Born Socialist
Something that has not worked doesnt make the concept weak. The case in point, Socialism, the implementation was and the implementors were weak.
When we look at socialism closely, we find that socialism has been an integral part of us right since inception of humans on this planet earth. Surprised !!
Yes, we are born socialists. Lemme demostrate via Our roots, our family. When we have weak link in our family. Be it women (who's physically weak), an infant, an ill person, handicapped, elderly, anyone. This weak link, as i may like to call it, gets support from the strong members of the family. Its not the case that the powerful exploits the weak !! Can we look forward to "Survival of the weakest" instead of the jungle raj of "Survival of the fittest"?
Infosys, the company rated the best employer in India by ET and many others " has been socialist in many ways.
To state few areas where Infosys has been socialist:
1. (One) Equitable distribution of wealth among its stake holders. a. Share holders (give stats of wealth creation from IPO till now) b. Employers (ESOP, Reducing difference between salaries of top management and avg salary paid to it's employees) 2. Charity a. Infosys Foundation headed Mrs. Sudha Murthy. b. Catastrophies like 9/11, Tsunami. Every charity made, tells a story ... a story of our strong roots in socialism.
Now drawing an analogy of socialism at global level, we will see that The All Important industries like Military, Steel, Oil and Gas etc are state owned not just in India but most of the countries across the globe! Why not Capitalists.. may be we know why??
Lets look at few things that capitalism has given us by focussing on some statistics:--
1. Myth of Free Trade & disinvestment
a. Spending millions into Advertisements, companies are able to rule our minds. We are made to buy by creation of hype. The case in point is The AD which sells"The Complete Man" thing. Does one become incomplete or perhaps No Man if he doesnt use a particular brand??
b. Free Trade -- Bull shit. Its a farce !
You put a Bull dog and a kennel or a pomerian in the same ring and let them compete on equal grounds! The weaker doggie will be crushed by the mere size and power of the Bull Dog. Same is the case with our upcoming companies. One may argue, how much time after independence should we give for the domestic industry to grow and mature. But, I say, were they given enough opportunity and reforms to grow. Were they not muddled by the politics of our nation? Give them mock tests, open them slowly to the world ! Give them time to get acclimitized to the globe by protecting them in every possible way ! Else they gonna die an ugly death !!
One may notice that the goliaths of today, America and Europe economies were closed themselves for more than 150 years. How much does our industry get:-- 50 years, and may be just 10 years considering 1991 as year of opening of our markets !
d. Uneven distribution of wealth -- 85% of world's wealth is with 15% people. Why are 85% of people working for the meagre 15%, and get just 15% in return ! Capitalism has forced this upon them !
e. Upto 2 million children in UK suffer from poor health and stunted growth becoz of malnutrition; as a result of poverty on a scale never seen since 1930s.
f. WHO says that there is enough food to feed the entire planet. Then why are people dieing? If there is cure to surable dieseases namely polio, tuberculosis, malaria -- Why people die of them? Coz richer get richer, and humans are deprived of even the basic need of human .. food and security !
Then we crib about terrorism. Its the destitutes, the have nots, who are instigated by extremist groups to wage a war against mankind. Perhaps, this little frustration got too big and osama hit The US below the belt ! perhaps that got US wake up to take a look at world beyond The US and The Europe !
Capitallism alone will take this mankind to hell and beyond.. and mind u this process will be very slow and full of pain for majority...
If this is what THE CAPITALISM does to us and if in theory at least "Socialism looks ideal", I think; we should give Socialism a second chance. The biggest and the one of the most complex democracy on the planet earth is the perfect choice for this experiment. And we wouldnt find a better time to implement Socialism. India is a very young country, it is growing at a fast pace and has tolerance and understanding imbibed in our culture.
For Socialism to succeed, we need to empower people to be able to do good decision making. This can come only with educating the masses. If we can do this well and the concept of socialism seeps into the masses well, we will be fully ready to embrace socialism.
Lets move towards a better tomorrow; NOT Just U and I, But lets carry our world with us.
