Engels calls this social murder, the same as murder by an individual; the only difference is that this murder is “disguised”, for “no man sees the murderer” and the death appears to be a “natural one”. What we are seeing around, in our inability to make the state accountable, is social murder. That was a classic case of social murder. Capital casesheet | Unending replay of pathos, painBy participating in the state’s abdication of responsibility, one is fostering conditions of social murder. India, under the pandemic, is seeing a different kind of prejudice, preconceived opinions and mad blindness in sanctioning social murder.

Source: The Hindu May 06, 2021 18:33 UTC