It is the season of Macbeth’s witch, as ‘fair is foul and foul is fair’ in Indian politics. Circumstances have committed the entire political process to socialists, and they alone are to be allowed into electoral competition. Liberal parties remain barred. India is condemned to ‘hover through the fog and filthy air’ of socialism, a political doctrine that places society above the individual, and collective property above private property. It is also a doctrine that abhors private enterprise, and places its faith in a state-owned industrial sector. We chased this vision for 60 years. We know it never worked; that socialism is actually sociopathic. Why must the future be hijacked by these tried and tested false ideas? Only the liberals possess an alternative vision of India’s future, one that is based on individualism, individual rights, private property and free enterprise. This is the vision of a hugely prosperous nation, comprising hundreds of free trading and self-governing cities. Many of these cities will be located on the coast, which is only ‘natural’ in a free trading environment. Our current ‘planned’ socialist order is ‘artificial’, with economic restrictions making land-locked Bangalore and Delhi the fastest growing cities. Further, liberals hold that the only real ‘collective property’ we need are roads. With expressways in a ‘hub-and-spoke’ design, thousands of smaller towns will be hit by the global trade winds and prosper. A 2500-mile long coastal expressway will also be required. Total privatisation can pay for these roads; further taxation will be unnecessary. The public treasury will be invested in real collective property that every Indian can profit from. Our mantra can be summed up as: Free trade, economic freedom, private property, sound money, the rule of law, and collective investment in genuine collective property, which is roads.Why should this political vision be banned? Hindutva has morphed into Moditva; the INC has Rahul Gandhi and not much else; and the Marxists have turned landgrabbers. Is there any hope for India if liberals are barred from electoral competition? The time has come for our liberals to take the battle onto the streets. The future is at stake.
