COURSE OF COMMUNISM: COMPETENCY OR MERE COSMETIC SHOW? A STUDY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO NEPAL’S POLITICAL DECAY AND DEADLOCK

Atindra Dahal

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Communism (Marxism) is a prominently powerful proposition. People may deposit delight or deepening disgust then denigrate it but it is inexorable and ineluctable to understand the gist of Marxism before aligning at either of the sides. Despite having cross-cutting arguments and series of theses and anti-theses in academic fraternity from centre to circumference, the paper synthesizes the gravity and assesses the validity of such a tantalisingly wheedling discourse. Marxism has cajoled and coaxed many across the globe. Nonetheless, it has neither been remained immune from full fiasco and grossly unsuccessful scenario in most country nor seemingly it is going to be an else example in Nepal. Eventually, it has even been an epitome of political decay and betrayal too. Marxism has now lost both the political compass and public credibility induced competence as well. Probably, the most corrupt and condemnable choreographing is being experienced in Nepal at present. Ergo, in essence, this paper presents an argument that Marxism has been a useless cosmetic which initially embodied a transitory glow but ultimately has turned an utterly unhelpful and non-pragmatic utopian envisioning in the globe; and the incontrovertibly heightened form of it is currently on stage in Nepal.

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Marxism, wealth, human psychology, Socialism, Capitalism

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