“Man is free because he is not himself but presence to himself” | philosophy @uarizona and @yifp
Apr 27, 2021 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
The worst pandemic of the last 100 years is engulfing India. People are dying like mosquitos. Not *one* major Indian celebrity - film stars, cricketers,et. al - otherwise highly active on Twitter with millions of followers *worldwide* have tweeted about it. Not one. (1/n)
Think about it. Why are these worthies - otherwise tweeting all day long - not managing a word of support or condolence for their gasping countrymen? It has been at least 2 weeks of mayhem. Indian social media is full of requests for hospital beds, oxygen cylinders, etc. (2/n)
Apr 26, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Very important. The prominent Left “allowed” in US and even in UK is loudly (too loudly) anti communist. It’s a source of continued amusement (and irritation) that GA Cohen is trotted out as a “Marxist philosopher” in anglo American circles.
Most of the so called analytical Marxists group deny core ideas like labour theory of value, alienation, freedom as self ownership, etc. They are socialists (of a sort) but certainly not Marxists in any meaningful sense.
Apr 25, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The blunt fact is India was the one third world country exceptionally well placed to manage covid-19 and also help other countries through it. We have the world’s largest pharmaceutical industry, well trained experts, know how, & the infrastructure for mass vaccination.(Contd.)
Modi’s government has walked into a humanitarian disaster of epic proportions *despite* these advantages. You can’t run a country with this small shopkeeper mentality. Who are the epidemiologists guiding policy ? Why did govt contract for just 100 million vaccine doses?
