11-25-2006, 12:35 PM
Hi All,
I too am a leftist, but I am more like the democrats in USA, rather than the communists in India. I believe in
#1 Secularism: every religion is respected (not hated and abused) with no appeasement of any kind.
#2 Socialism:
People have mistaken ideas that socialism is all about relinquishing money, and that we must give away computers for free etc. etc. This isn't right at all. In an ideal socialist society, there is common ownership of the means of production, so where's the question of giving this or that for free? But that's an ideal situation we haven't yet attained, hence the concept of money being a medium of exchange cannot be wished away. At the moment, our socialism should be turned toward improving workers' conditions, govt. control of large-scale industries so the wealth generated could be used for welfare schemes and social security, and so on.
#3 Democracy of the functional type, where not only elections but important decisions involve active participation of the people.
#4 World peace and harmony: Work toward disarmament, human rights, establishing a society of equals.
These are my beliefs as a leftist, and I do not see why it's anti-national, as most people seem to allege. It is rational and also quite similar to Hinduism, which propagates ahimsa. Besides, aside from left and right, there's nothing else, third-way economics is a farce. Hence, Indians must choose between the two, and in my view, left is certainly better. Look at the right-wing of USA and the damage they've done to the world. <!--emo&
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I really hope people could be mature about this, and NOT start abusing people who have different beliefs. There is simply no other alternative to leftist ideology, and even the Mahatma subscribed to it.
I too am a leftist, but I am more like the democrats in USA, rather than the communists in India. I believe in
#1 Secularism: every religion is respected (not hated and abused) with no appeasement of any kind.
#2 Socialism:
People have mistaken ideas that socialism is all about relinquishing money, and that we must give away computers for free etc. etc. This isn't right at all. In an ideal socialist society, there is common ownership of the means of production, so where's the question of giving this or that for free? But that's an ideal situation we haven't yet attained, hence the concept of money being a medium of exchange cannot be wished away. At the moment, our socialism should be turned toward improving workers' conditions, govt. control of large-scale industries so the wealth generated could be used for welfare schemes and social security, and so on.
#3 Democracy of the functional type, where not only elections but important decisions involve active participation of the people.
#4 World peace and harmony: Work toward disarmament, human rights, establishing a society of equals.
These are my beliefs as a leftist, and I do not see why it's anti-national, as most people seem to allege. It is rational and also quite similar to Hinduism, which propagates ahimsa. Besides, aside from left and right, there's nothing else, third-way economics is a farce. Hence, Indians must choose between the two, and in my view, left is certainly better. Look at the right-wing of USA and the damage they've done to the world. <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> I really hope people could be mature about this, and NOT start abusing people who have different beliefs. There is simply no other alternative to leftist ideology, and even the Mahatma subscribed to it.