http://crashpodel.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/we-are-still-closet-socialists/ my take on technology, philosophy and everything in between or around Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:36:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://crashpodel.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/we-are-still-closet-socialists/#comment-7937 suparna Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:01:07 +0000 http://crashpodel.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/we-are-still-closet-socialists/#comment-7937 As catchy as the term 'closet socialism' is and it is extremely catchy :)....i have to disagree with the fact that thats what Indians suffer from...Indian are, plain and simple, just in the closet...there are a bunch of topics which are taboo and noone wants to bring them up because they think its 'wrong'...money is just one of them...sex is another (asking for a condom or birth control for instance)...i actually feel people even tend to be shy about asking where the washroom is....socialism isnt synonymous to charity or doing things for free...its about state ownership of capital and equal distribution of wealth and the end of exploitation of the working class etc...the guy in your example, for instance, probably even if the state owed him his fair share of money and due to some oversight had forgotten to give it to him, he still wouldnt have asked--its not closet socialism, just plain and simple in the closet!!!! :) As catchy as the term ‘closet socialism’ is and it is extremely catchy :)….i have to disagree with the fact that thats what Indians suffer from…Indian are, plain and simple, just in the closet…there are a bunch of topics which are taboo and noone wants to bring them up because they think its ‘wrong’…money is just one of them…sex is another (asking for a condom or birth control for instance)…i actually feel people even tend to be shy about asking where the washroom is….socialism isnt synonymous to charity or doing things for free…its about state ownership of capital and equal distribution of wealth and the end of exploitation of the working class etc…the guy in your example, for instance, probably even if the state owed him his fair share of money and due to some oversight had forgotten to give it to him, he still wouldnt have asked–its not closet socialism, just plain and simple in the closet!!!! :)

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