Development Or Destruction
By Janaka Goonetilleke –October 13, 2015
Dr. Janaka Goonetilleke
Why Asia Should Go Back to Its Roots: A Sri Lankan Perspective
Since Vas go De Gama attacked and took over the peaceful international Spice market in Calicut , Asia embarked on five centuries of violence and subjugation that continues to this date. At the time 50% of the worlds GDP was of India and China. Today the joint percentage of GDP is about 20% after the recent increase in economic activity china vastly improving its status to 16% but with a greatly increased environmental damage that was not evident then.
The present system of destruction continues with monetary pressure from the IMF/ World Bank, Geo political pressure and Military pressure of the neo colonial powers with the agreement and the connivance of the Bankers, corporatist and politicians. The latest accusation of Human Rights violations by the Sri Lankan Army is a casing point. Military activity creates human rights violations whether one likes it or not. It is inevitable. If it is true for SL army then it is true for the American army that has killed so many in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya etc. This hypocrisy is to apply pressure on the SL Government to allow it self to be subjugated so that they can have a controlling power over the sovereignty of Sri Lanka. Lord Macaulay’s education system of enslavement is still working perfectly as the government bends backwards to appease.
Sri Lanka is a microcosm of the so-called developing Asian countries be it Bangala desh, India, Burma etc. An example to understand the rest of Asia.
Today humanity is made to breathe polluted air, eat polluted food, drink polluted water with cancer rates proliferating at a unbelievable rate and more importantly dehumanizing society which is the most concerning. A process created by money economics’ and the illusion that the rulers are well in control when they are not. Mindlessness in pursuit of greed and quick fixes of creative destruction is the philosophy.
The rulers have embarked on a process of self-agrandialisation to impress on the people their infallible nature, a mental disease defined as narcism of emotion but narcism of materialism, which is greed, is not defined as a mental disorder as yet. This is evident by the number of cut outs of politicians one sees on every street corner ironically with a beggar begging at the bottom of the cut out. Unknown to the many the country is now at its debts door perfectly presented by the media of a successful progressive country awaiting yahapalanaya (Good Governance) the answer to all ills when in reality the country is in regression, with environment damage of land slides, flooding etc and a un payable debt. All the time the rulers have been selling the rights of its citizens to slavery and debt or selling off the countries wealth. They have bankrupted the country that even made their children abandon the country. More cynical people will say they leave to enjoy the ill-gotten wealth of their parents. Read More
