i was following the internet and news over the last few days and the whole strike issue reared its head again ..
made me think a little about the collective and the union and its eventual impact on the lives of those it supposed to be looking after. more esentially i was looking at the num etc etc strike which impacts almost every sphere of what is happening in the country at the moment .. the hi way development the now almost infamous gautrain the 2010 stadiums and and and ..
now i am sure they have point going on strike IMHO .. but how do we measure the impact of real crippling strike at the end of the day.. how much does that now actually benefit the person who is trying to get a better wage? No i do not know enough details about the strike to know whether or not the strike is justified.. But at the end of the day .. this sends massive ripples through our society.. what happens if we lose the 2010 because of something like this? what impact does that have on those Workers and the millions of others affected? is the collective greater than the immediate collective representing the individual within the collective have more importance than the global collective being the country? That is of course saying categorically that I am terrifically opposed to exploitation at all levels of business .. how many of us are sufferers of one or other form of exploitation.. contractors .. through labour brokers .. teachers etc etc ..
where do we draw the line .. how do we correct the Evils in this case of capitalism.. were people make there buck along the "value chain"? Who knows .. should we move to socialist society that creates a truly equal person? Can we ever hope for any form of principled capitalism? Who is more important at the end of the day? The doctor the politician the MD the CEO? who is actually the most important.. and what about callings like education, caregivers and nurses? Do we not all deserve an equal life, opportunity .. bla bla fish paste.. Or is actually a case of survival of the fittest for the human race.. where through the structures we build we eventually implode the entire system, is it ever possible on a country, regional global scale possible to have a society like this..
I doubt this? I suspect we are rather selecting for the evil, manipulative, caniving and the downright exploiter that will eventually destroy all of society, till the individual creates a collective to destroy the apparent evil and starts the cycle all over again .. eys this is an old thread taking us back to Velikovsky and the likes .. but that is just the way it is ...
back in a flash
well it took longer than i thought ..
but existential crisis's do ..
on an entirely different topic :
i think i am silly and this may be one of the last broadcast blogs for a while.
not in any way other than..
I am not going to post out the blogs anymore .. they will be available on a RSS feed so it will be a choice thing .. unless an email auto-copy is requested,,
thank you all for enduring my blog abd its sillyness but this will be the last in its current format ...
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adios
the sillyness now stops
it is time for a new leaf a new me ...
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