The bane of Marxism/Communism
For about over a 100 years now, the world has been struggling between two dominant ideologies that have swayed the minds global administrators and policy planners. The struggle, at points, has become so extreme that it has threatened wipe out civilization. Global camps on both sides have been laying down lives believing their methodology to be the perfect systems for human progression, intertwined of course with an egotistical optimism. But while the vividly amusing clash pans out deep into the 21st century, it is shocking to notice how far away from understanding the human nature one of those camps is, despite the clear evidence of failures.
Communism, they say is the realization of a stateless society where all are equal. But the plain fact is, this can never be. Apart from ignoring the inherent human inequalities, it also sidelines the human dynamics that differ over time. It treats everyone equal, where of course, through the virtue of their deeds alone, people are not at all equal. One can argue that equality is the end goal. Fair enough, but how does Communism aim to meet such ends?
If Communism is the idea, Marxism is the framework, a rather long drawn one at that. Here too, the whole idea of perennial equality has a fatal design flaw. Marx wrongly presumed that the state will provide. But it turns out, the state is run by humans: beings who harbor desire and ambitions. And when a free-for-all resource pool is shared with the state, human ineptness to manage them sans strict accountability (a characteristic almost always absent from public offices) rears its head and prefers self over state.
Despite all the great selfless speeches by communist leaders, the model is entirely, at the risk of sounding like an investor, unscalable and unsustainable, for human ambition cannot be curtailed. It can only be moulded in a certain manner. By celebrating mediocracy, communism is not helping anyone. Meritocracy must be recognized.
There is a reason why smaller nations have had success with mixed model of a communist administration and a capitalist economy (even China follows this). Scale is not a strong point of this model. China and Russia are counted amongst the most corrupt nations, and their public institutions are notorious for heavy wastage and leakage of resources.
The alternative is for a process that threatens the people in power with consequence, something much closer to the present democracies. The mantle of power should never rest with one, forever. A system that embraces change is necessary.
Let’s proceed towards that.
