The Sitting Ducks of the US

It is here that I should be mentioning the Sitting Ducks of the US. The War for American Independence was a war between the people of the same nation. I do not know whether it could be called a Civil War, for it was fought in a different geographical location far removed from the mother nation. The people arrayed on both sides were the people of Great Britain. Both sides more or less had the same cultural quality, even though it would be quite right to say that the mother nation naturally had the higher standards. There was a huge section of the American population who sided with the British home government and their king. And in spite of the fact that the war was fought far-off from Great Britain, in all probability the British home side would have won the war. However, the French governing class played the spoilsport and send a naval force to block the British navy, which was bringing in essential resources, at a very critical point. It is true that at times pygmies can become deciding forces when the mighty personage is a bit tired and weak or in a compromised situation.

Another thing that did weaken the British side was a very persistent negative disposition that their media did show many times in history. That of speaking in glowing terms about George Washington even as the war was going on. This is a strange weakness that the English folks have displayed in many places all over the world.  

Now after the war, the English people of the American colony made a nation based on English experiences. Most of the ideas mentioned with regard to human rights in the US constitution can be visualised only from an English language mentality. None of them is plausible when seen from a feudal language mood. For, there is no concept of equality in feudal languages.

Here it may be mentioned that actually it is the direct opposite themes that proves the existence or non-existence of certain realities. I had this very curious life experience.

ILLUSTRATION

I was running a business with state-wide operations. Everything was going smooth and no one literally knew the depth of my business activities. However, in a particular place there was a family conspiracy against me, in which people pitched against me, in a mood of dire jealousy and created a lot of mischief. In a geographical area where I had no position of ‘respect’, I was pulled down. My mind was severely distracted by the fact that persons who were reputed to be my own close family members and whom I should have displayed as my powerful allies were going around with slander in a desperate mood to checkmate me. My business failed, for the logical movement of information and goods went awry. The dynamism that held up the state-wide operation was lost.

Now, when the operations went awry, the dealer network couldn’t understand what had gone wrong. Products were not reaching them. Then started a deluge of telegrams to my household, requesting immediate despatch of goods. It was then that I heard some of my family members mentioning that ‘he is running a fantastic business. See the amount of telegrams that are coming everyday’. Actually when the business was moving in a healthy manner, there was never even one telegram.

Another similar issue is connected to a caste called the Thiyyas of Malabar.

During the British rule, they received a lot of liberty that they did not go in for any massive protests or forming of social organisations to demand rights. However there was a similar caste called the Ezhavas in the Travancore kingdom which never had been under the British rule. The Ezhavas were severely discriminated and not allowed to get middle or higher government jobs. They organised into social organisations and protested to no avail, till a few years before Travancore was amalgamated into newly formed India. 

Now, there was a very evident reversal of status between the Thiyyas and Ezhavas. Ezhavas had a very powerful organisation, while the Thiyyas had none. Based on the lobbying power of these organisations, the Ezhavas managed to manipulate the government record to state that the Thiyyas were a sub caste of the Ezhavas. The question that was asked was, if the Thiyyas are not a Sub caste, how come they do not have a powerful organisation of their own. The simple answer that they had no requirement for that cannot be easily understood. The truth that they did not suffer any discrimination from the ruling British is not conveyable. For most of the modern Kerala historians spread a very stupid idea about history of this geographical area.

This theme has link to another thing that I had mentioned in the last chapter. That of Collective Wisdom. The native-English common man of England would one day find himself without any pro-English organisations, when all around him would flourishing organisations of rank outsiders, which would be demanding many kinds of reservations and placements. They would even seek a specific quota of seats in everything including the police. Their claim would be that England runs on their sweat and labour. Actually, the fact would be quite the reverse. That the very allowing of them to enter, live and breed in England is a fabulous opportunity given to them. For which they need to pay a huge compensation.