At the outset this excellent article in New York
Times titled ‘The Real Victims of Victimhood’ by Arthur C.Brooks in the link given
within brackets
[ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/27/opinion/sunday/the-real-victims-of-victimhood.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0
] has not only vindicated my long held observation and has made me get into
certain depths of the issue discussed namely ‘victimhood’ and ‘Victimhood
peddling as a profession’.
Any topic I normally throw
into the cauldron of life in context as it is happening now along with all that
has happened and churn it with a churn staff or kirn swee of contextually relevant
observations.
Then it brings out the cream of vital intrinsic essence
which may be expressed in certain Meta terminologies.
In this topic of victimhood it has in principle thrown out
certain facts and also the socio-political and religio-cultural exploitation of
gullible and vulnerable psychological and emotional states and economic status
etc.
While we all must, in whatever ways we can and with whatever
means we can afford to, first take cognizance of the facts and then at least
attempt to address them.
At the same time we must also be aware of the peddlers of
victimhood who make a business out of exaggerated or imagined projection with a
well assigned label of exploitation.
The Meta terms [which by definition include manifestation of
various degrees, intensities and dimensions of what they refer to] that come up
when we churn the topic of victimhood in the cauldron of life are broadly speaking:
- fear, poverty, identity crisis, lack
of harmony in society and with nature, generating a feeling of deep
desperation, creating a camouflaged crisis, frustration with many existing options/possibilities
etc.
These two broad aspects /factors namely emotional states or
economic status unleash an enormous amount of concomitant issues, ideologies,
ism etc.
Victimhood peddlers are more visible and vocal than actual
victims.
In many cases these very peddlers ’livelihood and identity thrive
on continuation of victimhood.
So they suggest and vociferously propagate ideologies and
activities which are preventing actual remedy- in some cases it is intended and
in certain cases it is the outcome of ignorant assumptions, perverted presumptions,
preconceived perceptions and ideological fixations.
Even when there
is a gut-wrenching poverty and if we feel for it, as a short term measure or
remedy we can feed or donate out of compassion.
But at the same
time we must ensure to study, debate some basics of Public Policies, government
plans, programs, implementations, various aspects of economics to ensure treating
the malady and curing the ills of poverty and deliver as best as we can through
multiple methods to cure the diseases of the victim rather than merely stop
with projecting and getting a clandestine profit by perpetuating it or temporarily
masking the symptoms of deep rooted malady.
Most of the victimhood peddlers belong to a group I call as
DROPS in the ocean of life because they try to seek an identity predominantly
through Demonstrations Rallies Opposing Protesting
and Sloganeering.
They script emotionally appealing but logically fallacious
stories of victim hood and illusions of ill treatment with exaggerated
projection of inequalities without any workable and sensible permanent cure or
remedy.
This entire scripting team is made with media nexus which
makes its own business by working for certain political outfits to test the public
reactions on ground political parties’ ideological or other hidden agenda, ulterior motives, lurking suspicions
etc
They normally
instigate people between two extremes of phobia and philia.
They use two weapons
of mass destruction perception deficit
and presumptive conclusions.
They master the art
of selective amnesia and collective indifference and ensure passive receptivity
of the gullible and vulnerable.
In this process they create an atmosphere in all places, in all
ages leaving people culture less, pride less, identity less living a life in
vacuous inanity and nurtured inferiority complex and a sense of victim hood
where there is none.
Status quo addiction based on these petrifies these
peddlers of victimhood along with their putrefied perceptions and puerile
intentions which are constantly exposing them overwhelmingly but they fail to
accept it because of their intoxication with victimhood peddling.
Once this modus operandi was initially used as a political
brainwashing technique as a ploy to play by magnifying the societal disparities
to dislodge the Empires in many parts of the world but then gradually these
self appointed leaders of inequality uprooters replaced the kings and carried on the same
atrocities and enjoyed the same privileges as the kings knowing well that they
could easily intoxicate the masses with catchy slogans, brainwashing
ideological sign posts, selective presentation of victim hood etc wherever the exigencies demand they clandestinely
act as a conduit of funds to many.
They unfortunately become popular too in some illiterate
environs and appropriated the labels of intelligentsia and/or left liberals etc
and their success is manifest in their ability to let their brand of propaganda
seep in and get stored in the subconscious of the victims.
