Tending to utopia :P

Utopia. . . .Dystopia. . . . Today. . . .


A long time ago ( in a galaxy far far away. . . (time coordinate of course :P(and here i get outragede when someone calls me a geek :P))) i wrote a post about capitalism and communism--

http://blogsareegomaniacal.blogspot.com/2009/07/capcom-i-realized-while-reading-my-past.html


-- At the end, i spoke about how a mixture of the two exists in our world today, viz: A capitalist economy, balanced by economic controls, taxation and 'redistribution of weath' ish policies by the government. . I also expressed the view that this form of society, which incorporated both communist and capitalist elements, had developed naturally, because of the amount of time that had passed within the purview of recorded history allowed for a capitalist(the early kings and administrators) society to develop, be overthrown by the masses, and then for a sort of equilibrium to be achieved. I was thinking about our world and how we seemed to have settled, more or less in to this system, this organisation that is the world. . And how most people think that to make things better would mean working inside this system, that there are some concepts and ideas , that are untouchable and sacrosanct, that must be as they are , for our world today , is as has been decreed by the lord almighty. . .

Two words. . .BULL SHIT
( funny how star movies converts shit into crap in their subtitles, i mean. . what the crap ?!! :P)


If one analyses through time, how today's society has evolved, one will see that not much thought has gone into it's structure and functioning (neglecting all conspiracy theories about a few very smart, very powerful oligarchs running the world: and then we have loads of other stuff to worry about :P) It has evolved as a result of natural human competitiveness, revolutionary social movements and finally a balance in the power distribution. . . A very complex balance. . . And yet, at some point people got comfortable with the idea of this structure, mainly because the people in power liked it for the benefits it afforded them, and hence throttled all attempts to even talk of a different structure, so much so that people believe that this system is the most perfect possible. .

In truth, this is one of several, possible equilibria. . It is just the one that we are facing due to certain historical events that led the history of the world on this path. . Also, every system in the world can be made better, cause if it can't then it is the best possible one and everyone agrees that our world today is decidedly not utopian. . Agreed that most systems, specifically one of such complexity and magnitude as the world that we inhabit, can be bettered infinitesimally slowly, they are asymptotic in a sense. . . The idea is right, the implementation can be bettered. .

For example, i have drunk chaas, (or buttermilk) at prices of Rs 5 per glass and Rs 100 per glass( same goes for Dosas, lemon juice and everything else under the sun) and frankly i don't see the difference in quality, or ambience or whatever the hell else that causes the difference in price. . .

Now people may argue that this is far from being a true example of my point . . agreed. . i'm leading somewhere. . . It is true that people pay for what they want, and not for what they deem, 'not worth it', but it is also true that the head of a particular industry decides how much his workers labour is worth and how much his capital, or strategy or business acumen is worth. . Who can decide how much each of those things is worth ? Shouldn't these parameters have suitably defined price tags? When something is sold @ raw material + production process + workers skill+ managers managerialness + supermanager's . . . ad infinitum + capital + blah blah. . .Who is to say that the worker isn't paying more for his own skill on the product, than he was paid for it in the first place ??

Also, on the socialist side of things, it is an open secret that a lot of money disappears in transit and that sometimes, whole policies of social upliftment and redistribution of wealth are nepotist and hyper-politically motivated



There is a better way. . . I intend to find it :D

PS: Wish me luck

PPS: Lots of it !!