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- From: kazi@brahms.udel.edu (Zunaid Kazi)
- Subject: Re: Failure of Socialism in Bangladesh
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 18:39:56 GMT
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- All this pedantic discourse on the failure of socialism in Bangladesh
- and elsewhere is futile. The failure of socialism can be attributed to
- one simple reason: Socialism as a political and economic model is
- severely flawed and impractical.
-
- The failure of rigid centralized economies attest quite well to this
- fact.
-
- Furthermore, the Marxist jargons of "class less" society, "dictatorship
- of the proletariat" et al are simply Gobbelesian propaganda aimed at
- inculcating support from the disdvantaged segments of a society.
-
- In any society financial stratifications will exist, reflecting the
- varying degrees of abilities. A society that does not reward its
- members for their efficiency and ability is bound to break down or
- at least totter towards economic collapse. The economies of the
- ex-Soviet Block countries provide ample evidence to this.
-
- While I do not call for free-wheeling laissez-faire capitalism, I
- believe that it is essential for individual enterprise and ability
- to be amply rewarded in any economic model. Of course, in my economic
- model I would expect state guarantees of minimum needs and social
- services, while freeing individuals to perform at their peek.
-
- Maybe we need a twist to old Marx's "From each according to his
- abilities, to each according to his needs". I have taken some
- liberties and tweaked it to marginally reflect the Kazist Economic
- model": "From each according to one's abilities, to each according
- to one's needs AND abilities". :-)
-
- A toast to the end of communism. [Apologies, Khaleque ;-)]
-
- Cheers,
- Zunaid
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-