Comments by "Sankalp" (@sankalp6872) on "Jawaharlal Nehru is reborn in AI. He’s taking the blame for everything and roasting Modi" video.

  1. Just compare the growth pre-LPG and post-LPG abd one will know the answer how toxic Nehruvian Socialism was to the country. We lost our best years due to Nehruvian socialism. Also, if it was so great why was Nehrvian socialism ultimately abandoned after 44 years?
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  2.  @xxyz2023  Doesn't change my original premise. You change tactics because you know the original ones are not working. Nehru's vision for this country was not wrong. His tactics were disastrous. We ought to acknowledge that.
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  3.  @AbhishekKumar-fe7yy  Unlike you, I'm educated hence I'm able to see how detrimental Nehruvian Socialism was to the country. Nehruvian Socialism went on for 44 years. 44 years is not a short time period. Contrary to your belief, India actually started off as the world's 6th largest economy in 1947 (and 3% of global gdp at the time). We were 15th by 1990. For 44 years the failed policies continued. In contrast. Pakistan was booming economically and marching ahead of India in the 60s. Pak was ruined first by Bhutto's socialism and later by Zia's Islamization and misadventure in Afghanistan.
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  4.  @AbhishekKumar-fe7yy  First of all your premise is wrong. Your arguments are - "Trust me bro, I know everything". If you can't cite evidence you are intellectually bankrupt. "Foundations nahi tha" it seems. South Korea also got a bad hand (in many ways much worse than India). Yet, their leaders were smart enough to ensure long term prosperity. They adopted the model of "guided capitalism" and built Samsung, LG, Hyundai and other giants. We couldn't create anything. Also, let's not just restrict to the Iits and AIIMS. The numerous engineering, medical and management institutes set up during esp in South India created the much needed human capital. However, Govt policies of the time discouraged entrepreneurship. Soaring tax rates discouraged foreign investments. The problems only got compounded during the Indira era. At least, Nehru delivered 4% growth. Indira Gandhi crashed it to 2%. The tax rates were upwards of 90%. There was no incentive to work more as it would not have led to higher earnings. Nehruvian Socialism was all about denial. The kind of denial you are exhibiting now. It was a disaster, Hence Congress itself abandoned it and opted for mandated reforms in 1992. The rest is history. PS: Stop ridiculing Pakistan's success (the very little they ever had). They too started with meagre resources. However, the army was inherently self-serving. Hence, it went down the path of capitalism and prospered before Bhutto ruined it. Also, we ourselves were at the mercy of foreign aid and among the US sponsored PL50 program. We would have gone hungry with the American corns.
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  5. Extremists? ISIS calling the kettle black.
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