24 March 2021

India And Freedom/Democracy/Human-Rights Index

Every international freedom/democracy/human-rights 'index' is reducing India's rank/score every year. They are using the formula:
-X = X0/Y
Where:
-X = Reduction in India's score this year
X0 = India's score last year
Y = Number of years they expect the Modi/BJP/NDA government to last

So India's score will go on decreasing every year and reach zero in the (estimated) last year of the Modi/BJP/NDA government.
Also we can use this formula to find out the value of Y for the authors/creators of each such 'index'.

07 March 2021

Karl Marx, Levi Strauss, Blue Jeans And Capitalism

Karl Marx was from a Jewish family whose surname was Levi. His father converted to Christianity and changed the surname to 'Marx'. Meanwhile another Jew called Levi Strauss started making and selling blue jeans in America. This blue jeans went on to become the biggest symbol not just of America  but also of its economic system: ie, free-market capitalism. So when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and free-market capitalism triumphed over Karl Marx's socialism, it was also the triumph of one Levi (who did not change his name and religion) over another Levi (who changed his name and religion).