It is baffling that monarchy
exists even in the so called modern societies, even one that prides for its
egalitarian ways. I was going through countries that have monarchy; it is
shocking that many countries in Europe too have monarchy surviving in varying
form of pomp and vestiges. It is in the nature of primitive societies to give
value to entitlement but when it is seen in modern societies one wonder what
kind democracy or indeed democratic values they are espousing? An entitled
world is in direct contradiction to liberty, and when you have these depraved conceptions
existing as references then it very much degrades values and systems that
safeguards human rights. In primitive societies like India where the machiavellian
elite have been usurping benefits perched on feudal power structures and medieval
norms it makes it difficult to assert democratic values. They quite easily push
in status quo that thrive on discriminations, incremental changes are brought
after much struggle and deliberation. You can see this at all levels in places like
India, where the richer section thrive on misery of downtrodden. Socialism in
the earlier part of India’s independence was the worst era, it merely
consolidated primitive structures into evolving modernity. Wherein revolutionary
changes could have been possible to counteract the feudal and medieval ways,
they played around with fancy notions of nation building essentially feeding
the entitled and dispensing patronages. They did nothing about the primitive structures
or any attempts on consolidating egalitarian notions, if ever these were piecemeal
efforts with short term gains. Most ‘leaders’ themselves were feudal lords,
experts in patronising, even as basic as land reforms was ignored. That is why
this blogger believes that two decades of communism after independence would
have very well put a right foundation for Indians. Socialism brought in worst
of both world. Communism would have very likely focussed on basic foundations
that affects the common people, includes primary education, basic health, equitable
distribution so on. This was the need of the fledging nation that had deep held
discriminatory ways and exploitative mindset. That opportunity is lost forever,
and yes communism too has lived its time. That really doesn’t mean that capitalism
has anything significant to offer. Indeed they actively undermine surroundings and
downgrade to lowest denominator. It isn’t surprising that debilitating issues aren’t
their concern as they themselves are in the dock. This hoopla about minimum
governance is dangerous thought, indeed it is an attempt to make democracy
ineffective and play into the hand money bags, wanton consumption as
panacea. Not surprisingly nepotism driven capitalism will have value for
monarchy.
It is quite clear that monarchy has
no place in modern world; its presence emboldens the feudal ways and impinges
directly on to rights of citizens. Enlightened people must raise urgent voice
against this anachronism and discriminatory mindset that it thrives on. As also the so called monarchy must shun itself and take initiatives to voluntarily
give up their entitlements, even if it's titular (ideally a democratic society shouldn't have allowed
these in the first place). They have far outlived their need and context. It is not only a
burden on people but this idea in itself is degrading. It must start from the
richer and enlightened societies. They must take the initiative to step down and
help make the world a better place to live.
