Poltu

They're at it again....just when I thought our politicians couldn't sink any further in the depths of depravity, they find a way to prove me wrong. Again. Just what the hell is 'Bengalooru'? Not to mention Mumbai, Chennai and of course, Kolkata. Have these idiots heard of something called brand equity? Its economics 101. And these are the nuts we trust to govern us. (Warning: bitter rant ahead) I don't know how much faith I have in democracy anymore...because our country seems to have more than it's fair share of morons in the electorate. We're clearly not competent enough to pick our leaders....cases in point: Lalu. The communists (I'll come to them in a minute). Mulayam. Mayawati. Paswan. Natvar.....ad infinitum. And while we're at it, also throw in almost the entire 2nd rung of the BJP (lest I be accused of partisanship). I am so sick of these people screwing things up for this country again and again and again. Consider the various labels they go by: 'Pro-poor'. If you had common sense, you would try to lift them out of poverty. 'Secular'. Yeah, bandy that phrase about at the drop of a hat. Field candidates who have committed murder and rape as long as you're fighting 'communal' forces. I mean, we actually have communists in power. Communists. Shouldn't they be locked up in an asylum somewhere, where they can't harm society ? I consider myself a social liberal and an economic conservative...but there's no ****ing liberal party around, and conservatism died in 1998 when the BJP came to power, and after one whiff, promptly converted to Congressism, which is just another name for powerlust. Congress. What is the Congress' legacy? Dynasty. Corruption. Reservations. A miserably failed version of Socialism. This country is never going to be a superpower..because in our mind we're still slaves. We still don't believe we're good enough. If we did , we wouldn't let jackasses like these run the country. We'd do something about it instead of running off for a few dollars the first opppurtunity we get. Turning our backs on everything the country gave us, especially us IITians, like the selfish ingrates that we are (myself included). And those who do strike it rich later donate a few million dollars to ease their consciences and feel big. The worst part of all this is, there is no solution. We need an educated, sensible populace, that knows when it's been fed bull, to elect competent people to power. But the only way to give the teaming masses of the country enough education to be able to think on their own, is by having the good guys in power in the first place. Catch-22.