Also: >” Unlike communists in China, Latin America or Eastern Europe, party leaders in Kerala never seized factories — the “means of production,” in the words

Also: >” Unlike communists in China, Latin America or Eastern Europe, party leaders in Kerala never seized factories — the “means of production,” in the words of Marx — or banned private property. Instead, they competed in elections with the center-left Indian National Congress party, winning some years and losing others.” The key thing is they didn’t expropriate private property (seizing the means of production) which is one of the main things communists do. So they are more of a hybrid. They may have communist roots and ideology but it appears they are practical and not dogmatic, and, as attested, they are not afraid of making money and becoming rich.