Lots of ad hominems. CPIML or CPM is in no way my party. It seems funny how you justify every instance of state violence on citizens by "China did it too" for the supposed greater good.
I didn't know that attitudes towards China were a yardstick for communism. Moreover, look at the policies of the Communist parties that have been in power in West Bengal and Kerala. They are social democratic, they aim to work within the capitalist framework with welfare policies.
Heck when the party was ousted from Bengal due to land appropriation from peasants for one of the biggest capitalists of India.
https://cpiml.net/liberation/2011/10/social-democratic-capitulation-and-cpims-decline https://www.timesnownews.com/india/cpim-takes-the-capitalist-shift-to-attract-private-investments-in-kerala-article-89965645 https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/cpim-policy-document-hails-private-investment/article65084749.ece
I have no stake in the policies enacted by the party. But, if they can be called communists then I guess there's not much of a distinction left in practice between social democrats and them.
The ones that were advocating for any real changes are banned already. The current ones are mostly social democratic in nature. Moreover, there are elections next year, expect these kinds of crackdowns on opposition and press to continue till then.
Cue India imposing strict documentation for food assistance to the most needy in the 21st century.
damned_moon
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Look, I don't have a dog in this fight. I am not very well read on communism and especially on Chinese communism. The fight by the tribals has been since the time of the British and if Marxists are gleeful at the primitive accumulation in the name of development akin to the enclosure movement in 18th and 19th century Britain or the trail of tears in the US, then idk what Marxism is all about.
What change would a Chinese style revolution bring for Indians? What are you fighting for and what are you fighting against? These questions aren't rhetorical but I hope that you are patient enough to give an honest answer.
I don't support terrorism by Maoists or Naxals and their leaders have been idiotic. I haven't read much into the conflict and lived in low key terror as a child due their constant terror attacks. I only sympathize with them because they are literally losing their homes and being converted into wage slaves.