For me, we have not gotten out of the aristocracy mindset, We wanted Kings, now we can have Kings as rulers, we have anointed a family and they end up becoming a dynasty, The Nehru/Gandhi family is the ultimate dynasty for India
The pathetic part is, only a dynastic ruler will be able to stop it, e.g, There are only certain places where Rahul Gandhi would not wipe out his opponent in an election, like Baramati, where Sharad Pawar has a dynastic rule, If he contested in Mumbai, he will win hands down, not that he has done any work, even the educated people are mentally bankrupt, that they do not see it beyond the dynasty
Even Educated people beleive Rahul Gandhi with his no experience can be a good ruler for the country
Murli Deora's son wins a election with absolutely no expeirience just based upon the fact that his father is a leader,
This has been our mentality for 50-60 years. No political party is immune to Dynasty, BJP is there to a lower level, but they have it too, NCP is Pawar's, Shivsena is the Thackeray's, Whatever party Laloo belongs to belongs to his family, Same with Mulayam
Not to say the dynasty has been all bad to India, They have done some good to the country, but they have also created nightmare's for India to deal with.
Nehruji had Kashmir/China, Indiraji created a rift towards the Sikhs, Rajiv re-opened the pandora's box of Kashmir, that his Granddad created, His mom stayed away from. I think the bad overweighs the good created by the Nehru/Gandhi family, but they did pay with their lives here.
But I would say enough of this, let us go get some real leaders, not current one's please, where real good men are turned into puppets
Edited by sareg - 18 years ago