Friday, November 4, 2011

Break down the great Wall Street and occupy their wealthy homes.

“There have been tyrants and murderers and they seem invincible , but in the end they always fall, think of it, always” M.K.Gandhi. Under Gandhi an entire generation dedicated itself to the cause of freedom; ironically another generation has driven the country into the morass of crime and corruption.
Gandhi’s statement succinctly sums of what is happening around the globe. From the Arab spring of dissent against tyranny and dictatorship of the Middle East to Anna Hazare’s revolt against corruption in India and the clarion call to “Occupy Wall street movement. The specter of revolt has ignited the minds and imagination of all the people in the world.
Anarchy all over has sparked and grown these revolts into an amorphous global movement. Justice has always been blind and is a paradigm of people frozen in the past. It is interesting to note that in these movements there is a heady mix of intellectuals, blue collar workers pacifists, Marxists, idealists, pragmatist’s ; men and women cutting across, class, race, religion, countries to form an egalitarian group unified in spite of their differences. Often the truth and the intent lie in our perception, rather than facts. Perpetrators of these evils are divorced from ethics and good governance, dispensing justice is reduced to a mere technicality, just like the fine print in their marketing texts. The Greek tragedy of large chunks of sovereign debt, the tottering Italian government, the lobbyists, dictators unemployment in the USA, the recession and corruption are now in the collective cross hairs of the people who are taking aim to set in the reforms needed.
Along the course of history we all believed that it is morally correct to repay debts, but the debts of large companies and governments which are never repaid are passed on to unwary individuals, whose debts, loans, mortgages and credit card out standings are foreclosed with a vengeance. The influence of money in politics has created the financial crises, leaving the inhabitants of the of world to fend for themselves in the wake of the collapse.
Risk is a pet commodity in Wall Street and an extremely dangerous commodity when it falls into the wrong hands. The villains of corruption are investment bankers, big business, politicians and administrators, recently the lobbyists have also come into the limelight. Like the wicked witches of Halloween, whose insatiable greed has caused the meltdown. The results as seen are foreclosure, unemployment, homelessness and poverty; while most people toiled day and night to make a living and cared about the poor and unemployed, many exploited this naivety and wanted to profit from human weakness and misery. The shenanigans of these evil super villains are now out in the open and even their Armani jackets or Saville Row pin striped suits have been stripped and like the emperor’s new clothes they all are now naked. In times of evil the laws is a mute, deaf and blind spectator and in the shadow of Mammon all business practices are heretical, till the motivated vigilantes take over center stage. There are no easy solutions in the fight against tyranny, corruption and greed. Those fighting ruthless opponents with no moral scruples in chaotic times deserve all the support and luck in this cruel world.
Real prosperity comes only when common welfare for people is built into the system and happiness becomes a by product. Until then like the born again skeptics we all will be misguided at the fate of humanity.- Vinay-

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