THE NET OF CAPITALISM:
EXPLOIT YOUR WORKFORCE
Namaskar,
Today, we are seeing the pillars of capitalism crumble. It now seems
"so obvious" and "clear" to the common people. Even then most still
suffer from the ways and strategies outlined below. And few can
conceive that something else can work other than capitalism.
Here is one angle of how capitalism got where it is today.
ANANDA MARGIIS ARE AWARE
Every Ananda Margii knows that Baba has given the teachings of the social
cycle and that now in this present era we have reached the height of
vaeshyan exploitation. The effects of this heinous era are rampant and can
be seen everywhere. From crude commercial billboards to the buying and
selling of water, air, and more, the extreme capitalist presence is quite
palpable. It is such that tomorrow we may even awaken to find that one
company is selling gravity itself. The whole point being that the rapacious
capitalist exploiters are on the prowl. And to achieve their greedy ends
they inject numerous types of complexes in order to scrape their employees
to the bone and make more money for themselves.
CAPITALIST COMPANY OUTLOOK
In straightforward language it can be said the main goal of capitalists is
to suck more and more blood from the common mass. I.e. to make money off of
the efforts of others. In this regard, their greed and devouring approach
knows no bounds and their main strategy is to create a group of employees
and manipulate them into working night and day and then keep all the
profits for themselves. Because the employees themselves get basically
nothing for their all their sweat and blood. Instead all the cream goes to
those top company executives-- i.e. those blood sucking capitalists.
PROUTISTIC OUTLOOK
In contrast in our God-centered Prout system, there is no single key person
who is the owner. Rather the employees themselves are owners. So however
hard they work and to whatever degree they are successful in their
endeavours, then accordingly they themselves reap the benefits of their
hard earned efforts. Certainly they in turn must not exploit others and
must abide by other Proutistic principles. But the basic idea is that the
"employees", or, more precisely, the members of the co-op, get the direct
benefit of their own output. This is part and parcel of Prout's cooperative
system.
BRAINWASHING TECHNIQUE
But in the present day company system the employees do not get anything.
Instead the owners plot & invent negative ways how to give them as little
as possible and at the same time get the maximum in return. Behind their
corny smiles and back-patting ways, this is the negative mentality of those
capitalist owners. And they achieve their ends by imposing one manipulative
outlook upon their employees.
Because even though big buck capitalists are wreaking havoc in the lives of
their employees they have simultaneously convinced, nay brainwashed, their
laborers to feel obligated and indeed committed to the company. This is
their cunning way of brainwashing "their people"-- their employees.
They reach the conclusion that without completely brainwashing their
employees then those "hired hands" will not work 100%. So at the height of
capitalist exploitation in capitalist nations those owners have fully
brainwashed their employees. And employees become completely committed and
conjure up the mistaken idea in their mind that they are only surviving
because of the good graces of their capitalist employers-- otherwise they'd
be drowning in the murky ocean, entirely sucked up from the shores of this
earth. And that there is no savior. So they feel fortunate to be in the
hands of their employers. This is the way it works in this vaeshyan era.
And this is the main qualitative difference between capitalistic and
non-capitalistic labor forces.
So on the one side those capitalists are breaking the back of their
employees by making them work at such a vicious pace that they eat, sleep,
and dream about their jobs. And on the other side those employees are
feeling completely committed to their blood sucking employers.
This is the harsh reality of nearly every employee involved in the
capitalist schema. Because in our fast paced western countries and in our
so-called developing nations, nearly everyone working a 40 hour work week
breathes the company air and sings the song of their capitalist employers.
And when they return home at night they can do little more than "zone-out"
in front of the TV, eat a few bites of stale food, and count their paltry
pennies. All because they have become numb to their own existence-- due to
extreme work pressure and stressed out conditions at the hands of their
capitalist employers. Yet those employees feel faithful to their employers.
In the end with whatever little capacity they have either their mind is
goaded toward crude sexual desires by the negative films they watch, or
they gossip, talk, and dream about their company with their brainwashed
minds. So the whole affair is rather sickly and for all practical purposes
the large majority of employees have sold their souls to their bosses.
SELF-DENIAL AND JUSTIFICATION
And perhaps the saddest part is that those innocent employees often do not
even recognise what is going on. And if you try to give them some little
hint then in knee-jerk reaction, those employees will defend the matter and
state that they are being paid adequately or even handsomely by their
god-like employer. This is the extreme degree of their blindness. This is
the level to which they have been brainwashed. It is like the syndrome of a
battered wife who is willing to defend her abusive husband to the end of
the earth. This is the way most employees operate-- whether they are
willing to admit it or not. And even the majority of those who "complain"
about their jobs fall into this same category. Because when really given
the opportunity to quit and go elsewhere they shrivel up and become scared
to venture away from the clutches of their employer. And in that
circumstance those complainers will say that, "Actually it is not so bad".
Hence from top to bottom these capitalist exploiters have just about
everyone under their control.
WHAT IS THE WAY OUT IN THESE PRESENT CONDITIONS
The only way out is to truly recognise that those employers are really
bloodsuckers and adamantly maintain the approach of not giving any little
extra of oneself to those capitalist exploiters. Not to "buy in" to their
tricks and maintain cool distance from the corporate picture. Of course for
the common masses this is nearly impossible as they are brainwashed to the
core. And for we Ananda Margiis even then one has to be extremely careful.
Because it is not entirely uncommon for some to even stay home from
dharmacakra under the excuse that they are tired and need to rest up for
the work week. By that way one can judge how brainwashed anyone is. And
like that there are thousands of ways how the negative qualities of the
employer-employee relation sneaks into one's own psyche.
So we all have to be careful and keep a keen eye on our own situation as
well as those margii brothers and sisters around us-- to ensure that we not
get sucked into the deep waters of capitalist employer-employee relations.
On this point I hope others will write and share their experiences.
PROUT IS THE PANACEA
May we always remember that due to Baba's grace the day is not far when the
ideals of Prout will bring about the formation of one neo-humanistic social
order.
Baba says, "PROUT is the only panacea. The ideas of PROUT are spreading
throughout the world. This new day is yours." (PNS-18)
Namaskar,
Vinay
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Like Swallowing Poison
Baba says, "Suppose you rear hens, you feed them rice and of course you
love them also. If someone takes one of your hens, you will fall out with
him, and even come to blows. But it is that out of selfless love? Love must
be untarnished and free from the least bit of selfishness. You feed the
hens for your benefit; you are motivated by the thought that one day the
hen will lay eggs and you will earn money by selling them. "Nija sukha
la'gi ye kare pirite se ja'ni garala kha'ye" -- One who loves others for
self-interest, swallows poison." (Tattva Koumudi)
Note: Everyone knows that this above teaching from Baba is the idea of 2nd
lesson. But whether one follows or not one should ask oneself, and try to
perfect it.
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