{"id":4050,"date":"2009-10-29T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T05:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3552"},"modified":"2009-10-29T10:36:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-29T05:06:00","slug":"capital-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/capital-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"Capital Gains"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ashok Malik writes in The Hindustan Times<\/i><\/a> that the BJP has hurt itself by chasing “straightforward capital gains” in a few states. He is right—but this is true of all parties in all states. People join the pursuit of power because they want the spoils of power. I would wager that not a single prominent politician in the country today gives a damn about public service. <\/p>\n

This is not a problem by itself. We are all driven by self-interest, and that’s worked well for us. Human progress is based on individuals serving the needs of others for their own profit. In politics, this would work just fine if we held our politicians accountable for not serving us.<\/p>\n

Sadly, in India we have retained the feudal mindset that our governments are there to rule us, not to serve us. With our apathy, we allow them to loot us—for their capital gains are really our capital to begin with. Our political parties are nothing more than competing mafia clans. If the BJP is down right now, it’s not because they are crooked, but because they’re not as smart as the other crooked players in the game. Such it goes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ashok Malik writes in The Hindustan Times<\/i><\/a> that the BJP has hurt itself by chasing “straightforward capital gains” in a few states. He is right—but this is true of all parties in all states. People join the pursuit of power because they want the spoils of power. I would wager that not a single prominent politician in the country today gives a damn about public service. <\/p>\n

This is not a problem by itself. We are all driven by self-interest, and that’s worked well for us. Human progress is based on individuals serving the needs of others for their own profit. In politics, this would work just fine if we held our politicians accountable for not serving us.<\/p>\n

Sadly, in India we have retained the feudal mindset that our governments are there to rule us, not to serve us. With our apathy, we allow them to loot us—for their capital gains are really our capital to begin with. Our political parties are nothing more than competing mafia clans. If the BJP is down right now, it’s not because they are crooked, but because they’re not as smart as the other crooked players in the game. 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