ದುಡ್ಡುದುಡ್ಡುದುಡ್ಡು ; ಬದುಕೆಂದರೆ ಇಷ್ಟೇನಾ?
Dear Editor,
My sincere thanks to Mr. Sheshadri for his frank comments on my last weeks column. The length of his comments surpassed the length of the article irself :)
By expressing the opposing views, Mr. Sheshadri has exactly ascertained my comments. The first and the most challenging task for anyone who is opposing the cancer growth of capitalism (BTW, Gandhi and Budda are just used as symbols for such leaders and hopefully, you dont have to wait for another 2500 years for them) is to demystifying the mass from the glittering short term benefits of the capitalism. Yes, I agree with him that Capitalism never ask your caste or religion. But, why? Because, it is not required when you are a resource, nothing else. Not just bad social things, capitalism never ask your good social systems too. Capitalism never bothers for your social issues until you are "useful" to it.
The
problem
world
is
facing
now
is
that,
economy
is
trying
to
alter
all
other
systems
such
social,
political
and
even
inter-personal
relations
based
on
its
own
principles.
Economy
is
one
of
the
components
of
our
balanced
life,
but,
unfortunately,
it
is
becoming
such
a
dominant
factor
that
rest
of
the
components
are
solely
becoming
its
slaves.
I
never
said
anywhere
in
the
article
that
desire
is
bad.
Even
Buddas
definition
of
"aase" should
be
taken
in
a
broader
sense.
Budda
never
asked
anybody
to
quit
"samsaara"
and
become
"sanyaasi".
Without
natural
desire
we
are
literally
equivalent
to
dead.
But,
whats
bad
is
that,
when
it
is
really
required
and
desired
for
one
item
and
you
start
acquiring
99
of
it.
I
dont
want
to
elaborate
it
here
on
why
and
how
capitalism
achieve
that,
because,
it
is
explained
in
length
in
my
article.
Mr. Sheshadris comaparision of India and Argentina are exactly the points capitalism is making to convince the world that it is good. Capitalism measures "prosperity" of a society based on the life expectancy. "Acquire all wealth and live for 100 years" is the bold statement but the hidden meaning is that, "say Good luck to your next generation". So, Bangladesh with its poverty and least life expectancy become a failed country and Bangladeshis become most illiterate and most unfortunate second class human beings, right? But, certain suveys which measure happiness beyond money say that they are the happiest people on the world!!
Capitalism in line with human values is good. In fact, any system including socialism and capitalism (or blend of both), is good as long as it respects human values and conservation of earth. But, unfortunately, capitalism is trying to rewrite the basic human values and hence trying to run the world with its own terms. Otherwise, there is no requirement for it to kill local cultures and languages.
Though, word-by-word analysis is extensive on any writing, I advice that, before making such an analysis, it is worthwhile to understand word-by-word the meaning beneath it too. Especially, before calling anything baseless.
Thanks,
-
M.R.
Dattathri
Foster
City,
California