The Modern Buddha

If you've read today's newspaper, you will have read about the oath-taking ceremony of the WB CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
Having spent a major part of my formative years in the stronghold of the Left parties in India, you can say that I have a certain affinity to issues related to WB; at the very least, I have an opinion on them.
While there, I always cursed the government for the appaling state of affairs in Kolkata. I hated everything Left, and to this day believe that the communist ideology of these parties is at best posturing, and at the worst, hypocrisy. Because I believe that we are all, at heart, capitalists and votaries of the free market. Because we are a poor nation, we are composed of a large size of population who are workers, so we have to espouse their cause by calling ourselves Communists. Recent events seem to support my viewpoint.
Buddha has steered WB towards the mainstream. I believe he has been quoted to have said that WB, being one among 28 other states, cannot be a socialist island, and that we are all capitalists.
To my die-hard communist comrades I would like to say this: the days of idealism-mongering (to coin a phrase) are well and truly over; in the decades before WWII, in the days of Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler, George Orwell and others of their ilk, the world was obsessed with various isms. There were fierce debates on which ideology was best suited for us. Even in the seventies, our communist brethren were still concerning themselves with non-issues like these. My suggestion to them is, do this during spare-time. There is no time and money to spare on idle thought.
A large part of the world is starving; there is injustice, corruption, and decadence. Work to build the nation; forget about ideologies. Posterity will decided which ism you belonged to; history will document the net effect of your actions. Will you allow your descendants to accuse you of inaction?
Buddha has proved that he is a man of action, who believes that his deeds speak better than his words. His is an example to follow; finally Bengal is in the path to development, something in which it has been languishing for decades. Here is the chance to restore it to the pristine glory it once had. Hail Comrade!