. They want to dismantle capitalism, period. And since liberty without capitalism is an oxymoron, leftists create their own definitions of rights and freedoms. I grew up in Calcutta during the 1970s and saw the leftists take what was India's premier industrial state and make it one of India's backwaters. Regards Srinivas Why are we surprised by anything that the left does. One the fundamental aspects of their strategy is that no principle is sacrosanct if it comes in the way of creating a communist state. By that same token, any can be justified if it can somehow be rationalized that it ultimately furthers the cause of establishing a communist state.

In reality, such a philosophy generally leads to the adoption of the maxim that the worse the conditions, the better it is from the perspective of marxists because it will lay the seeds for revolution.

It is a fallacy to think that leftists are interested in incremental improvements within the framework of capitalism. They want to dismantle capitalism, period. And since liberty without capitalism is an oxymoron, leftists create their own definitions of rights and freedoms.

I grew up in Calcutta during the 1970s and saw the leftists take what was India’s premier industrial state and make it one of India’s backwaters.

Regards
Srinivas

]]> by: Sourav http://www.yazadjal.com/2005/05/12/leftism-and-hypocrisy/#comment-3448 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2005/05/12/leftism-and-hypocrisy/#comment-3448 The Left in India is basically a bunch of loonies who think they are a class apart from the janata. Their sheer arrogance and lack of common sense exposes their stupidity. But is the left alone on this count? Show me a political party in India that isn't a bundle of arrogant hypocricy. As far as Calcutta/Bengal is concerned - forget about the seventies. The Left of the seventies is long buried under its own contradictions. A lot of the rejects are now fooling around in closed cocoons of Delhi's political bylanes. They are cut off from reality. The people of the states have rejected them. They are now refugees in Delhi. However in Bengal itself, there has been a change. After all those who get elected, also have to deliver. They cannot if they are rigid in their doctrines. The new breed like Mr Bhattacharya want to work out compromises. There are opponents in his own party. Will he prevail? Only time will tell. The Left in India is basically a bunch of loonies who think they are a class apart from the janata. Their sheer arrogance and lack of common sense exposes their stupidity. But is the left alone on this count? Show me a political party in India that isn’t a bundle of arrogant hypocricy.

As far as Calcutta/Bengal is concerned - forget about the seventies. The Left of the seventies is long buried under its own contradictions. A lot of the rejects are now fooling around in closed cocoons of Delhi’s political bylanes. They are cut off from reality. The people of the states have rejected them. They are now refugees in Delhi. However in Bengal itself, there has been a change. After all those who get elected, also have to deliver. They cannot if they are rigid in their doctrines. The new breed like Mr Bhattacharya want to work out compromises. There are opponents in his own party. Will he prevail? Only time will tell.

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