Need to urgently reevaluate capitalism
It was expected that Hindutva
works the benign aspect of religion -that in itself is deeply troubling
context, as opposed to vandalism by Castetva forces over the decades. Castetva cleverly
played on to western narration with adept working of semantics and devious posturing
as liberals. West -with recent angst over colonialism, and feudal compromised Britain,
desperately seeking lowest denominator for redemption reckoning found these
posturers worth cultivating. Hindutva is a necessary revolt and a closer association
to reality of this society, and as it is turning out to be, a deeply contaminated
one lacking humanistic concern and scraping worst of religion. Nevertheless despite
these serious unraveling -and cannot be isolated from what is happening across
the world, it is a necessary evolution over castetva -which surely has no place
as central role in society.
This astha pastha nonsense has gone too far, and has potential to severely damage the society -which in itself is primitive. Milk is produced by cows and buffaloes for its calf, definitely not for human consumption (centrality of human is an infection of most religions) so to ‘steal’ it and work it as ‘pure’ is morally flawed. So, this angst for purity is a mental illness, an infection of soul. The issue here is contamination of food. Corruption and greed sought cheaper options. And the cheaper it gets worst it becomes. And so animal fat was used. In a society with lackadaisical value system and nonexistent concern for rules life of human is cheap and is used as lessons on fate -an occasion to work brownie points for better blessing in next life, such is the deeply immoral and unethical society. The idea of vegetarian as pure is in itself flawed and spread by knucklehead squatters with narrative control. This society was never vegetarian. Hinduism was never about vegetarianism, nor are hindus vegetarian. It is the fringe sickness of purity that worked to degrade the society. Many ancient temples used to offer animal sacrifice and still do, some even serve sacrificial meat as 'prasadam' (quite common in many temple rituals in south India, infact when I was with Jaunsari tribes in Uttarakhand - who claim themselves to Panchali of Mahabharata, they sacrificed a goat at the temple top hill and distributed it to devotees). Vegetarianism is an evolved understanding, a choice, that comes with compassion which necessarily extends to every living being including humans unlike “pure vegetarianism” perpetuated by castetva cannibals as diversity and now settled into hindutva hooligans. These attempts to ask shopkeepers -who sell food and sweets, to reveal their religion is deeply troubling. The only thing that matters is whether rules are followed and food sold clears safety and hygiene standards.
Tirupati is worst demonstration of religion. These are patronized by rich and powerful and impressed upon herd hence making this ‘god’ as potent dispenser of power and money. Moral and ethics are least concern. With immoral squatters hereditarily occupying sanctum (hence authenticating caste system as also moral foundation of religion) to accepting corrupt money as gift is how these people normalize the worst. Asking devotees to pay extra money to break queue and offering VIP treatment for chosen few -that too in front of ‘god’, is how they codify morals for herd. The incapacitated bovine herd accepts these as fate. Noisy and crowded they lack contemplation of spiritual but torment of greed. To make matter worse auspicious days and timings are marked by unenlightened cunning creating extra crowd and stampede -in the mind of herd this is akin to happy hours of gods! With easy money and power by cannibalizing and fattening some even migrated to different part of the world. Inbred dimwits are arguably the most mediocre in the world but carry highest estimation of itself. This gap in expectation and reality is where the ridiculous claims and myths are vigorously worked history retrofitted. In a parallel universe a chimp with typewriter can write a bestseller -it can happen in infinite combination and permutation stretching to infinite time and space. So, an odd ball worthy is celebrated as normal outcome meanwhile the price the society has paid is immense indeed debilitated. A little recognition from anywhere in the world (the situation is pathetic) is worked to create the aura of blessing back home and inevitability of forces to acknowledge the brahmaand wisdom -that is already known by blessed and the world is yet to know, indeed such is uniqueness, that the world may even be incapable to know! So flying machines were already known and common! It had to be such is the blessedness that anything is possible! Indeed, some claim fueled by mercury -that ‘science’ will ultimately find out and acknowledge the brahmaand wisdom. Mercury vortex engine! Getting the sophisticated semantics is how knuckleheads awe, it is a lifelong ambition, indeed the only ambition hence almost always shoddy work lacking soul or competence whether spiritual, science or literature. The monkey jump was from sanskrit to english. This jump also worked as metaphor for modernity and liberal by castetva -and for many years correctness of language was definite signs of intelligence. The fact that they couldn’t even see the potential of everyday water vapour is least of humbling matter.
