I have seen Naxalism during its infancy and formative stage during 1967-71 very closely. Most of the original Naxalites during those days were really very serious about well being of the people. However many more has joined them as opportunists.
Naxalism is also one form of communism. There are good and bad sides of communism just like capitalism. But communism aims for equality of all human beings, but due to excessive selfish nature of some people it has also its drawbacks as experienced in former USSR or even in present China. Moreover capitalists will not allow it to succeed.
RE:Naxalism
by Ram Sharma on Jan 04, 2008 11:02 AM Permalink
I forgot to add that many of the original Naxalites were very intelligent and highly educated persons.
RE:Naxalism
by Ram Sharma on Jan 04, 2008 11:00 AM Permalink
China has one language now, though they also had many languages and scripts. It achieved full literacy, very good infrastructure and world level defence under communism. They have also forced one child norm, otherwise many more crores of people would have been born on this earth. After getting all these basic improvement, now they have allowed capitalism in industry. Bcoz as I told u before, people all over world r generally selfish, in communism this tendency coupled with absence of any private property does not promote competition. On the other hand in capitalism greed is promoted and cometition is not always fair.
China is now also having one party (communist) rule and there r reports (I was in China in Nov) that many of the present new rich people r relatives of communist party members. So the main problem remains selfishness and greed.
RE:Naxalism
by Fun Lover on Jan 04, 2008 11:16 AM Permalink
Dude, China is economically NOT communist. It is capitalist. They call their party as communist but that is of not much consequence when their economic model is far from communism.
RE:Naxalism
by Ram Sharma on Jan 04, 2008 11:37 AM Permalink
why r u angry and confused? i never wrote that its economy is of communistic, though it still has many govt controlled companies (i visited many private factories and a very big govt factory). i have written that it has allowed capitalism in industry. but still there is no democracy there with many political parties. china is still ruled by the communist party. the economy is a mixed one with private and govt companies, it is neither fully capitalistic nor fully communistic.
RE:Naxalism
by Fun Lover on Jan 04, 2008 11:41 AM Permalink
I am neither angry nor confused. Instead, I can charge you with being obstinate. A capitalistic economic model is alien to communism. For that matter, in any dictatorship you will find power concentrated under one party or one ruler. But communism is supposed to be more than merely a dictatorial form of government. On the other hand, capitalism is purely economic.
RE:Naxalism
by Ram Sharma on Jan 04, 2008 12:08 PM Permalink
u r right capitalistic economic model is alien to communism. but deng ziao ping changed all that. he allowed capitalism in industry, while retaining communism as the form of government. as i told u china has a mixed economy. but it has given full freedom to private industry to grow, without any socialistic controls, in some designated areas in the country.
this is a new type of governance experimented by china.
