The Poor, The Poorer, and The Pathetic

Discrimination has occurred in variously many forms. From the color of our skin to the origin of our ancestors to the very latest on that list, money, people have been divided and ruled by tyrants and hypocrites. Though the worst of these tyrants is inevitably the human mind, the rate of decay of the human heart and soul also play a vital role in disgracing the very fabric that is humanity. Good is not always right and bad is not always wrong, but then what is greater good?

There has never been discrimination based on how thick ones purse is in the olden days. Well, not at least in the direct sense. And do not compare with movies, for they were made in recent times, even though titles suggest 10000BC, Troy, and Alexander. The rich have oppressed the poor and the poor have only become poorer. Is not talent and potential given a fair hand in this world? They try to grab it and they are called as uncivilized barbarians. They may be poor, but it is the rich who are pathetic.

A most recent of experiences told me two very strange new and upcoming horrifying levels of discrimination. One is of the literate and illiterate, in which a vast majority of the illiterate blames the literate for their sorry state of affairs. Just because I should wear a bag and travel to college in formals does not mean that I am to pay extra fare for an auto rickshaw. The fellow asks for an unbelievably high fare and argues that I study and buy a car and use petrol, thus am indirectly going to be responsible for future fuel price hikes! Preposterous! The educated had a higher sense of purpose in this world until came along vast tidings in corruption which ironically is the educated masses fault as we do not speak up. Do we need “Jai Baba” campaigns to save our country or are we enough? Of course we are but we can’t do anything about it. Who’s poorer now? Not Baba Ramdev for sure.

The second one was even more shocking. This trend has not affected my life to a greater extent. But teenagers or toddlers, adults or adolescents, none are spared. This is perhaps the worst sense of discrimination as it is more psychological than physical or congenital. The best way to put it is, “Well if you don’t have an Apple product then please change your name to iUseless”. Talk about pathetic.

People have lost the sense of monetary transactions in the modern age. The medium (unit) of monetary exchange was called as talents as it was your skill and talents that gave you a means to access of money. One can go to the extent of saying this sense was lost with the Roman Empire as ideologies split within the empire until it grew so weak that it was devoured by greed, corruption and betrayal to self conscience. To think of ideologies about money in Roman terms in today’s world, credit card companies should be dealt with in the fight club way. Well, but that’s just me.