Pope Francis must answer. He is an influential figure and as the religious head cannot shirk responsibility. He is also responsible for these deaths and misery by nurturing this brutal crude ecosystem in the garb of religion. When critically scrutinized he is very much criminally liable. He must also explain what is lesser evil?
We
have changed Earth in fundamental way. The physical feature of Earth is changing
rapidly. The hospitable Earth that we know is gone. We are now on dangerous Eaarth
-a dystopian reality. We have warmed the
planet, warm air holds more water vapor than cold, it rains harder and evaporate
faster. With sea ice melting, the albedo, or reflectivity, of arctic changes as
the mirror of white ice replaced by sun absorbing blue. Global temperature, heat
wave, rainfall, landslides, forest fires…have increased dangerously. Thunderstorms,
cyclones/hurricanes, lightning are more frequent and last longer. Methane chimneys
are opening up rapidly heating the planet further. The great rainforests are
dying. Plant yields and nutrition are falling, life giver phytoplankton are
dying, species are vanishing, biomass reducing and resilience of biodiversity
is falling. Oceans are acidifying, incapable to hold carbon nor sustain diverse
life, coral reefs are barren. Bacteria, parasites, algae blooms flourish, water
and mosquito borne diseases increase and spread. Extreme catastrophic events
are leading post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and variety of phobias,
and increased numbers of refugees. Add to it, warmer world is predicted to lead
to more wars and discords over shared water, rivers and arable land, violent
storms can even topple weak governments. The terrifying reality of end of cycle
of growth that institutions are hinged on. We don’t know how to regrow rain
forests, defreeze arctic, recreate ecosystems…
Narrations are controlled. Powerful
control narration that is deemed to be true and mainstreamed into herds through
regulated influence, communication and entertainment. In the last few years
these legacy instruments of control are seriously dented by social media and platforming
of grassroot voices. Despite serious misuse there is a strong element of dissemination
of democracy and diversity of views. As long as facts are nearer to the truth interpretations
of vibrant divergent voices matter.
Migration is constant feature in
nature, and so is with humans being an indelible part of nature. National borders
are quite a new understanding and seems like a recent aberration in long
history of free movement. Migration of people brings fresh ideas and energy
into hospitable community. The reason why there is migration to certain regions
of the world is an indication of better opportunity for enhancements which in turn
reflects value systems nurtured that creates better societies and space for
evolved ideas, thoughts and innovation. It is not an accident that recent progress
of humanity is nurtured in certain parts of the world. Much of freedom that
world experiences through ideas and technologies is largely due to regions of
the world nurtured by vibrant thoughts and humanistic concerns. This is not to say
that there aren’t any problems but these are idealized and percolates into
populace. Evolved society provides space for development, that doesn’t mean it will
be utilized for better by all. Most humans by their very nature seek security of community
in its lowest commonest denominator of responsibility and intellect. It is only
very few who consolidate and enhance progressive thoughts and scientific
thinking. Waves of immigrants from West due to famine (Ireland) and
prosecution (jews) found best possibilities in USA hence contributed to its
amazing progress. Sometimes society progresses so fast, essentially with free
speech and technology, that much of people are stuck in past. Despite technology
driven globalization last few years have seen consolidation of nationalist
feelings and rising insecurity among common people. Neoliberal value systems
and catastrophic impact of climate will make matter worse.
Other as enemy is easy to
construct. For charlatans dividing people on myths is to divert attention from realities
of poverty, corruption and existential crisis. The other is always a construct around which prejudice
and worst of fear are build. Fantastical narrations of juvenile religions creates
myths of grand herd obfuscating history of barbarians. Herd carry these crude identities
hence ease of the other. Skin color is oldest of the other that primitives associate
degrading values to demean the other. And, in societies with large migrations
this other is easy to spot and construct prejudices and myths of dire. It is
not to say that the other is always benign needy or carry vibrant possibilities
of difference and diversity. Examples of Europe, especially feudal-values-compromised-carrying-high-estimate-of-itself Britain, shows primitive other as immigrants
can severely degrade society and incite regressive revivalism and xenophobia. It
is therefore responsibility of society to decide what kind of people enter and assimilate
into them as also the numbers so that herd demography shift doesn’t pose the
worst and impact progressive values. As societies evolve it is but natural that
fertility rate reduces (barbarians, insecure and egoistic irresponsible breed
like pigs), as it is human population is significant cause of deteriorating
conditions across the world, serious impact on nature and debilitating pressure
on other species. Neoliberal market, religion driven charlatans and cunning politicians
have eternal need for breeding populace. Advancement in technology must suffice
the shortage of humans in advanced societies. Cheap labor cannot be an incentive
for immigration since it stands on the foundation of the other as cheap -less
valued, this degrades progressive values. Democracy, liberty and freedom are
cherished ideas on which progress of humanity is hinged hence cannot be
bartered. These are not religion based. These are humanistic evolved ideas through
best minds over centuries.
