WHY our PM is harping on Development? It is not empty mind but empty stomach which is devil's playground!

How to bring about at least reasonable peace without violence and destruction all around? The one word answer is 'development'. Take those who have not much education, no land and/or house worth calling their own, no job or totally unsatisfactory one, no family as such. Would you expect them to behave like a responsible member of the society? Far from it. They hate the society. They think every moment of their life that the 'society' is against them and not providing them with opportunities and they hate it whole-heartedly. They are more prone to criminal activities for one, it provides them with some sustenance, besides absolves them from feeling any guilt about it because they sincerely and seriously believe they are taking revenge against the society and therefore the rules framed by the society do not apply to them. Rather they happily break those rules just for the heck of it. That is the reason they exhibit wantonly uncouth behaviour in public, indulge in petty quarrels or join street fights and demonstrations to vent their frustration.

Now, think of the same person going up the ladder of recognition. Getting some education or skill; finding a job with reasonable salary, some regularity in life even if it is not very satisfactory and above all some hope of going up the ladder in the near future. As he goes up and up in the ladder, he accepts the rules of behaviour of the society even without being aware of it. Once he reaches a level which he thinks is satisfactory keeping in mind his own qualification, you find him a reasonable member of the society. Most of the people belong to this category.

It is not as though all the poor living in undeveloped or poorly developed countries are anti-social. Not at all. Everyone compares his state with that of others. When all are almost poor he does not have much to complain! Almost the whole of Africa in the last century was in such a state. Probably Eskimos living near the pole are not very unhappy or at least we do not anything about it!

The higher the percentage of population of a nation who are  inimical to the society, the lesser you will find its development. This dissatisfaction of populace did not find much expression till about Communism found an expression. Fortunately the absence of equality among people in communism, brought in socialism and the absence of free expression of one's own  gave birth to democracy.

But democracy by itself has not brought in peace or prosperity. What is missing? What brings in stable tranquility in democracy? It is DEVELOPMENT. Nothing but development. As compared to a couple of centuries back, almost all developed countries are at peace now. Even the infrequent friction among these developed countries can be found to be based on competition for development. What is noticeable is after WWII and atomic weapons, nations have realized destruction by war will not bring in any peace and prosperity for those involved in it. Even the comparatively small wars indulged in were more because of the imbalance of prosperity.

What do we learn from all this? The more developed and prosperous one is, he is likely to abhor violence, which always leads to destruction. WHY our PM is harping on Development? It is not empty mind but empty stomach which is devil's playground!

This is the reason why our Prime Minister is focusing on development to the exclusion of almost everything else. He is not wrong. All other needs of society such as harmony, education and employment for all, housing and good living condition, are possible only AFTER development