The post-industrial world is international and
multicultural. Thoughts can be shared at the speed of light, communication
between individuals or groups, anywhere on the surface of the globe happen instantaneously,
and technology transcends what were once insurmountable barriers.
In the last century, colonialism has been shunned, the exertion of racial superiority has been made illegal in most civilized countries, and the concept of one gender as superior to the other has been overturned. Nations now share their trading and wealth and participate in multinational endeavors across the globe as well as in space. Political differences are being reduced, and the vision of a world of nations united is anticipated. Here in India the differences of caste are being abolished, at least legally, communalism is condemned, and the democratic rights of every sector of society are being exerted.
Discrimination has been an ugly word, and great efforts are being made through legislature to remove it. The call of the day is for unity and equality. There is a great desire to eliminate the differences that divide us, with the hope that we can realize a oneness of human existence where peace and satisfaction abound in a global community of mutual respect.
Yet despite our best intentions, the power of legislation economic forums, and social engineering, disparity and dissonance abound. The platform of real quality and true respect remains elusive and distant, and the disadvantaged far outnumber the privileged and prosperous few. Differences remain, and the sense of superiority of one over the other continues to cause conflict. In our attempts to be politically correct, we have created the phenomenon of reverse discrimination.
Artificial attempts to establish equality have in their own turn created further conflict and subjugation and finally proved to be futile failures. In the great global communist uprising of the last century feudal hierarchy and capitalist exploitation were overturned and replaced by idealistic proletariats, only to see new ruling classes established that were as brutal and suppressive as the ones they replaced. The attempts to eliminate the financial sectors and replace them with communal systems of enterprise led to the destruction of tens of millions of the very people they were meant to represent, and all to no avail. The entrepreneurial spirit could not be suppressed, and within a few short decades exerted itself once again.
The truth is that nature is diverse and irrepressible. While the goal of equal rights is laudable, the attempt to establish it cannot succeed at the expense of reality. Artificial and forcible measures, well intention-ed as they may be, result in the burden of disadvantage being shifted to other sectors of society, rather than eliminated.
On what basis then is this equal vision established? How is an elephant equal to a dog, or a learned man equal to a cow? Shall we all sit down with the animals to eat and share beds? An elephant cannot sit down and talk, nor can a man eat a hundred pounds of food a day! A woman can never be identical to a man; an intellectual cannot be forced to do manual labor That is, equality cannot be achieved on the external level. Everyone must act according to his/her acquired nature.
There can never be a prompt solution to this situation, nonetheless, I’m going to leave to you all to ponder a bit over the topic and maybe pave a way out.
In the last century, colonialism has been shunned, the exertion of racial superiority has been made illegal in most civilized countries, and the concept of one gender as superior to the other has been overturned. Nations now share their trading and wealth and participate in multinational endeavors across the globe as well as in space. Political differences are being reduced, and the vision of a world of nations united is anticipated. Here in India the differences of caste are being abolished, at least legally, communalism is condemned, and the democratic rights of every sector of society are being exerted.
Discrimination has been an ugly word, and great efforts are being made through legislature to remove it. The call of the day is for unity and equality. There is a great desire to eliminate the differences that divide us, with the hope that we can realize a oneness of human existence where peace and satisfaction abound in a global community of mutual respect.
Yet despite our best intentions, the power of legislation economic forums, and social engineering, disparity and dissonance abound. The platform of real quality and true respect remains elusive and distant, and the disadvantaged far outnumber the privileged and prosperous few. Differences remain, and the sense of superiority of one over the other continues to cause conflict. In our attempts to be politically correct, we have created the phenomenon of reverse discrimination.
Artificial attempts to establish equality have in their own turn created further conflict and subjugation and finally proved to be futile failures. In the great global communist uprising of the last century feudal hierarchy and capitalist exploitation were overturned and replaced by idealistic proletariats, only to see new ruling classes established that were as brutal and suppressive as the ones they replaced. The attempts to eliminate the financial sectors and replace them with communal systems of enterprise led to the destruction of tens of millions of the very people they were meant to represent, and all to no avail. The entrepreneurial spirit could not be suppressed, and within a few short decades exerted itself once again.
The truth is that nature is diverse and irrepressible. While the goal of equal rights is laudable, the attempt to establish it cannot succeed at the expense of reality. Artificial and forcible measures, well intention-ed as they may be, result in the burden of disadvantage being shifted to other sectors of society, rather than eliminated.
On what basis then is this equal vision established? How is an elephant equal to a dog, or a learned man equal to a cow? Shall we all sit down with the animals to eat and share beds? An elephant cannot sit down and talk, nor can a man eat a hundred pounds of food a day! A woman can never be identical to a man; an intellectual cannot be forced to do manual labor That is, equality cannot be achieved on the external level. Everyone must act according to his/her acquired nature.
There can never be a prompt solution to this situation, nonetheless, I’m going to leave to you all to ponder a bit over the topic and maybe pave a way out.
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