For the very reason allowing
immigrants is not religion based compassion, nor a moral right. It is a reasoned decision by state
weighing in conditions and situations. Devious forces may conspire but increasing
human population is never good for society, nation or earth. Ideally richer
society must evolve into compassion but it must be firmly hinged on realities
of state as also awareness of forces working to misuse as also need for assimilating into progressive values. Pope Francis comparison
of American presidential candidates is patently dangerous and irresponsible. There
is no comparison here. He need to comprehend the serious
situation. Migration happens because of unequal world. It is this inequality and
brutality of state and non-state that must be focus. You cannot slate
immigration to compassion and balance it with brutality of denying right for abortion (also, he needs to educate himself on the meaning of assassination,
really disgusted, totally unbecoming). Further, this religion-based balderdash of
human life being sacred exceptional must be dealt. Capital punishment must be appropriately
used in rarest of rare circumstance and cannot be given away as evolved value system.
It isn’t. It is an expression of religion (that centers human life) at the expense
of victim and family who faced heinous crimes and limited resource of poor society that must provide for law abiding. This ofcourse doesn’t mean eye
for an eye barbarian value of another religion extreme. Religion must face
logical exigencies of modern world and learn to value individual liberty or
face obsolesce as nuisance. Meanwhile Pope must urgently reconsider his stand on
American election and unconditionally support progressive candidate.
What was once considered embarrassment,
an occasion to introspect and attempt to improve, is now seeking exceptionalism.
We entered the age of stupidity. Stupid people,
stupid occasions and happenings -a mischance now a norm, are watched and rewatched
and connected to deeply satisfying meaning of existence of appalling. Stupidity
was always present but in the sidelines deeply cognizant of its lack. With herd
hunters mollycoddling herd of their special bearing presence and unique attribute
as collective -that doesn’t pass any basic critically scrutiny, in a primitive society
history becomes a hunting ground for obsessive narrative control. Myths and
fiction replace the reality and is keenly worked to hold its say in the
present and worked into bleak future. Stupidity demands no strain on the intellect
and is easily swayed by glib and glitter. It helps nurture mediocrity and general
ugliness all around. It thrives on quantity and is deeply suspicious of quality
or anything that needs strain. Stupidity is in the comfort of laziness,
easiness of dealing and confidence of assertion. It is incapable, and is no
doubt incapacitated, to see beyond the veil of ignorance and self-righteous morality.
With social media providing unbridled access stupidness, lacking any discernible skill or redeeming quality, is now a vehement choice. Being stupid is no longer an embarrassment when you are bombarded with everyday stupidity as choice that see immense gain. Attribute of self-conscious, an indelible aspect of human to be circumspect and try to create a better version, is seen as inhibition -a problem. Choosing crass and crude is an expression of self that consolidates into collective sedation and acceptance of ugliness and irresponsible. In the overwhelming presence of mediocrity and ugliness truth and beauty shrinks. An ugly public space -building, statue etc., a mediocre shoddy work, crude unruly uncouth people…all conspire against subtleties and evolved possibilities. This diminishes humanity and pushes into violence of all forms.
With misinformation and disinformation, chaos and alienation, old world crumbling rapidly and technology intruding at breathtaking speed, the incapacity to accept complexities of meaning and absurd, the existential crave for certainty becomes urgent. Sedated unthinking mass is floating for anchor. Since responsible dealing with present needs incisive empathetic mind, and acceptance of ordinary lacking glitter or glamour or attention seeking, the insular primed in exceptionalism and grand myth of its collective becomes easy target for manipulators. Evil has logic and pattern hence can be dealt by analyzing and systematically negating. What when evil uses stupidity as its front? Stupidity by its very nature lacks logic or pattern, the crass excitable hops from one near catastrophe to new possible catastrophe. And with power to destroy world many times over we move from one precipice to another with baited breath while stupidity immune to immense urgent challenges celebrates its latest attention while the self-help industry and spiritual charlatans goad to enjoy the scene -live in the present, without any awareness or knowledge whatsoever, connect to pristine and pure stupidity!
