Hate political views...but I ask the elitists in support of Maoists (including the present, live and yet lamented Ms Roy) ...all the people who travel and get blown up by landmines and shifted tracks, all the policemen and children killed...were they all rich multinationals? Anti establishment is good, but blind violence? If they have the guts why dont they go blow up a steel plant or something? And if they are so downtrodden and poor, where are they getting their arms from? If the money as they say, is coming from elitist capital mongers, then their entire premise is self defeating.
So it all boils down to political power and its road to economic power. History shows that political power is often just the first step towards absolute corruption. History has more than enough examples to quote and so I wont waste any space here
Ms Roy (a tragi comical character at best and a rabble rouser par excellence), says and I quote ‘(The rebels are) people who live with their dreams, while the rest of the world lives with its nightmares…..’ The irony of the situation is that for the hundreds of families and friends who have lost their sole bread earners and their hopes for the future, these nightmares (as quoted) are the creation of these very ‘innocent dreamers’ and their leaders. Of course its stupid to imagine that all the people with their ‘strange arsenal’ are cold blooded killers, however, these ‘dreamers’ are controled by people who will, at the end of the road, either die, or achieve huge political power, and create, another class of elites. The fighters, the foot soldiers, the dreamers, will end up, as in hundreds of other revolutions, as small time state employees struggling to make ends meet.
Ms Roy goes on “I’m surrounded by these strange, beautiful children with their curious arsenal,” she wrote. “They’re all Maoists for sure . . . Are they all going to die? . . . What for? To turn all of this into a mine?” Dear Ms Gullible Roy, as the revolution is won, and power is shifted to the hands of the formidable Maoists, Mine companies in their black Mercs, will woo them like there is no tomorrow. There is wealth in those lands – if geography lessons are to be believed, and this wealth will find its way into the GDP…Dreamers or not. So those very ‘Dreamers with their strange arsenal’ will end up getting displaced in any case , or, go to work in one of these so called Multinationals.
History is witness…”Capitalism has ended poverty in more places than a few”. These very elitists, barring a ideological few have benefitted tremendously from Capitalism. There is no logical alternative as of now. If there is, then I would support it whole heartedly. Nehru tried with Socialism, and indeed was succesful to a great extent…only its in tatters now…have been from the 70s really. Communism and Maoism as they were meant to be have failed the world over and natural resources have been exploited from times immemorial for the benefit of mankind. Of course its not correct. But what does one do! Ms Do Good Roy would do well to fight for lowering of the birth rate and killing of extra people. Or maybe, that’s what she is supporting. All the people getting killed in the process will use that much less minerals.
The State Machinery is like her twin brother. Demented, slow and burdened with vested interests, India plods on. Do we use air power? Do we send in the Army? Do we go to the loo? O my dear hungry politicians, please understand….Money can buy anything…so throw in the developmental card…build nice roads, give tax breaks, give social security, build hospitals and siphon some of the funds for the Maoist leaders and the local politicians from all parties, and you will have a functioning democracy. In the meantime seal your borders with the great Chinese Nation and the pathetic Bangladeshis….keep a close watch on the Nepali and Myanmarese and you will find that this ‘Nightmare for the rest us’ may just dissapear.
Of course its not so simple. You, my dear Political Big Wigs, have made it complicated beyond comprehension. Now its time to uncomplicate. Its time to be satisfied with the money you have already made and the power you already have. Its time to look beyond Switzerland to India. Its time to make the Maoists rich.
Get some of the Trillion odd dollars hidden away in banks the world over to save your own power base guys.
As for Ms Gullible Roy…Get real….find something good to do. And yes, next time you go publishing articles in Capitalist newspapers, don’t take any fees….
