Saturday, August 25, 2012

Explore space or swim in shit?

Sixty five years ago at the dawn of Indian "independence", we remarked that "..the Indian workers and peasants are going to be exploited under home-born instead of alien masters. Their craft skill and muscular energies are going to serve in the modernisation and industrialisation of India... " Today, socialists wishing to point out the gross inequalites of modern India have countless examples to choose from including perhaps the most graphic proof that capitalism does not exist to meet human needs: a mission to Mars alongside people swimming in shit.

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