Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Honest Leaders and Funding of Political Parties: Honest Capitalism?

If we open TV News we will see only one headline, "Funding of AAP". This is time of election in Delhi and all public of Delhi is being directed to elect their leader for coming five years.
Many people are trying to decide their favorite candidate by his honesty and his social image as reflected on their TV Screens and presented in political Rallies. Now, people are discussing whether AAP and Kejriwal is honest or BJP and Keran Vedi is better. In an interview with NDTV Kejriwal today said that AAP choose their candidate for Delhi Assembly election on the basis of their honesty, character, corruption free and anti-communal image. To be honest honesty of individual will not have any impact on the living condition of masses. What actually matters for masses is is still unknown to them.
Many people think that political parties implement pro-corporate policies because they took funds from Corporate, e.g 2G Scam, Coal Scam etc. And all problem arise due to corruption, due to dishonesty of individual leaders, due to crony-capitalism, and so they want to have "honest" leaders for capitalism. This is like saying they want to be an honest leaders of thief.
A small part of this thinking is true. Even if most of the political parties take funding from the corporates, this is not the only reason they serve the corporate. It may be one of the reason behind favoritism that is called corruption, but not in any other way. In present capitalist framework every political party has it's own agenda about capitalism, their ideologue, even most honest ones, don't think or feel that exploitation of the workers is wrong. Whether they are personally honest of corrupt.
On the other hand, business owners, corporate and share market agents fund political parties so that their own personal interests will not get hampered or effected. According to their interest corporate media promote or demote the political leaders to create public opinion in support of their favorite popular leader who can win public support.
Actually political party in the government controls the corporate itself. Long term interests of corporate and political parties are same - to continue surplus appropriation. It is correct that corporate owners have direct link to the political parties for favoritism and they donate big amount to them, but they are not directly controlled by any corporate. Actually the people in the political parties are themselves the supporter of the capitalism and so they work according to their own ideology for the capitalism.
A most "honest" leaders in his ignorance of economic system of any society can think that capitalism can only serve the people, so he keep serving the corporate. And all corporate and political parties also want that corruption do not arise so that they exploit the working class peacefully. But, what common public need to understand, is this, main problem lies in the exploitation of workers in their work-place, in production, and accumulation of surplus, ultra-surplus from their work. And this truth keep hidden from the voters of democracy.
We can at least remember these lines by T. J. Dunning,“With adequate profit, capital is very bold. A certain 10 per cent. will ensure its employment anywhere; 20 per cent. certain will produce eagerness; 50 per cent., positive audacity; 100 per cent. will make it ready to trample on all human laws; 300 per cent., and there is not a crime at which it will scruple, nor a risk it will not run, even to the chance of its owner being hanged. If turbulence and strife will bring a profit, it will freely encourage both.”

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