Saturday, April 26, 2014

Aam Aadmi Party

NaMo might not inherit our Weimar Republic with it's RBI sanctioned fiscal deficits and currency printing presses. The silent one's successor is likely to be someone who eerily reminds me of another idealist who wrote about his struggles in a book titled "Mein Kampf".

Many people in India are rejoicing at the rise of the AAP as they are fed up with decades of incompetent and corrupt rule (mostly - but not exclusively - by the Congress Party). Apparently an IITian ex-IRS officer and his elves will save the day.

Aam Aadmi means Ordinary Man in Hindi. Aam also means Mango in Hindi, leading to the bilingually comprehensible moniker "Mango Man" for the average person. The AAPists claim to fight for the common man just like Socialists. They feel that the system is not to blame but the persons who have occupied the thrones of power so far were to blame for it's failures. They are so fervently patriotic that the term "Nationalist" would fit them well. . Is it wrong to call them "National Socialists" ?

Little does anyone 'want' to realize that they are to blame for their faith in an unnatural and inefficient system. The people of India keep trying to fit the data to the curve. It's time to Stop Blaming Capitalism for Socialism's Failures . Embracing Politics to solve society's problems is like changing the brand of the syringe to alter the properties of the medicine.

Imprinting is a political phenomenon as well. Stop seeing the sarkar as your mai-baap. Very few people in India are willing to take the Red Pill and grow up to political adulthood. No system is perfect. Which is why Laissez Faire Capitalism is what you should adopt as your Economics.

But maybe this is too much to ask for in a world where everyone wants Astrology to be an accurate science and the Astrologer to make a living by revealing to them the future - without telling others.