Do comfortable people realize, that thought the unprivileged must work to earn theirs, sometimes the playing field is not fair? Do people of countries realize this, when comparing theirs with another country?
Last night I read a tweet from Accenture citing a World Economic Forum on economic growth forecast of India, that will grow twice as fast as Russia’s, in the next 3 years. A few things popped in my head, and the following were some of them, in the tweet form that I put out.
At what expense/sacrifice? RT @Accenture: #wef study on growth: Nxt 3 yrs, India’s economy grow twice as fast as Russiahttp://bit.ly/y5msQO
It’s unfortunate, tho to some level understandable, tht our measure of ‘growth’ is often (solely) on economic terms. It’s difficult to escape(but shldnt be ignored,better still addressed),tht economic growth often has negative impact in othr areas.
Jst bcz u dont hear about others experiencing negative impact fr positive economic growth doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen.
Jst bcz that voice of dissent is not loud,or strategically or constructively voiced,doesn’t negate the reality of the injustice.
U must keep in mind, the groups/segments of society tht is often at tht rotten end of injustice,dont hv the same resources u do. By tht reality,their platform4voicing out d injustice they go thru at d expense of the progress by others,isnt ‘democractic’ Bcz it’s not the same level playing field anymore (as they have as compared to those who have benefited).
Perhaps it might help ur perspective,looking at it on global platform,esp since the upper n mid class r more ‘international’. U cant compare the powers of a developed country (esp former imperial powers) w/ tht of a developing country (esp ex colonies). The measurements we compare today of what btwn the 2 have,was built upon based on the resource available 2 them. Worse still, if the resources of the developed, was plucked (exploited) fr the resources churned out by the developing. Not to mention,tht thru out the time the ‘developed’ was building themselves up, the ‘developing’ was busy working 4 the former.
So now take tht illustration, n look into d local context w/in a country,btwn the balance of the upper class n the lower class.
Look into the sector of access to education (opportunities), healthcare access, economic potentials. It goes a long way. When u look at it tht way,u might b more careful calling someone ‘kampung’ or ‘jakun’ n understand the gap in thinking/lifestyle. Bcz tht gap is socially n economically constructed, to benefit a segment of society, n to deprive another segment.
To some extent tht gap is inevitably, but tht does not discount the smart, by allowing them to be ignorant. That doesn’t discount the rich, to distant from the poor. If that’s not enough to knock some sense,imagine if u were in the shoes of the deprived and ignored. K. Aku penat. Slamat malam.
