shocking revelation: maoist thugs not in it for the proletariat
Sit down for this one. Are you ready? The Naxalites, the Maoist butchers of eastern India, are racking up substantial profits from their plunders:
According to a media report of April 9, 2008, the annual ‘extortion’ by the Maoists is a whopping Rs.1,000 crore (Rs. 10bil = $250m). A former official of the Intelligence Bureau and now a senior police officer in Chhattisgarh told this author in 2007 that the annual extortion totals Rs.1,500 crore (Rs. 15bil = $376m)!
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The question that naturally arises is: how is this possible? The answer is not far to seek. The Naxalites extort money from those who they can reach, and those who have ill-gotten wealth. The fear of violent retribution makes people pay money.
My world is a-crashing down. I am shocked, dear reader, shocked, to find out that the adherents of one of the most murderous ideologies in history have not effectively created a peasants’ paradise.