Thoughts on another blog

Response to http://www.ripeningwrite.blogspot.com/

Part I.

By what definition is this man great, he neither created nor built anything of significance, He was not a sage, He choice of life was a means to a goal not his life, He was not a writer/ thought-maker , his sermonizing is an amalgam of aphorisms from religion.. The identity and pride that he sought to instill in Indians is non-existent. Did he grant India its Independence? The confluence economic and political factors and the futility of colonization resulted in Independence.
Yet he is the icon of the struggle for independence, how could he hijack the symbol of a movement? Did the English create a saint like image of him and trade the image for an incessant but peaceful struggle he brought with him?
Is he relevant today? I guess not, Any man who earns money, loves his family, loves life has no place in his society, His way of life can only offer a feckless solace, not a solution to society’s ills.
Despite its fallacies Capitalism is great because it reduces everything down to the simple things intelligence and effort. The equation can be corrupted but its redemption is quick.
“Production by the masses instead of mass production” what crap, Imagine the possibilities of making the country the mass manufacturing capital of the world 50 years ago.