Vasu
Reddy From Chicago
The
disparity in income is nothing new to the civilizations. From the beginning of time we have had the
rich and poor, kings/queens and subjects, well to do and not so well to do,
however we frame the societies, the differences in wealth factor has always
been as old as the human beings themselves.
For many experiments such as Communism and Socialism and Marxism and
many a political and dictatorial experiments have come to bearing on various
parts of the world, and they keep fizzling fairly quickly as people constantly
seek self-determination.
The
most enduring aspect of human life is the will to choose and decide on what is
best for oneself. Irrespective of the
time and place we all aspire to think for ourselves and decide for ourselves;
what is best.
From
the early days of kingdoms and emperors to the last century’s dictatorships, we
all have seen the results of freedom of thinking; essentially freedom of speech
and freedom of expression. Just like the
old times when people wanted to live, think and do what they wanted to, we also
in today’s massive in population and very diverse in nature world still want to
have the final say in what we do and how we think. Many a dictatorships have come down crashing,
and many a controlled economies and governments continue to open for free
markets and open ideas.
The
poorest of poor nations where people are deprived of basic amenities and
education, and sanitation and food, there are still the very rich who have a
life style that is very different with every available luxury in the world to
meet their needs. Be it a democracy nor
a communist society the difference in standard of living is highly subjective to
the individuals.
Religion,
fundamentalism, communism, fascism and whatever other regional or demographic
representation that countries adopt to outside of democracies, they all have
the same reason to adapt to determination of governance of its people; social
equality. But even in democracies that
are as diverse as India and the USA, income and social inequalities are
rampant. There is no question of
determining the social stature of individual in a democratic society, as the
individuals make the efforts and what follows is the wealth that comes with a
successful career or business, and in some cases family money. There is no question of begrudging the
wealthy as they work hard for it, and most times they are doing the right
things at the right time to create fortunes.
As the last 50 years clearly shows that with each industry, the creation
of new wealth is in parallel, and those individuals who lead the industry as
pioneers will end up being the biggest benefactors of the wealth creation on
that segment.
The
world continues to struggle with the societies with wide income and social
disparities, some simply will try to accept the work and wealth factors, and
some try to change the politics so that the very rich might be forced to pay
more, or might even relocate. Some will try to simply change the structure of
the nation to forcefully takeover the enterprises. There are constantly changing socioeconomic
factors that drive the politics of nations, the very wealthy also try to manage
their riches and enterprises to protect their interests.
Religion
also plays a part in how people behave and respond to their socioeconomic
issues. The very poor either will cling
on to the god factor to seek continued intervention by the almighty to help
them get through another day, and some will find religion as a factor that
drives their attitude towards how they approach life in general.
The
history of the world always shows that democracies allow for choices, and
somehow or someway find a way of self-correction to leadership and
inequalities. The wealth creation is
also a factor of allowing choices for individuals to make their own
determination of what they want to do with their efforts, and also get rewarded
for their efforts.
While
we keep trying various models of governing the people, we always invariable end
up with the choice of majority of the people.
Also, the very rich are there because they find a way to work on things
that most people need, and cater to them.
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