What horrified Indians have witnessed at JNU over the past week is a common phenomenon across Democratic nations around the world. The only difference being the blatant anti-nationalism displayed by students at JNU.
Indians are finally coming face to face with something right wingers have known for decades. Communists, liberals and other lefties are in bed with Jihadis.
On the surface this seems like an unlikely alliance. Communism abhors God and religion. The founding fathers have gone to great extent to question God and all things related to the very concept of God.
In all fairness, Communists have been equal opportunity offenders, displaying the same contempt for all religions.
But in India they have always followed a policy of appeasing Islamists and opposing Hindus. And since the demise of Communism, Communists have turned on America and the West with same duplicity and venom, aligning themselves with Islamists at every opportunity.
How can two ideologies so diametrically opposed coexist and become codependent.
The superficial explanation is 'enemy's enemy is a friend'. But that explanation ignores a startling similarity between the two doctrines.
Communist nations were famous for destroying native cultures. Music, culture, movies were severely curtailed to the point where great nations with rich cultural traditions were turned into dry, gray colorless, morbid versions of their former selves.
Russia, China, Cuba....you name the country where communism took root and I'll show you a desolate, wicked place where life became a dry, living hell.
The ruling elite were exceptions to this reality. They enjoyed holidays at sequestered locations where wine, women and song flowed freely.
Many a Communist leader harbored a large harem of his own. A flavor of this hypocrisy can be witnessed within the ranks of India's own Maoist movements. Where women are treated as concubines and exploitation of the poor by the ruling elite is a common practice.
Communism also believes that one book, one doctrine trumps all. Nationalism is a four letter word and ideology transcends all national and cultural boundaries.
Now replace the words Communism and Communists with Islam and Muslims and notice how the concepts are interchangeable.
Apart from Allah, Communism and Islam are identical.
It should not come as a surprise that they have now found a common cause - the defeat of democratic, free societies. In America it is America democracy and Christianity and in India it is Indianess and Hinduism.
There's a silver lining to the ominous cloud. Communism was defeated largely due to its own innate contradictions. Communism was unnatural, inhuman and alien to basic human nature.
Islam is heading for the same fate. No religion/doctrine that restricts the human spirit and forces it into a straight jacket can survive forever, no matter how lethal its contemporary appeal may appear at a given moment in history.
Indians are finally coming face to face with something right wingers have known for decades. Communists, liberals and other lefties are in bed with Jihadis.
On the surface this seems like an unlikely alliance. Communism abhors God and religion. The founding fathers have gone to great extent to question God and all things related to the very concept of God.
In all fairness, Communists have been equal opportunity offenders, displaying the same contempt for all religions.
But in India they have always followed a policy of appeasing Islamists and opposing Hindus. And since the demise of Communism, Communists have turned on America and the West with same duplicity and venom, aligning themselves with Islamists at every opportunity.
How can two ideologies so diametrically opposed coexist and become codependent.
The superficial explanation is 'enemy's enemy is a friend'. But that explanation ignores a startling similarity between the two doctrines.
Communist nations were famous for destroying native cultures. Music, culture, movies were severely curtailed to the point where great nations with rich cultural traditions were turned into dry, gray colorless, morbid versions of their former selves.
Russia, China, Cuba....you name the country where communism took root and I'll show you a desolate, wicked place where life became a dry, living hell.
The ruling elite were exceptions to this reality. They enjoyed holidays at sequestered locations where wine, women and song flowed freely.
Many a Communist leader harbored a large harem of his own. A flavor of this hypocrisy can be witnessed within the ranks of India's own Maoist movements. Where women are treated as concubines and exploitation of the poor by the ruling elite is a common practice.
Communism also believes that one book, one doctrine trumps all. Nationalism is a four letter word and ideology transcends all national and cultural boundaries.
Now replace the words Communism and Communists with Islam and Muslims and notice how the concepts are interchangeable.
Apart from Allah, Communism and Islam are identical.
It should not come as a surprise that they have now found a common cause - the defeat of democratic, free societies. In America it is America democracy and Christianity and in India it is Indianess and Hinduism.
There's a silver lining to the ominous cloud. Communism was defeated largely due to its own innate contradictions. Communism was unnatural, inhuman and alien to basic human nature.
Islam is heading for the same fate. No religion/doctrine that restricts the human spirit and forces it into a straight jacket can survive forever, no matter how lethal its contemporary appeal may appear at a given moment in history.
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