Why doesn’t technology create hindsight? People with foresight have obviously failed. They have failed to gauge the depths of violence, corruption, greed, depravity, lust that human beings can fall to. Power corrupts in so many ways. We have seen the corruption in polity, bureaucracy, judiciary, the police force and even the defence forces. The big fish always eat the small fish. Any ray of hope is squashed by internal bickering and fighting over /for power.
The mass movement which started in August is concentrating on by polls. A key member in that movement obviously has aspirations other than the cause of the people. Others are dropping out of the team. The head of the team, a man of impeccable honour should not go the ‘Dogsborough way’ (a reference to the absolutely chilling masterpiece by Brecht “The resistible rise of Arturo Ui”).
Karl Marx set out to create a world where all men were equal. George Orwell showed how ‘some men were more equal than others’ even within the framework of equality. Today our very friendly neighbour, whose cheap goods flood our market, is as corrupt as us. The only difference is that things of great quality are made in spite of the corruption. The people there still have a sense of pride in their work.
Meanwhile an old politician with prime ministerial aspirations is out on another chariot. This time he promises a corruption free India. Really? Is he serious? If only he would concentrate on some of the things his colleagues have been busy doing, 1/4th the corruption could have been controlled. The other 3/4ths is of course in the hands of our ruling party and its allies. There’s no cure for that! The corruption levels will in fact shoot up because everybody would want to fill their pockets before the next general elections. After all they are going to find it really tough trying to come back to power. They would require a lot of funds for horse trading!
Rabindranath Tagore wrote “where the mind is without fear” with the absolute belief that that time will come soon. Today children recite the poem apathetically waiting for the next terror strike.
John Lennon wrote “Imagine there’s no country” in the hope that his dream would be a reality before he passed away. Today there are more countries than before.
Would Hitler have been different with hindsight? Or would he have been worse?
He would have used it to his advantage. Maybe hindsight would make everyone worse! It’s a good thing hindsight comes last!
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