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RE: How do you say “home" in India? (Tiny Tents under Towering Condos) – Cityscape Photography
This, sadly is what I like to call 'peak people'. The notion that over population renders the majority of poor people of the world increasingly worthless, when we have the resources and technology to provide at least the basics of good food, water and decent shelter. Instead elites of the world choose not to, amassing huge accumulations of wealth, owning more than half the worlds wealth.
The worrying trend going forward is, as the rich get richer and populations continue to grow, the majority of humans are becoming worth less and less.
Thanks for your relevant, pointed, and perceptive comment. (I kinda wish there were more like this.)
However, I do not necessarily agree that the issue in India is caused by "peak people." The caste system is an age-old part of the Indian socio-economic system, and thus its roots extend far back into history.
At the same time, the great inequities of the caste system are now appearing in other countries, not because of any caste system, but simply because the rich have been skimming off as much wealth as they can, increasingly over the past 2-3 decades.
It is, as you say, a very worrying trend. Even in some of the "finest and fairest and best" countries around the globe, the wealth gap is reaching a point where the middle class is declining and will soon become inconsequential. And a country without a thriving middle class is doomed to failure or doomed to stagnation.
Re the rich and the richer rich, I like to call them "The creme de la phlegm."
"The creme de la phlegm". I will have to remember that one, I find myself often calling them simply "tapeworms".
My observations are very general and broad and not in relation to India's caste system, perhaps the caste system exacerbates the theory of peak people as opposed to the Communist mindset in a place like China, to a lesser extent today of course. Many ancient peoples throughout the world are being ripped into the 21st century due to rapid growth, globalisation, technology and communications and as a result are bringing a lot of historical customs and traditions that clash the high tech and wealth driven world we have created.
The middle class is being strangled and what we will be left with is some kind of neo-fuederalist corporatocracy where the masses can't afford to participate in the systems that generate huge wealth for the rich.
Thanks for the kind words and watch out for my posts in the future as I will be touching on these issues as well as a whole range of other relevant news events, ideas and topics.
Upon reading the first paragraph of your comment, whose words rang so true and clearly, I knew I would follow you (further) and look forward to some fine posts by you.
"Tapeworms" is very apt. In fact, the great economist Michael Hudson recently wrote a long and very interesting book on the financial parasites , called "Killing The Host." It describes precisely what is currently happening in the developed economies ...
https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Host-Financial-Parasites-Bondage/dp/3981484282
Scary, indeed.
Absolutely, if you look up the description of "tapeworm" it is almost as if you are reading the description of a central bankster. It's good to meet people who are switched on and unplugged from the central programming system. Cheers for the book recommendation, it is on my list now for next to buy.