Relevance of communism in this day and age

Every Political Establishment aspires to reduce inequities, miseries, atrocities and discrimination of any kind among its citizens, It seeks to attain state of affairs where the 'haves' and 'have nots' cease to exist and there is equality of opportunity, justness, fairness and level playing field. Communism as a political ideology and doctrine ordains a society where class conflict is root cause of all ills in a civil society and its remedy lies in equal distribution of wealth and other assets among the masses in such a manner wealth doesn't remain concentrated in the hands of few. Communists consider religion to be an opium of the masses and its existence in civil society as more of a predicament than a benefactor.


Its utopian to imagine a society devoid of class differences and religious moorings.every political ideology has to undergo litmus test and has to stand the test of time. communism as an ideology sounds very trouble-shooting and having characteristics of panacea to the existing flaws in state craft and political set-up on paper but when it comes its pragmatic implementation it has not proved to be efficacious.

Lefist leaning thinkers, ideologues,sympathisers and proponents are rank idealists who create phantoms of a society which is truly classless and impeccably fair and just. In context of India where there is abject poverty, casteism and rampant corruption, communism has not spread far and wide but just in very few pockets, the communist ruled states aren't the most prosperous or best administered states in fact those are states which are unprogressive and lagging behind as far as development and governance is concerned. some aspects of communism can be incorporated in a political apparatus but the ideology as a whole cannot be embraced in totality as it will lead to totalitarianism and total chaos.