Can we change society through the present way of our struggle?
Everybody has virtues and vices. But, undoubtedly left leaning/ progresive people are ideologically and comparatively better than rest of society.
Society has reached such a quagmire of immortality venality, apathy and insensitiveness that nobody can extricate it but unitedly can prevent further deterioration which was rapid in the last ten years .
There are various ways for doing society within one’s limitation. We being the part of the trade union are doing something in different ways in different capacities. But that is not enough unless our people or left leaning or progressive people remain in important positions of society or become opinion makers or indulge in struggle or educate society regularly . It is not question of who is more or less talented, capable or effective, the simple thing is that if our liked minded people are important positions, they can extend help. if one has access to the media, they can put forth our views before people . If our like minded people become legislators, ministers,judges, doctors, bureaucrats, they can help our causes more. Yes, one’s behaviour changes with gain of power and wealth. But everybody does not get changed in the same degree . Left leaning people continue to have some sympathy. Further, when one occupies important positions or becomes legislation, minister, he/ she has to obey the instructions of those forces or ideology who have helped them to reach such positions. Even in a trade union, it is difficult to function independently . In every sphere, people try to control and dictate. If one does not cope, they face hurdles.
Despite this limitation and drawbacks, society can be changed only when left leaning or good people will hold important positions and can take pro people decisions.
Without active politics, it is utmost difficult. Ruling class appoints those people in important positions not necessarily who are efficient, effective but who have loyalty to the ruling class. Today , intellectuals having loyalty to the ruling class are promoted and given platforms. Iam not telling that one should be part of the ruling class if it is ideologically hostile, antagonistic to us. But we can encourage them to excel in different fields of society or take help of lesser evil. We can motivate our children, relations, neighbours in pro people’s angles. Never expect anyone to be cent percent perfect but reasonably perfect or pro people despite limitations. But, I have observed that, we kill aspirations of people and do not encourage them to achieve something in society . But we advise doing certain things which everybody can do. Aspirations do not mean to get promotion but excelling in different aspects of life.
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