They also create their own parasites and parrots in many
institutions and media houses.
Terms: - Liberty, Liberal and Freedom
I would like to say that the words Liberty and liberal
have evolved through a very opaque things or systems etc it had referred to for
example word liberty the etymology of the word liberty itself from the Latin
words "Liber," "Libera," and "Liberum" -- with a
Long I -- came from the root meaning, "to pour." From this, we get
the word "Liberty" (hence pronounced with a short I), from the
freedom we feel when we get drunk, a sort of feeling high. So a lot
depends on what you pour and what gives a feeling of high.
If the same word ‘liber’with a long I -- means, "to
peel," [from which the word library is supposed to have come ] and
the word liberal from latin liberalis “ noble, gracious,
munificient” and according to one of the best books on history ‘History for a
united world’ that I have read long back by an author called Edward
Herbert Dance mentions that the word liberty and liberal were used
for nobles and the aristocrats and it indicated or referred more to ‘class
privilege than anything else’
So even taking it literally liberty depends on what gives
you a feeling of high and it gets its identity with that and as indicated above
in modern media labeling it gets identified with anything that is perceived as
leftist socialistic concepts correctness and therefore, or to be more blunt and
precise, because of that very reason there is nothing lofty about the word
liberal itself. So if someone says he is very liberal minded means exactly that
‘he is identifying himself with a concept of correctness as defined and
determined by the leftist socialistic ideology and it varies from country to
country.
The left must be credited for mutilating even the very
meaning of the word by the connotations that they have given it and the brand
building exercises that they have carried on.
The word free too has two sides the brighter one goes in its
root to the word love itself but the darker one is an adverb you get something
free, not for free. To quote from ‘Word Nerd’ ‘freebooter is a pirate,”frees”
the “booty” from a ship. The elements of freedom are free and doom, but when
the word came into English , this combination meant “condition of being judged
to be free” and doom then meant “deem”.
Most of these so called intellectuals are left leaning, and
therefore never learning anything liberals.
I wish all of you also read these two excellent links second
one short [about how dirty the word liberty is’ and the first one long about
how mutilated and raped history is.
The world
is getting more well knit , better informed and therefore opting to choose
predominantly politicians who can address on a priority basis the economic well being then of course all other issues
in order of priority for well being and happiness
of human beings and ensuring a good
environment for all now and for posterity.
So most
successful politicians are aware of the rules of the game now, though certain
inevitable activities, sometimes even quiet contradictory to the above referred
aspects may be adopted for gaining political power and mileage.
So in
general we must know all politicians need not necessarily be corrupt, criminal,
ineffective, insincere there are /have been many exceptions;
Institutional
rules and frameworks must/may/can ensure proper administrations, less
corruption, less partiality, recognition of pure merit!
Advantage
of politicians of all hues and colors is that some of them have a natural knack
of decision making and administration because they can feel the pulse of situation
much better-they only need to learn or be properly guided about the
nitty-gritty of nuances of the domain;
All these
are because politicians have wider contacts and connect because of their social
activities and interactions at all levels and along without a clout, foot
soldiers, faithful followers and besides politicians do not hesitate to wield
power to get things done.
Many
politicians are sincere are serious about whatever they do at least for the mileage
that they derive out of the activities and incidentally some of them are educated and
concerned about social welfare.
While
politician bashing is always a preferred filler for all media because it often pleases
some, media, especially main stream media, to be more precise most 24/7 news
[nuisance] channels have to realize that social media is exposing all their
lies, partialities, puerile priorities, putrefied projections , petrified
prejudices, sensationalism seeking, their dubious designs, hidden agenda and
arrogant anchor room arm chair struck verbal churning masquerading as know-all and judge –all experts.
Business
people who help feed so many families, politicians who help address many social
issues are far better than many media persons who secrete only negativity,
sensationalism, scandals and have forgotten positive news at all.
Media
profiling, projections, assigned labels, appropriations do not mean ‘Perception’.
I have checked all dictionaries of English.
FEAR
LIFE WILL CONTINUE ALWAYS NO DOOMSDAY
Poverty
Alleviation
Perception even
in its real sense and its short comings
