Leftist Ideology as shared

 Of leftist ideology in the Indian context, French wine, Scotch whiskey, Belgian chocolate, Swiss cheese and Haagen Dazs Ice cream !


 It has been noticed in recent times. that a well orchestrated  propaganda is being made in our country by members of certain sections of our educated population, mainly bureaucrats, journalists, lawyers, politicians and even judges, which manifests itself in the form of a theory  that a leftist ideology, social activism and affirmative action( suited to our country's needs) are the only means by which our country can  lift itself from  poverty, and set right all social evils.
 In order to understand this new disturbing trend of thought  it is necessary to first  go into the historical evolution of Marxism in general.

 Marxism is the illegitimate offspring of German Hegelism and French Socialism. Its fundamental article is that of historical materialism. Marx followed Hegel in the interpretation of historical development on the basis of an irresistible,irreversible,"dialectical" process, but whereas Hegel found in this development the manifestation of the" Universal  Spirit" Marx saw only economic forces. To Marxian socialists the economic impulse provides the mainspring of human aspirations, and shapes consciously or unconsciously, actions, judgments, institutions, and society. Religion, art, systems of philosophy, are "ideological veils", emanations of or escapes from primary economic factors, and the crises and transitions of history are economic in their real  significance. Further again accepting the Hegelian doctrine that the historical process is dialectical( i.e the product of continuous tension between "opposites') Marx saw the development of history through continuous conflict or tension between opposing economic classes. History was to Marx a perpetual class warfare, and the historical progression from ancient to medieval, from medieval to modern was the record of  the destruction of oppressor and and the liberation of oppressed, economic classes, and to Marx the time seemed ripe for the final war between capitalism and the proletariat. The immediate program then was to bring about the class war, to educate the proletariat, in class- consciousness, and the recognition of their capitalist enemy ,to enlighten them as to their destiny, to prepare then for their inevitable triumph and that of their disciples, to incite to revolution. Die-hard Marxists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly disclose that their ends( of removing glaring financial inequality) can be attained only by the forceable overthrow of all existing social conditions of inequality -  between  prosperous and poor nations, the rich and the poor within nations, the privileged and the under-privileged .Let the ruling classes tremble at a communistic revolution.

    On the other hand  history has shown that the main assumptions on which Marxism had been founded are baseless and incorrect. Several other factors have shaped history- not just financial inequality or exploitation real, or imaginary. Marx's whole case rests on the assumption that capitalism and proletarianism are true"opposites" whose tension will produce the next synthetic historical development, whereas history is showing  that modern industrial development with its growing complexity and variety is producing out of Capital and Labour not ever- diverging opposites but ever- coalescing groups whose differences and 'tension' are being reduced by a rising common standard of living, philanthropic interest, and the growth of a wage- earning class with capitalistic investments. Thus an independent labour- capitalist society  has already emerged, a complex, economic and financial organization of wage- earner, share- holder, manager and employer. The philosophy, personality and contributions of  enlightened and extraordinary men, in many fields of human endeavor ( e.g  great scientists,and inventors) have shaped human history improving the quality of life on the planet-- a factor Marxists do not take into consideration and perhaps are even incapable of appreciating.

 It is  therefore ironic that when other nations have given up Marxism as a "God that failed" our wonderful home-grown Marxists/ communists/ social activists want to bring about a revolution such as Marx had conceived of, to set things right in our country. They are literally going back in time in making the rather erroneous assumption that the wheels of history will stop at the fulfillment of the proletarian revolution. What is perhaps obnoxious is that as mentioned above, this brand of socialism, and Social activism with a leftist bias is being encouraged by  even many educated self-professed leftists  like certain bureaucrats, enlightened  journalists, lawyers and Judges, who think that advocating Marxist ideology is a mark of intellectual manhood ( even more obnoxious is the fact that their professed support for Marxist thought and cause and expressions of sympathy for the plight of the starving millions of India, is in glaring contrast to their aristocratic style of life - their taste for the rarest of vintage  French wines, costliest Scotch whiskey, finest Belgian chocolates, most  exquisite Swiss cheese, exotic Haagen Dazs ice cream, and a desire  to go on foreign jaunts frequently and savor the best of all the affluent west has to offer--the most blatant demonstration of hypocrisy and double standards. There are innumerable cases of leftist bureaucrats seeking and getting lucrative assignments in various organizations of the United Nations, and obtaining for their sons plum positions in multinational corporations abroad( of course I am not referring to such of those brilliant  officers of extraordinary merit who are identified and  chosen by the Various International organisations themselves  or even those  sent to those organisations by our Government on  the basis of their outstanding performance as Civil servants throughout their career- I can readily think of  at least three such officers( who may not like to be named)  who have served the World Bank in Washington and the World Trade Centre in Geneva, with distinction. But they constitute a minority. In any case they don't pontificate about the greatness of Marxism or the desirability of India embracing its principles to solve its Political and Economic problems!)

 There is no need to cause offense by specifying the names of the practitioners of this form of hypocrisy in each of the four categories, mentioned above, for the persons  will recognize themselves easily: the shoe belongs where it fits. In addition, they can also be identified by recognising the admiring friends, and colleagues they associate with ( who may however be gullible enough to believe that they are genuine sympathizers and champions of the poor).

 It is desirable that these self-professed leftist groups, who proclaim themselves as champions of the have- nots and also advocate affirmative action, as the panacea for India's  problems take note of the views of  Professor Frawley, of the American Institute of Vedic Studies, New Mexico. According to him
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 " India's affirmative action code is  by far the most extreme in the world, trying to raise up certain segments of the population regardless of merit, and prevent others from gaining positions however qualified they may be"
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 That being so the lip sympathy expressed for affirmative action and leftist ideology, by the four above mentioned groups, while at the same time securing lucrative assignments in International organizations/ going on frequent foreign jaunts/ sending  their children abroad to study in prestigious foreign universities can only be viewed as the worst kind of hypocrisy, and intellectual dishonesty. .