-Caveat Lector- -------- Original Message -------- Subject: P.R.Sarkar's Law of Social Cycles 2/5 Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 00:23:59 -0100 From: Nurev Ind Research <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: Nurev Independent Research BCC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A society evolves over time in terms of four distinct eras. Sometimes warriors, sometimes intellectuals, and sometimes acquisitors dominate the social and political scene. Laborers never hold the reins ( this was Marx's mistake- J2 ), but at times the ruling class becomes so self-centered and currupt that a large majority of the people are reduced to poverty. The general public, engaged mostly in making a living, has then little time left for the finer aspects of life. Such a time may be called the age of laborers. No single group however, can exercise social supremacy forever. What is more interesting, as well as intriguing, is that the movement of society from one epoch to another follows a definite pattern. Specifically, in the development of every civilization, ancient or modern, Oriental or occidental, the era of laborers is followed by the era warriors, the era of warriors by the era of intellectuals, and the era of intellectuals by the era of acquisitors culminating in a social revolution - this is Sarkar's law of social cycles. Just as human evolution is indisputable, so are social cycles an inevitable natural phenomenon, where social supremacy shifts from one class to another, from the collectivity of one type of mind to another. Thus, underneath the seemingly haphazard change in society lies the invisible but unmistakable imprint of nature. Social evolution goes hand in hand with human evolution. THE ERA OF LABORERS How do we recognize the era of laborers? The laboring society is one that suffers from complete lack of guidance, leadership, and authority; one where the so called leaders become so egocentric and greedy that the majority of people, following in their footsteps , display a mentality ruled by instinctive behavior, greed, and total self concern. The era of laborers, then, is characterized by near anarchy, by a lack of social order. Family ties are not binding, people scorn higher values and the finer things in life, morals are extremely loose, crime is rampant, and materialism permeates society to the core. All laborer societies in ancient times were primitive, and remained primitive until some warriors emerged and wrested the leadership into their own hands. However, later laborer eras were actually governed by acquisitors and can be properly called acquisitor / laborer eras. A laborer today is one with low initiative and drive relative to people of other classes. And for this reason the laboring class is exploited as much today as in the past. Its toil is still indispensable to the survival of any society, but ruling classes are taking advantage of it everywhere in the world. The distinctive feature of a laborer society today would be the open disregard of governmental authority and law by its dominant members ( the rich and their corporations-J2 ). Thus, government may exist in a contemporary laborer society, but its rule would not be respected; violent crime would become rampant, with people living in fear.Today, the weakening of family bonds would be reflected in the lack of discipline of children and their disrespect for parental authority, in frequent divorces and marital violence, and the heartless removal of the elderly from the family. Women had a lowly status in the distant past; in a contemporary laborer society, such inferior status would be manifested in a high incidence of prostitution, pornography, and general exploitation of women by men. In short, if these characteristics are prevalent in a society, it is unmistakably languishing in the laborer era. A close scrutiny of history reveals that all civilizations occasionally pass through such periods, when for example, they are beset by internal fissures or external assaults. ACTUALLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EXTINCT AND EXISTING CIVILIZATIONS IS SIMPLY THAT THE FORMER WERE OVERWHELMED BY THE ILLS OF THE LABORER ERA, WHEREAS THE LATTER OVERCAME THEM TO RESUME THEIR FORWARD MARCH OF EVOLUTION. ( emphasis is mine-J2 ). [R.B.] DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! 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