So no matter what you think about the ideological grounding of the CPI(M), their achievements within the capitalist state of India seem to be noteworthy. No street shitting, highest living standard in India, grassroot welfare systems, etc. have all been mentioned as being party of the "Kerala Model". Even though India still needs its socialist revolution, the existence of Kerala seems to me like a good proof for debates that communist parties can be voted for and they achieve great things.
What's going on in Kerala?
Jayden Ward
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Mason Powell
It's true. In Kerala there is close to none public defecation which is a huge problem in India due to the lack of toilets.
Joseph Brown
Kerala shows how communists care about their people when you put kerala and the rest of india side by side, lets hope the CPI(M) is succsesful about brining revolution soon, they have pretty big support I heard and manage to mobolize many, as seen with the peasant marches recently
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Liam Miller
Alongside the local/regional governance of the CPI in Italy and the PCF in France, I think Kerala is one of the best examples to use on liberals who claim that leftists are "pie in the sky" idealists and incapable of actual, capable governance. Of course, all three do/did so in capitalist countries, but they remain good examples to use for liberals who agree with leftist ideals/policies in theory, but have been brainwashed by corporate media, (or in the case of many liberal boomers, disillusioned by the failure of candidates like McGovern)
Ethan Wilson
They recently had a huge flood and are receiving no assistance from the fascist central government (much like Hurricane Katrina). They are pooling all efforts to deal with it though.
Mason Ortiz
I always cringe whenever Zig Forumsyps laugh at India for streetshitting because the only reason it continues is muh free market right wing bullshit. Kerala eliminates the issue and develops a modern economy in comparison to the rest of the country and of course all they can do is blame the fact that the rest of India is poor because they're brown.
Benjamin Wood
Kerala is actually still mostly agricultural IIRC.
Bentley Sanchez
Makes sense considering India as a whole is underdeveloped. I did say it was modern relative to the rest of the country right?