Basu should be left alone as times have changed. The communist theories are not compatible with human nature. To each according to his needs & from each based on abilities just do not work. We are all too lazy and take advantage at the first opportunity. I had first hand experience in Kerala when the unionists were never in the govt & bank offices, out for party work when the shirtless and hungry "common man", waited for hours at the corridors of power, trying to make eye contact when they did make their grand appearance. Once, I saw a deathly man losing all hope as the bus departed & failing to get refund for the ticket of his daughter. When he was shoed away as refund time was past, I gave him the few rupees. The glint of gratefulness in his eye I cannot even forget many years later, though he politely refused initially to accept the sum from a stranger.
The excessess of capitalism is obnoxious, but how else to create any wealth? China had a leader in Deng who skilfully rewarded the enterprising, transforming the country. The dyed in the wool communist saw no charm in a failed system, when the enterprsing chinese transformed Hongkong. Taiwan, Singapore into marvels. Pol Pot's maoist uprising in Cambodia finished off quarter of the population for nothing. Vietnam is embracing even US - no muslims you are safe-etc. North Korea & Cuba are failed states.
There is no substitute for hard work & discipline. Theories should be workable. Basu's work is done!
