All that was promised to us by our creator is no longer a reality. There are many reasons to it, first being human negligence and lack of care. Going by popular myth, the first man and woman disobeyed God's order and disrupted the laws of nature in the very first place. I think it never happened but was part of a well-defined ploy in itself. Perhaps at the very start of human life wise men knew that there will always remain a big possibility wherein human beings will battle each other in times to come. That would happen due to various reasons, one being ignorance, of not knowing each other well. Another being limited natural resources, the lack of which in times to come will lead to clashes. But more importantly, whoever foresaw human progress knew that there would be division in humankind. We would not be created alike and there would always be knowledge of the good and the bad. But through the ages, the definition of good and bad will vary. There was and never will be one way to determine the two and differentiate between what constitutes the two. So there would be god-men, preachers, great souls and many others who would enlighten us on who we are and why we were created. However, with creation of more matter there will always be a question of means of production and ways of consumption. So we had a system of exchanging goods and services. When many more humans evolved, it gave rise to a method of production and consumption based on collective will. But there would be no uniformity because there would always be borders. Perhaps borders were considered hard to conquer since at the very beginning of time, there was always a mystery surrounding borders due to lack of transportation and sharing of knowledge. But we had already learned that it would be essential to tap into resources to be able to pursue life. With the invention of the wheel, it was clear that we were living in a metal age. And our difficulties in in discovering and exploring new lands would further mean that any precious piece of land we discovered would only help us lead a better life. The very fact that we had to struggle to find such places meant there would be further struggle since no man would want to let go of opportunities.
With time people living across borders shared goods and services and business started to prosper. With the question of population arose another big question - that of life purpose. I could have lived a happier life if I lived way back in the 19th Century - the only difference being utilization of time. People traveled in carriages, hand-pulled carts and there was still no disruption to life. They signed letters and created the postal system. But imagine doing it two centuries later, now it's heritage - we don't have time to waste. And that is essentially because of population burst and increasing competition among humans to just be able to survive at the cost of each other. When such a situation arises, comes into picture the biggest reason for sin - jealousy and consequently, pride. Capitalism is the biggest contributor to this. As per my judgment, in nations which encourage material accumulation, capitalism is the biggest challenge to sustain human life. But there is something called the 'State' that can control means to production, consumption and overall, the trend in economic decision. However, owing to the fact that resources are not equally distributed across the planet, what we refer to as a 'State' is longer an instrument to achieve oneness no matter how much organizations like the UN preach. Come to think of it, we are competing even in areas of sports and culture leave alone money matters. Unfortunately, the basic question of a capitalist-driven economy that never promises welfare of all people is not the root cause to miseries - it is greater than that. The question that remains is of national pride.
If I were to say that communists are inclined to serve for a greater cause, I would again go wrong. Communism can be effective if only a country has enough to first build a solid foundation for itself in matters of education and politics. That again is not a tiny problem that can be solved overnight. Every nation has its shortcomings. But with the wide-spread of capitalism and materialism, communism suffers a heavy blow. Human tendencies are naturally similar all over the world and with capitalist influences, a poor communist state only strives to achieve prosperity through other means. National pride is again supreme, something that cannot be parted with.
However, if you look at it my way, capitalism is a never ending way to life's miseries and sorrow. With increasing population, the mental blocks we create within us, of jealousy and pride will prevent us from functioning as a collective unit that strives to achieve greatness together as one. Within individual countries though, I personally believe that the state can work to eliminate such causes although globally they never can tackle the problem of national pride atleast. Similar is the case with communism in that they intend to serve their own people well but are nationalistic to the core, China for example.
The key to all issues of inequality in human rights arises more within a capitalistic framework because of underlying greed and excessive material that spreads further evil with growing population, consequently competition that stems from jealousy (which again is a factor of materialism). Hence it is not surprising to see equability and human rights play a prominent role in cultures abroad, especially in the US. It is pretty common to see the government grant living aid, post-retirement funds, pension funds and research funds to people. But unfortunately, in many countries like ours - India, where behavioral ethics get marred by capitalist tendencies due to lack of social customs in upholding an equitable and just society, we find injustice prevalent and mostly rampant in commercial places and situations. The answer is then easy to find, in a society backed by ideals of the caste system where dignity of labour is segregated in classes - are we to really blame lack of human rights and consequently damage of ethos of human rights in a mixed economy that is majorly driven by capitalists thanks to globalization, and further due to FDI, FII and other such reforms?
The question to ask here is not eternal but the answer lies more in cultural aspects of an economy than commercial, heritage issues more than what drives the future and local mindset more than global outlook.
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