The "System"

Well let’s get to the point. I didn’t know what to write on for a long time. It was bothering me immensely. I was later suggested by a friend that I should write on anything that makes me think for more than 15 minutes. I found that advice highly useful and thus, I’m posting on my blog today.
Now most of us are aware of there being some sort of corruption or another in our country. Lets not kid ourselves, we all have seen it at some point or another in our lives, it’s just that we tend to not pay much heed to it because it’s been around us for so long that we don’t even feel that’s it’s something we need to take a stand against. Being honest here, we feel that as long as we’re getting our work done on time and meeting deadlines, any means adopted are all worthwhile.

Yet, most of us fail to realise the cost of such actions. Not the price, no, there’s a difference. Time and again, we’ve failed to understand the repercussions of our actions. I for one think and I’m sure you would agree with me, that achieving success once is never enough. Any normal human will want to do something bigger the next time around. If today you bribe a traffic inspector, that’ll just increase your courage and you’ll be bound to commit more traffic violations because you will not fear retribution as you’ve gotten yourself out of the situation in the past. In practicality, these incidences are but building blocks to heighten anybody’s knack of excessively acting against the law. How different are we from thieves who start with small, petty crimes and work their way up to bigger and more dangerous acts. Have we shown ourselves any different from them? Of course we haven’t, and that worries me immensely.

In a society that’s almost parasitical, we need to understand that people learn from their own experience and that of others as well. Experiences of avoiding the wrath of the law are commonplace and almost everybody will narrate an experience with utmost joy and satisfaction. Isn’t it necessary for us to understand the fact that outlaws aren’t heroes. They’re criminals; it’s just the magnitude of their acts that differ from time to time.

Why do we see news of the children of policemen and politicians getting away with almost whatever they do? Somehow the “System” doesn’t seem to get to them. They get away with murder, yes, cold blooded murder. I’m sure you all will understand the obvious reference I want to make here. The fact that a few strong interventions are always needed to set things straight, possibly in the same manner a dazed person is slapped back to reality, we need something that can act whenever needed without prior delay. I do not wish to be an ignorant hypocrite stating that we need a change in our system, what we need to do is realise the problems first, understand them carefully and act accordingly. Only by doing that can we truly ever believe to rid ourselves of this corruption.

Now there have been committees that have worked against corruption in our country. But let’s not kid ourselves, the sheer enormity of the pressure under which the people who work against corruption just cannot be undermined. We all know the son of a powerful political family can get high on cocaine in his house and the media can do nothing but sit and watch. What with all the power of our democracy, we can be but silent witnesses to a much higher power that refuses to change, “The System”.

The System refuses to change. It’s fearful of change. I do not wish to sound clichéd but let us be the change we wish to see. Show the oldies in office what we’re talking about. Let us tell the world that we want a change and that we want it now. That we are going to mosh through the puddles of hypocrisy of this democracy and emerge our victorious selves.