Tribal Co-operative Or Civilised Capitalist Society?

All 'Tribes' including Aryan tribe took over from simpler hunters and cultivators; they gave way to the more advanced cultures we call Civilizations. But civilization is not advance over Tribal society simply by reason of its dominance power.

By Citizen Correspondent Shyamal Barua

Date Posted: 02/24/07

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Since World War II, the last 60 years of rapid industrialization and capitalist economy has brought huge disparities and untold misery to the world's majority in the underdeveloped and developing countries and has put enormous pressure on the vital resources, the very life-line of this planet.

Added to that the corporatisation of Industry (including Agriculture) over past few decades has led to merger and acuisitions of big companies globally, especially giant transnational corporations in G8 countries,through their lobbying of rich governments and influence over the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the World Trade Organisation and other institutions, multinational corporations wield immense power and influence over the global economy and are driving the world away from social and environmental sustainability. Around the world, communities affected by corporate activities continue to have no access to transparent decision making, participation in decisions and means of redress. The plethora of corporate voluntary initiatives has clearly failed to deliver responsible corporate behaviour and the corporate greed (as the corporations are actually a dehumanised entity for whom more and more business turnover and profit is the only goal, rest everything is expendable) will make them bend rules or do anything to further their business and profit.

The corporatisation of the media in the western world has been constantly catering to the needs of these corporations for mutual benefit and have made most of their population into consuming all kinds of junks and garbage, most of them having a detrimental effect on their health and mind.