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It's just that there hasn't been a notable example in history. Its constructor throws a NotImplementedError
by cuteboy19 5y ago
It's just that there hasn't been a notable example in history. Its constructor throws a NotImplementedError
- triceratops 5y ago"The constitution declares India a sovereign, socialist, secular, and democratic republic"[1] If the largest democracy in history isn't a "notable example" what is? 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_India
- cuteboy19 5y agoThe word socialist was added to the constitution because of Indira Gandhi, the only dictator to ever hold power in India. So I think you are making my point for me https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-second_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_India https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-second_Amendment_of_th...
- triceratops 5y agoAre you seriously arguing that India didn't practice socialist policies before that amendment? And continued to do so for decades afterwards? Arguably continues to do so in some respects even today. Even the link you provided notes the same thing: "Ambedkar's (the original author of the constitution)...objection [to putting "socialist" in the original preamble] was [it was] "purely superfluous" and "unnecessary", as "socialist principles are already embodied in our Constitution" through Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles of State Policy."