Re: From Rajeev 2

[Arvind Kumar <arvind.kumar@rocketmail.com>]

---Rajeev Manikoth <rmanikoth@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> Who exactly are these people who should envisage
crossing over the US
> ? The majority of the Indian populace doesn't even
have a clear image
> of what the US is all about. So are a bunch of very
privileged people
> to decide what the rest of India should aim for ?

Not at all. In a free market system, each person is
free to aim what one wants. In the current system in
India, a bunch of oppressors decide what the rest of
India should aim for.

>
> A few people seem to be overly impressed by the US.
I personally don't
> think that overtaking the US is a lofty ideal. This
presumes and

Maybe we should first overtake countries like
Indonesia and Malaysia? I think we should accept the
fact that US is today thge most advanced country in
all respects. Does nationalism force you to state the
contrary?

> status of world policeman? Its dirty politics of
engineering conflicts
> in other nation states? It's pathetic stance of "
We're all equal, but
> we are supreme."  ?

It is true US has a hypocritical foreign policy. How
does this matter when you compare the two systems?
It is a fact that the quality of life in US is much
better than in India.



> state what "wealth" is. And it certainly cannot be
in USD terms.

Let us accept the fact. At least at present, wealth
can be in USD terms. In future, if it changes, we can
always redefine wealth.

> WEALTH IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST A RESURGENT ECONOMY.
> nations is not exactly the best way to evaluate and
measure this. What
> a 100 USD can do in the US and a developing nation
is totally
> different. This destabilises the whole presumption
of GDP and per
> capita income comparisons. Regional needs are
different, in every

Even after applying the Purchasing Power Parity,
US is 19 times as rich as India.

> theory works. I dispute the fact that India is an
extremely poor
> nation. The problem really is that enormous wealth
is concentrated in
> the hands of a few.

This is not true. I too dispute the statement (I won't
call it fact!) that india is poor but the reason is
different. It is not concentration of wealth but
suppression of our people and preventing them from
converting their efforts to wealth.

> Let's not look at duplicating nations, but creating
a new order which
> other countries can look to as a model.
>

Nobody wants to duplicate any nation. Let india develop
in its own way but develop it must. What India needs
is freedom from the oppressors.

-Arvind


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