Something that has not worked doesnt make the concept weak. The case in point, Socialism, the implementation was and the implementors were weak.
When we look at socialism closely, we find that socialism has been an integral part of us right since inception of humans on this planet earth. Surprised !!
Yes, we are born socialists. Lemme demostrate via Our roots, our family. When we have weak link in our family. Be it women (who's physically weak), an infant, an ill person, handicapped, elderly, anyone. This weak link, as i may like to call it, gets support from the strong members of the family. Its not the case that the powerful exploits the weak !! Can we look forward to "Survival of the weakest" instead of the jungle raj of "Survival of the fittest"?
Infosys, the company rated the best employer in India by ET and many others " has been socialist in many ways.
To state few areas where Infosys has been socialist:
1. (One) Equitable distribution of wealth among its stake holders. a. Share holders (give stats of wealth creation from IPO till now) b. Employers (ESOP, Reducing difference between salaries of top management and avg salary paid to it's employees) 2. Charity a. Infosys Foundation headed Mrs. Sudha Murthy. b. Catastrophies like 9/11, Tsunami. Every charity made, tells a story ... a story of our strong roots in socialism.
Now drawing an analogy of socialism at global level, we will see that The All Important industries like Military, Steel, Oil and Gas etc are state owned not just in India but most of the countries across the globe! Why not Capitalists.. may be we know why??
Lets look at few things that capitalism has given us by focussing on some statistics:--
1. Myth of Free Trade & disinvestment
a. Spending millions into Advertisements, companies are able to rule our minds. We are made to buy by creation of hype. The case in point is The AD which sells"The Complete Man" thing. Does one become incomplete or perhaps No Man if he doesnt use a particular brand??
b. Free Trade -- Bull shit. Its a farce !
You put a Bull dog and a kennel or a pomerian in the same ring and let them compete on equal grounds! The weaker doggie will be crushed by the mere size and power of the Bull Dog. Same is the case with our upcoming companies. One may argue, how much time after independence should we give for the domestic industry to grow and mature. But, I say, were they given enough opportunity and reforms to grow. Were they not muddled by the politics of our nation? Give them mock tests, open them slowly to the world ! Give them time to get acclimitized to the globe by protecting them in every possible way ! Else they gonna die an ugly death !!
One may notice that the goliaths of today, America and Europe economies were closed themselves for more than 150 years. How much does our industry get:-- 50 years, and may be just 10 years considering 1991 as year of opening of our markets !
d. Uneven distribution of wealth -- 85% of world's wealth is with 15% people. Why are 85% of people working for the meagre 15%, and get just 15% in return ! Capitalism has forced this upon them !
e. Upto 2 million children in UK suffer from poor health and stunted growth becoz of malnutrition; as a result of poverty on a scale never seen since 1930s.
f. WHO says that there is enough food to feed the entire planet. Then why are people dieing? If there is cure to surable dieseases namely polio, tuberculosis, malaria -- Why people die of them? Coz richer get richer, and humans are deprived of even the basic need of human .. food and security !
Then we crib about terrorism. Its the destitutes, the have nots, who are instigated by extremist groups to wage a war against mankind. Perhaps, this little frustration got too big and osama hit The US below the belt ! perhaps that got US wake up to take a look at world beyond The US and The Europe !
Capitallism alone will take this mankind to hell and beyond.. and mind u this process will be very slow and full of pain for majority...
If this is what THE CAPITALISM does to us and if in theory at least "Socialism looks ideal", I think; we should give Socialism a second chance. The biggest and the one of the most complex democracy on the planet earth is the perfect choice for this experiment. And we wouldnt find a better time to implement Socialism. India is a very young country, it is growing at a fast pace and has tolerance and understanding imbibed in our culture.
For Socialism to succeed, we need to empower people to be able to do good decision making. This can come only with educating the masses. If we can do this well and the concept of socialism seeps into the masses well, we will be fully ready to embrace socialism.
Lets move towards a better tomorrow; NOT Just U and I, But lets carry our world with us.
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