The Ex-Governor of RBI and the architect of liberalization and the current Prime Minister of the Republic of India has made some really interesting statements
An area of great concern is the level of ostentatious expenditure on weddings and other family events. Such vulgarity insults the poverty of the less privileged, it is socially wasteful and it plants seeds of resentment in the minds of the have-nots
Yes, the ostentatious expenditure is incurred on buying goods and services which have been dropped from the Communist Heavens in the sky (It is no coincidence that Marx looks like Zeus). No human being is involved in making these goods or providing these services and no human being is paid anything for them. The ‘vulgarity’ (‘vulgar’ means ‘common’) insults the poor, since they do not get anything out of it, and since they are destined to die in a class struggle anyway, their economic death will be all the more painful. It plants seeds of resentment, but does not give them means to a better life by exchanging their skills for money. The poor will not know what to do with the money they will (not) get, so they will not be able to spend it on educating their children, investing in their small businesses, recruiting more staff who are even poorer. All they will see is the crushing inequality, because they, poor wretches, are blind to opportunities. Only materialistic ba*****s with black souls can see that, while the poor wet their brow with honest sweat.
It is a different matter, of course, that they shall not see opportunities because of lack of an enabling environment. The Gormint, in all its bleeding heart wisdom and sensitivity, shall not rob them of their right to feel resentment. Robbing them of their money, however, is another matter. Why do they need money anyway? The mai-baap sarkar has to ensure that the Daridra-Narayan (the divine poor- a concept not abhorrent to Gandhiji at least) remains daridra…These 24 Karat statements have thrown great Prakash (light) over the intentions of this Government and the amount of calcium in the spine of a distinguished, respected economist.
