== WIDESPREAD MYTH ABOUT JOBS ==
Namaskar,
In today's capitalistic economy, jobs are becoming more and more scarce.
Most of the population has been reduced to laborers-- either physical
laborers (blue-collar) or mental laborers (white-collar), but with the
increase in mechanization and the profit-oriented culture, executives
are hiring less and less people and instead resorting to machines and /
or cheaper labor markets elsewhere. In short, those with jobs are losing
them; and those without jobs are not finding them.
CAPITALISTIC MYTH:
INDIVIDUAL'S RESPONSIBILITY TO GET A JOB
Over the decades, capitalists have successfully brainwashed the public
into believing that it is the individual's responsibility to get and
maintain a job. And if one is not getting a job, then, well, that is
just too bad-- try harder. That is the capitalistic maxim-- the myth
that capitalists propagate. So that is what everybody thinks, 'That it
is the duty of each and every person to find their own job, and if they
lose their job it is their responsibility to find another one'.
HUMANS ARE JUST COMMODITIES
In that case human beings have just been turned into mere commodities
wherein they have to shine and polish themselves-- like apples or
potatoes-- in order be attractive in the marketplace. To that end,
common citizens try tirelessly to get more and more qualifications in
order to assure themselves of a job. But it is an uphill battle.
Because due to increased mechanization, less and less jobs are being
done by humans. With the development of more refined computers and
fancier machines, a work that used to take 300 people now takes only 5.
In that case 295 are suddenly out of a job.
And then, since top capitalists are only interested in increasing their
profit, then at any time they can and do move their entire factory or
business to another land or country where labor is cheaper. In that
case, an entire sector of the workforce may suddenly lose their job.
And in the end, it is the common citizen that gets blamed for not making
themselves marketable.
That is the ugly predicament in capitalism.
But it is continuing on since everyone has gotten duped into thinking
that every individual is responsible for securing their own job, while
the government bears little or no responsibility.
PROUT'S RESPONSE
To combat this nasty, capitalistic spiral and bleak outlook, Baba has
put forth one very special socio-political principle: No one should lose
their job without first have been offered and given a different job, of
a comparable of higher standard.
Baba says, "Cardinal socio-political principles [ ] should never be
violated. First, people should not be retrenched from their occupations
unless alternative employment has been arranged for them." (PNS-16)
Unfortunately all around the globe this important principle is not be
fulfilled. Because people are being released from their jobs and are not
being replaced. From stock-brokers to shoe salesmen, so many are out of
jobs, and every week this is increasing, leading to a totally unhealthy
situation in society.
Here Baba describes further about what happens when people lose their
jobs and are not given a different job.
Baba says, "There are many instances where these three cardinal
principles have been violated, causing much suffering and disturbance in
individual and collective life. Let us discuss what happens when people
loose their livelihood. Take the example of rickshaw pullers in India.
The work of rickshaw pullers is exhausting and poorly paid, but if it is
declared illegal, many rickshaw pullers will become unemployed and their
lives will become more miserable. Those who cannot find alternative
employment will either die of starvation or become criminals in an
effort to survive. In either case, society will be adversely affected.
So, before this occupation is prohibited, rickshaw pullers should be
provided with suitable alternative employment." (PNS-16)
Because of losing their jobs and not being given other employment,
people are suffering from depression, abusing their spouse, developing
health problems, dying early, even committing suicide. Such reports are
commonplace in the news these days.
APPLYING THE SOLUTION
So the myth that the individual is 100% responsible for getting a job
and the government need not play any role in this is totally harmful and
stands as one of the worst aspects of capitalism.
Yet that is the myth that big vaeshyas have successfully instilled in
the minds of the people.
So the whole affair is awful. Everyone is trying to increase their
stature and skills in order to get a job, yet that jobs are being sucked
up elsewhere or getting totally eliminated.
Hence it is an uphill battle; the cards are stacked against the common
person. Jobs are disappearing left and right and there is no replacement
in sight.
When in reality, in the case of jobs being reduced due to mechanization,
and then firing 100 or 200 people, instead everyone in the factory or
plant should simply work less hours-- allowing everyone to keep their job.
That is how it works in family life. If a new stove is purchased which
dramatically decreases the amount of cooking time, then the wife or
daughter is not kicked out of the house because they are no longer
needed. Rather, everyone works less in the kitchen and people get time
to spend in other pursuits.
Same should be the case with regards to mechanization in the workforce.
All should work less and then devote more time to psychic and spiritual
pursuits. Then everyone is benefited.
As for the second problem-- i.e. the outsourcing of jobs to cheaper
labor markets-- the answer is creating a local economy. Capitalists
should not be allowed to exploit human labor all over the globe. Rather
the cooperative system should be developed wherein all in a locale are
guaranteed work as well as a proper purchasing capacity. This can happen
if the natural and human resources of an areas stay within that samaj.
So there are lots of Proutistic solutions. And among them all, it has to
be recognised that governments must be held responsible and they must
ensure a job to each and every member of society. There is no other way.
The current capitalistic myth that an individual must find their own job
must be eradicated. Then and only then can society progress.
BABA'S BLESSING
By Baba's grace the myopia of capitalists is being exposed and soon all
will be aware of the pitfalls of this vaeshyan age, thereby allowing
society to make that step forward into that bright, new era.
Baba says, "If any group tries to violate any of these three cardinal
socio-political principles, you should immediately oppose them with a
thundering voice and sufficient force. Victory will be yours, because
you are supporting the collective psychology. But before launching any
movement, you should make sure that the masses are conscious of their
exploitation, otherwise the movement will not be successful. Although it
may take some time to raise the consciousness of the masses, ultimately
you will be victorious." (PNS-16)
Namaskar,
Karma Rasa
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Deserts Needed
Baba says, "Ecologists claim that some deserts are essential for keeping
the global ecology in a balanced state. The high day temperatures and
the cold night temperatures that occur in desert regions create a useful
effect. The hot, dry desert air rises and creates a vacuum which sucks
in cool air, generating a chain reaction. Moist air is sucked in from
the sea and formed into clouds which then rain on the land. If deserts
vanish entirely, the overall rainfall will be reduced." (PNS-16, p.37)
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