Through the lens of this Nation 56

WINDS OF CHANGE ARE BLOWING IN THE WORLD.

The world is on a boil. The cauldron is hot, just like the weather all over the world. Tempers are frayed. Leaders are disturbed. But there is only one country which is cool and collected. We call it Bharat. While economies all over the world are crumbling, Indian economy is slowly rising. 

CUBAN CRISIS, AGAIN?

America, who thinks, he is the big boss of the world, is faced with a situation like the one in 1962, when Cuba threatened America with, a nuclear strike. America was happily arming its ally Turkey with Nuclear missiles, close to USSR. This was too close to the then USSR.  It kept telling USA to stay away. But when America refused to listen, USSR clandestinely armed Cuba with sufficient nuclear missiles to endanger the existence of America. Then, America had to quickly climb down from its high chair, and sign a treaty agreeing to all conditions laid down by the then USSR.

A similar situation seems to be building up for America now in 2024, exactly 62 years later. During the recently concluded G7 summit, in Italy, Zelensky of Ukraine was a special invitee, and America declared its full support to Ukraine against Russia. Zelensky was so over awed, that he is seen boasting, that it is the best thing that has happened to Ukraine.  He now has the guarantee of a ten-year commitment of American support against Russia.  

Naturally Russia has reacted, by moving its most modern nuclear-powered submarine ‘Kazan’ to Cuba. Cuba says the Submarine is not carrying any nuclear war heads. But it is no secret, that it has the capability of firing nuclear war heads. As it is positioned close to Cuba, American cities are well within its range. It is also accompanied by frigate Admiral Gorshkov, as well as an oil tanker and a salvage tug, with sufficient supplies to stay there for a long time. What exactly comes out of these strategic moves between USA and Russia, time alone can tell us. 

FREE FREEFREE, KHATAKHAT KHATAKHAT AND MORE.

In Bharat, we are seeing a different type of elections being fought and won, lately. It all depends on what a party promises to give free, to its electorate. The Karnataka elections saw free bus ride for ladies.  Free electricity to every house. Free rations to BPL card holders. Free Rs.2000 to head lady of each house. These promises won the elections in Karnataka. 

They had made similar promises earlier in Rajasthan and won the election there too. In Delhi, they promised water, electricity, bus rides, schools and street corner clinics, all free and won two consecutive terms in that state. 

        How exactly was this new pattern born? Well, it is the Cloward-Piven Strategy. A political plan developed by Richard Andrew Cloward and Frances Fox Piven. These two professors published an article in the magazine, ‘ The Nation’. The main idea of the Cloward-Piven strategy is that if the current political system is overwhelmed, then mass hysteria will ensue. Then the establishment will fall apart, and the bureaucratic agency in charge of it will be dissolved. Then the govt can create a new program better than the previous one. Their main Target for this plan was the American welfare system as it existed in the 1960s, which they believed was keeping the poor oppressed.

In India the jailed liquor gate tainted CM of Delhi, was an implant of the deep state, trying to break Bharat’s success march. He adopted this Cloward-Piven Strategy and won his election. The strategy creates militant anti-poverty groups, which facilitate a political crisis by overwhelming the welfare system, by increasing the welfare claims. They create a guaranteed minimum income, by offering goodies for no work. This system of taxing the working class to redistribute income to the lazy, creates a disruption in the existing system. Naturally this kind of welfare state cannot last long. So, when they fail to support what they promised, they pressurise the federal govt or the Central govt to give them doles. When the centre refuses to give, as the promises were not theirs to fulfill, they try to cause civil strife and strikes to force the centre to give in. 

As is amply evident from the past actions of Deep State, the jailed chief minister is clearly their man here, to implement the Cloward-Piven Strategy. He started his very first campaign to the chief minister’s office, by offering free water, free electricity and many more free welfare schemes that his govt would not be able to fulfil. Thus, forcing the state to get into a financial crisis. And then he blamed the centre, for not being supportive of the state. Even the outrageous promises made by our Indi Alliance leader, during the 2024 general elections was as per this strategy. This would not only put additional pressure on the resources of the states won, but these states would then start putting pressure on Central govt for additional funds, that they are not entitled to. By implementing this strategy in multiple states within the country, the country’s economy can be brought to its knees. A perfect situation to help foreign countries, to then get in. Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Punjab are already in this state. All these states are in a state of debt and are harassing the centre for additional funds to fulfil their commitments.

We can clearly see the Cloward-Piven Strategy at play here in Bharat. Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Punjab are the first few states to have fallen to it. When you offer, no work and all freebies, that state will have no workers and all free seekers. Right now, Bharat has only five such states to contend with. But as more and more states fall prey to the attraction of these free doles, they will have an alliance of their own to put down the government at the centre and fight for their ‘NOT LEGAL’ right. From there on the road to bankruptcy, like Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Venezuela will not be very long. As Bhartiya’s we need to guard against this? But how, how and HOW? Isn’t ‘phataphatkhatakhat’ offers easier to make, than to make the average Indian understand how these spells, our doom in the future? This is exactly what I am trying to do right here, and urge all of you readers to do in your lives.

Major Biddanda Nanjappa,
Recipient of  President’s Gold Medal
Convener FMCGT Forum.
The facts and views presented are of the author.