Posted by: DC_Girl September 29, 2004
Nepal's Economy and the Maoist conflict
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Can there be an economic solution to the conflict? Changing the feudal system into capitalism, or socialism may be? I mean, easier said than done, just pondering... My analysis is that the core of the conflict is the semi-feudal system of economy in Nepal; Baburamýs explanation of regional structure and underdevelopment in Nepal, a plan to disrupt the system completely to establish a bottom-up approachýhis hatred towards capitalism (although Nepal is not a capitalist country but has a semi-feudal, semi-capital culture), his hatred towards Indian expansionism (India-Nepal treaties at the advantage of the former), and the deep rooted autocracy (monarchy) that stands as a barrier for political institutions to flourish. Nevertheless, semi-feudal system that Nepal is in right now in (that drags up all other issues of caste, gender, class) is what tickled Baburam to start on a mass uprising, what do you think?
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