01-24-2007, 11:43 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-rajesh_g+Jan 25 2007, 02:35 AM-->QUOTE(rajesh_g @ Jan 25 2007, 02:35 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->One has to admit however that this whole scenario is pretty amusing. Commies getting a dose of their own medicine. This issue should be exploited as much as possible to extract some very amusing statements from the commies.
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Yes, the commies are forced to do an U-turn. They basically gave the lands of landowners to the landless in 1978 (75 % of the produce of the land had to be given to the landless laborer -- in practice landless laborer took all the produce due to the red terror unleashed by CPIM). Their solgan at that times was "land for landless". This has enabled them to get the votes of the landless in perpetuity. The growth of the population in the meanwhile means that there are now more claimants to land. The Commies also chased away industry in the name of attacking capitalists. The net result was that the state Govt was staring down the gun of bankruptcy. Even the number of landless poor has started to increase.
Around 2000 Buddhadev got hold of some new ideas from the internet (soc.culture.indian/ soc.culture.Bengali). He is trying out these new ideas. These new ideas have resulted in visible prosperity around Kolkata. Even these new ideas will fail if the number of people dependent on agriculture can not be reduced. So now they are telling the same landless peasants that they should give up their land for the greater good of all. Giving people something is a pleasant policy. Asking people to give up something is not so easy. Commies are now forced to eat their own words.
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Yes, the commies are forced to do an U-turn. They basically gave the lands of landowners to the landless in 1978 (75 % of the produce of the land had to be given to the landless laborer -- in practice landless laborer took all the produce due to the red terror unleashed by CPIM). Their solgan at that times was "land for landless". This has enabled them to get the votes of the landless in perpetuity. The growth of the population in the meanwhile means that there are now more claimants to land. The Commies also chased away industry in the name of attacking capitalists. The net result was that the state Govt was staring down the gun of bankruptcy. Even the number of landless poor has started to increase.
Around 2000 Buddhadev got hold of some new ideas from the internet (soc.culture.indian/ soc.culture.Bengali). He is trying out these new ideas. These new ideas have resulted in visible prosperity around Kolkata. Even these new ideas will fail if the number of people dependent on agriculture can not be reduced. So now they are telling the same landless peasants that they should give up their land for the greater good of all. Giving people something is a pleasant policy. Asking people to give up something is not so easy. Commies are now forced to eat their own words.