The joining years of the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries were the finest years in the history of humanity. The world was integrating and people, in general, were prospering. People had better ease of life and livelihood. More and more people could relish facilities like dining out, driving long, and flying, a preserve of the rich only earlier. The so-called poor were feeding themselves better and had access to better things which make living worthwhile. More pertinently, everyone had got clarity about the means of moving ahead, and a fair number of examples before them. The humanity momentum, which was bringing forth this, was designated as neoliberalism. Indeed, it was the revival of the suppressed wisdom of humanity gained over the millennia-old struggle for the common good. Let me clarify this, neoliberalism is not primarily an ideological construct, it is a general sentiment for living better, peacefully and harmoniously, which gets vented in different theoretical formulations.
This state of affairs was not to the liking of everyone. The cumulative heartburns of the privileged on seeing the hitherto underclass sharing spaces with them erupted in many holy forms. They were ever hateful of neoliberalism but rallied to crush it seeing its outcome. They have succeeded but gains are not lost wholly. The underclass needs to see the reason and voice their understanding.
Niraj Kumar Jha
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