I hope the utopia comes true. However, without economics the world cannot survive since the inception of the earth. Virtually once there was only a barter system. Needs were exchanged at par. But human greed exploited the NO-YARDSTICK exchanges making the needy poor by NOT-AT=PAR system. So something had to be discovered as a common yardstick to evaluate the value of the Goods. And again the greedy played with that value causing the profit and loss. Economy was /is always serving its purpose. By the way, the minority greedy reacted to every measure and the idiots who were succumbing to that pressure, unaware of their strength , always made them idiots. Who is to be blamed? Not the economy to be blamed. Nature said you exchange ONLY your needs; but we exchanged our greed for profit incurring losses. And as a majority what are we doing? Going to the mall to buy forgetting the corner shops? KR IRS 251124
On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 at 07:25, Yeddanapudi Markandeyulu < [email protected]> wrote: > The Standardized Blundering-Accountancy > > > > Your income is my expenditure. Incomes and expenditures can only be equal. > There can be no profit or loss. This particular fact is the basis of barter > economies. Motivated and inspired by Theism, in the Barter economies one > strives to give as much as one can, with Altruism as the emotional drive. > In India every caste had, may be still has a God of the Caste-The Kula > Divam,with a Temple of that Caste God, who continuously inspired, the > people of the caste to improve and contribute to the society. The Caste > symbiosis was the foundation of the Hindu societies. There was no chase for > the basically nonexistent monetary profit or the fear of loss. The Barter > economies continuously inspired. There were no business units chased by the > fear of loss, there was no need for neurotic marketing, as one gave away > what one produced, often with the creations of creativity added freely and > as one received free all his/her needs from the other castes. > > The God of the caste was continuously present at the work place. Castes > did not comprise of profit chasing business units. Each caste continuously > created meaning and purpose to life, the Divine Meaning and the Divine > Purpose. > > With the emergence of the Business Units, whose only real motto is profit, > Society became the phenomenon to be exploited, to milk the monetary profit. > The expenditures are minimized, or the giving to the society by the society > shall be minimized while taking from the society shall be maximized to make > the unit profitable. But as incomes and expenditures in the society as a > whole can only be equal, the firms Darwin each other. It is called or > euphemized and made respectable by the term competition. > > The competition creates winners who become very rich while the losers > languish. Unfortunately the basic injustice is directed at nature itself, > making the economic prosperity, into ecological poverty. Technologies that > harm and destroy nature to make the profit are designed by the business > units; diseasifying nature. The profit of a business unit is automatically > loss to nature. > > Every manufacturing process damages nature actually poisons the land, > water and air. The manufactured products create only sickness. But by > indulging into the practice of customer directed hypnosis as advertizing, > the poisons are marketed for consumption. Commercial advertizing is > actually the attempt to hypnotize people into buying the bad things. > > Our economic activity today has divorced us from nature and the Biosphere, > cut our very link in the ecological chain of life. The MBA, MTech etc that > pour out of the Universities are in fact the new and new Basmasuras who > destroy nature. Our educations have become anti nature, anti ecological. > Every course in every university today, is anti ecological. They are the > captives of business units. > > It is the basic duty of every university very urgently to revive ecology. > We have been destroying nature continuously and we hope and expect that > nature will get exploited like putty. > > Let us hope for the emergence of at least one University that revives > Ecology and fights for the rights of nature, fights the profit greedy > monstrosities the Business and Industrial units. > > YM Sarma > > Chat GPT > > This text, written by YM Sarma, offers a philosophical critique of modern > economic systems, particularly focusing on the shift from barter economies > and caste-based symbiosis to profit-driven business units. It raises > concerns about how economic activities in today's world exploit nature and > human relationships, aiming to maximize profit at the cost of ecological > health and societal welfare. The writer argues that the rise of > profit-centric businesses leads to ecological degradation and social > inequality, with winners (the wealthy) benefiting while the losers (the > poor and nature) suffer. It also critiques the role of modern education, > particularly in fields like business and technology, for fostering a > mindset that prioritizes profit over environmental sustainability. > > *Key Ideas in the Text:* > > 1. *Barter Economy and Theism:* The writer contrasts the modern > monetary system with the barter economies of the past, especially those > influenced by Theism, where people gave freely, inspired by altruism. In > such systems, castes worked symbiotically, with each caste contributing to > society according to its capabilities, and a divine purpose underpinning > these interactions. > 2. *Shift to Profit-Centric Business Units:* The text criticizes the > emergence of business units that are primarily driven by the need to > generate profit. These units seek to minimize their expenditures (including > contributions to society) while maximizing profits, leading to competition, > where winners get rich and losers face hardship. This is seen as a cause of > societal and ecological imbalance. > 3. *Ecological Harm:* The profit-driven model is seen as inherently > harmful to the environment. Manufacturing processes are depicted as > destructive to nature, with pollutants harming the land, water, and air. > The writer argues that businesses, motivated by profit, design technologies > that poison nature, and commercial advertising serves to manipulate people > into supporting these harmful practices. > 4. *Education’s Role:* The critique extends to modern education, > particularly in fields like business (MBA) and technology (MTech), which > the writer believes are complicit in perpetuating this harmful, > profit-driven mindset. Universities, instead of fostering ecological > awareness and responsibility, are seen as reinforcing an anti-ecological > ideology, training future professionals who will contribute to the > destruction of nature. > 5. *Call to Revive Ecology:* The writer calls for a resurgence of > ecological consciousness within universities and society as a whole. He > stresses that nature cannot be exploited indefinitely, and a new generation > of thinkers, leaders, and professionals must emerge who are committed to > protecting nature and prioritizing ecological sustainability over profit. > > *Thematic Critique:* > > The core of Sarma’s argument revolves around the need for a shift from an > economic model driven by profit to one based on ecological sustainability > and social responsibility. This is framed not just as a critique of > business practices, but also as a call for societal and educational reform. > The text emphasizes the importance of returning to values that prioritize > the well-being of nature and the collective good over individual wealth and > material success. > > Sarma's ideas echo broader critiques of capitalism, particularly those > concerned with environmental degradation, the concentration of wealth, and > the disconnect between human societies and the natural world. His call for > universities to reorient their focus toward ecology and to fight the > influence of profit-driven industries aligns with the growing movement for > sustainable development and ecological justice. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZopXMBxe1Gjbqp%3D0qmZYvJYrif6n1X2n8FSCWhBu_sU07Q%40mail.gmail.com.
