Everyone an Einstein? Is it possible?

"All political parties have unquestioningly and unthinkingly -- indeed almost reflexively -- adopted communist precepts and principles; whether it's the centrist Congress or the supposedly right wing Bharatiya Janata Party, the most important doctrines of communists and socialists have been accepted. We are all Leftists now," wrote RS Kapoor. Writing about Marxism, Prof D Gupta agreed that "over three fifths of his recommendations in The Communist Manifesto are already in place in most actually existing democracies. Progressive income tax, national central banks, state run communication services, cultivating waste lands, right to work, eradicating town and country differences, providing free education and, finally, banning child labour comprise the bulk of "communist policies" advocated in the Manifesto." "A liberal believes that capitalism can be humanized," wrote H Razer. "A socialist is skeptical about this. A communist doesn't believe it at all." Indian politicians believe that "prosperity is a zero sum game: if somebody gets wealthy, it must be at the expense of others", resulting in perpetual class war, thinks Kapoor. "They know that ressentiment (suppressed envy and hatred) is an emotion far stronger than hope." Hence, "A communist seeks the abolition of property, whether held by the state, private firms and citizens; they want all of us to own everything equally and become our own dictators." Trouble is, there can be only one dictator. Public anger at the enormous difference in wealth maybe dismissed as "mere envy or jealousy", wrote N Smith. "But resentment of the super-rich is not simply envy. It likely has to do with notions of fairness." India is a socialist country and the word 'socialist' was added to the preamble of the Constitution by Indira Gandhi in 1976. Socialism means state control of all means of production. By that definition India is not fully socialist as there is a thriving private sector. But the government still retains control over banks, railways, oil, insurance and minerals, leading to, "Corruption, cronyism, nepotism, investment and divestment based on patronage and not profit. These are what have kept India down," wrote M Kilcoyne. "If you're of Indian descent in the UK you are far more likely to succeed in exams, far more likely to go to university, and far more highly paid, than the rest of the population." The Congress proposes to distribute Rs 6,000 per month to 50 million of the poorest families if elected to power, called NYAY. 'Nyay' means justice. Analysing the scheme Prof VA Nageswaran is of the opinion that "the Congress party is delivering a curse to millions of Indian families" through NYAY. Not so, wrote V Kaul. Giving reasons why it will do good, he feels that "basic income scheme is an idea whose time has come". Trouble is some people are hugely intelligent, like Einstein was. Since it is not possible to make everyone an Einstein should Einstein be made stupid by surgery? It can be done, but should we?