Plan of <b><i>human</b></i> subjugation
Strategy is not the prerogative of war enterprise alone, rather it is a ubiquitous tool deployed by every member of society. In today's world solipsistic strategy that is the norm of the interpersonal game leaves the victims without any means of meaningful survival. The meaning of their life is abducted through the unequal strategies of society. Although both rural and urban people resort to available means to make a living, the employing groups equipped with the individualistic goal ostracize them from the share of equitable economic gain. Despite their considerable size, the mass people are pitted against each other through the market system of supply-demand chain. It has been reported that in Jamalpur students marooned by stagnant water venture to school by swimming keeping dry clothes in cooking utensils. This incident shows the indefatigable character of the students negotiating harsh surroundings as well as their down-to earth adaptive strategies. But people's servitude to self-absorbed strategy of economic affluence is to be blamed for cavalier attitude towards others. In an alienated world strategy means making people fend for themselves without the warmth of mutual support. The Rwandan genocide of Hutu and Tutsi as the direct outcome of Belgian colonial stratagem provides us food for thought to excoriate the division orchestrated between human groups. Hotel Rwanda captures the intensity of grudge with excellent construction of reality. The French colonial policy in Algeria and the 'operation champagne' to stamp out anti-colonial struggles with the imposed proclamation that French rule was inevitable and indispensable for the betterment of the Algerians highlights the wicked design of colonialism. Pontecorvo's 'Battle of Algiers,' bears testimony to the French colonial exploitation and Algeria's struggle for independence. Such self-defined agenda has contemporary example in Time magazine's coverage of a physically mutilated Afghan woman by her husband underlining the trumpet-blowing that the situation in Afghanistan would exacerbate in the wake of America's departure. It is very interesting how the US government turned their back on the Cold War freedom fighters of Afghanistan and how the colonial strategies of the British in the Indian subcontinent destroyed Muslin industry and coerce peasants to engage in indigo cultivation. These are some instances of dehumanization process. The strategy of American browbeating and total war to wreak havoc in areas through its venomous sting renders it increasingly vulnerable to counter-attack from the victimized bloc. The exploitative strategy of employing groups does not mean that the generality capitulate to the negating plans. In Tebagha movement the share-croppers revolted against the Zaminders for two-third share of their sweat and labour. Ambedkar -the apologist of benevolent strategy- tried to break the shackles of untouchability as he was born a Mahar. He with a view to ameliorating the situation got educated in secular law and with the formation first of Independent Labour Party and then Scheduled Caste Federation (SCF) and eventually The Republican Party of India tried to wrestle with the discriminatory provisions. He, prodded by the core beliefs of French Revolution, formed Samta Samaj Sangh to promote inter-caste marriages and commensality. His experiential knowledge put him in a position to banish the caste-based rules of alienation and hereditary work. The solipsistic strategy of Brahmanism got violently stirred by the counter-active endeavours of Ambedkar. His deep concern for the Hindu women was evidenced by the drafting of Hindu Code Bill which would have accorded women the power to dissolve marriage and inherit property had it been passed. Later his conversion to Buddhism along with a huge group of Dalits was a protest against the caste-driven social structure of India. His strategy of transcending the caste hierarchy exists as a blow on the face of self-absorbed solipsism. M.N Roy- founder of the Communist Party of Mexico and India - was one of the greatest revolutionaries who designed a philosophical school called radical humanism or scientific humanism where according to him scientific knowledge freed human beings from the pre-conceived plot of God. The approach attempted to confute the commonly held view that human beings are selfish and replace it with an altruistic human nature. He argued that radical humanism endorsed the tenets of scientific man as the centre of the universe. Such an attempt despite its flaws intimated us the doctrine that we cannot indulge in selfish strategies for the realization of our confined preferences. His strategy first as a Marxist and then as a radical humanist gave us an opportunity to deal with human crisis through the unconditional fealty to humanism. Lila Naag who was the epitome of altruistic strategy strived towards the fortification of women's status and the emancipation of the colonized masses from the exploitation of East India Company in Indian subcontinent. The establishment of Dipali Sangha to empower women with different preoccupations like handicrafts and physical exercise, her active participation in a revolutionary organization called SriSangha and imprisonment are instances of deploying humanist strategy where benevolence reigns supreme. A journal called Joyosri became the spokesperson of people's rights against the oppressive and unjust actions of government. Her contribution towards the female education through the establishment of schools like Narishikkha Mandir, Kamrunnesa Girl's School (amongst others) as well as other activities makes her strategy a worthwhile scheme to be replicated for the accomplishment of a 'Brave New World' devoid of exploitation and subjugation. In Ecuador, Texaco and Chevron polluted and destroyed the habitat of indigenous communities like Secoya and Cofan disposing of polluting substances having extracted crude oil. They did so in the conviction that they could get away with their crime, for to them the community people were subhuman species. Such perception is not new in human history as there have always been such tyrannical groups which acted like social bandits appropriating the share of the masses. The blatant disregard towards fellow human beings for the cajoling of profit-making scheme is really pathetic. While exploiting others we tend to forget that the snare we are preparing for others will be the quicksand of our destruction from the scenario. Institution of human enslavement of different form in the first place brings forth the retaliatory mechanism of mutual vendetta.
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