For all of you who think that Truthers are just crazy fanatics making stuff up… I wanted you to see that now they are coming right out and telling you… this was all about bringing in the NEW WORLD ORDER. I know most of the snowflakes will still be too blind to recognize the truth. But here it is…
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Monday, March 9, 2020 5:30
Predictions from the Cult Classic, Steve Jackson, I-NWO Games
Predictions from the Illuminati Cards. Haven’t discussed these in a while. Here are some new predictions regarding the cards.
The latest edition of the game released in November 2018 is actually the 4th edition of the game. The 3rd edition was released in the late 1990s to early 2000s and was heavily redacted. The 2nd edition (most common type in internet images) with the black background versions which had more description (and in several cases different titles) were released between 1989 and 1995.
The 1st edition was a very basic card that more resembled chance and community chest Monopoly cards were released in 1983… This game has been around for a very long time…Illuminati is a standalone card game made by Steve Jackson Games, inspired by the 1975 book, The Illuminatus! Trilogy, by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea. The game has ominous secret societies competing with each other to control the world through various means, including legal, illegal, and even mystical.WikipediaYour Immune System is key to fighting off Viruses and Diseases. IMMUSIST™ Beverage Concentrate, the Clear Choice for Boosting Your Immune System!
You can see by this map that the outbreak is spreading exponentially.
How much longer do we have? Just Take A Look…
Map Timelapse of the Coronavirus
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Authorities shut down a street in Boston and dozens were transported from a Marriot Hotel to the hospital to be tested for coronavirus.
COVID-19 Cases Doubling in New York and Boston over the last 24 hours, ”Out Of Control”!
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Coronavirus was planned – A Synopsis of devilish coincidences
Coronavirus was planned – A Synopsis of devilish coincidences
The following intelligence is derived from sources inside the US Government and shared with us by a reliable source.
It is estimated that by March 25th, things will have deteriorated to alarming levels in the United States. According to sources the U.S. military has activated HPCON (Health Protection Condition – Charlie, the second-highest level behind Delta), placing bases in hot spots at nearly the highest level of alert and CONUS (Continental United States) at the second level. According to the HPCON chart from the US Army we are currently at level “C” where close contact is not advised. Level “D” -the highest- and essentially means widespread quarantines/lockdowns and military intervention.. Government agencies as well as Congress are very close to implementing full COOP plans. COOP is an acronym for “Continuation Of Operations,” where federal agencies impose their own kind of lockdown, limiting activities only to those essential to the public. Non-essential employees would already be furloughed until the crisis passes. Keep your eyes on the USPS. When they begin to limit deliveries to only a few days a week, it is cause for alarm. Locally (where where infection rate is high)- The Postmaster has the authority to enact curtailment as needed to protect his/her employees. This factor alone will cause severe financial distress for most Americans and possible riots. Prepare, and keep your wits. |
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The Army will raise the health protection condition to HPCON Charlie across all installations to align with other bases near Washington, D.C., the Army said Tuesday afternoon.
Joint Base Andrews and other installations in the D.C. area went to HPCON Charlie earlier in the week in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The move came as the Pentagon also reported what it believes is the first death of a DoD worker who tested positive for the virus.
HPCON Charlie indicates substantial risk and sustained community transmission of the COVID-19 disease. The highest level is HPCON Delta, which indicates severe risk and widespread community transmission.
Contingency response forces will go to HPCON Delta, though a list of all the units that includes was not immediately available, Army headquarters officials said over the telephone. The 82nd Airborne Division, for instance, maintains elements ready to deploy within 18 hours of notification to hotspots around the world.
“To further protect our contingency response forces from exposure to the COVID-19 virus, we are taking extra precautions and placing them under an HPCON Delta status,” Army Chief of Staff Gen. James C. McConville said in a statement. “We are committed to maintaining the Army’s fighting strength by reducing the spread of this virus while simultaneously maintaining dynamic force employment capabilities.”
Three Army field hospitals ordered to New York, Washington states
The Army hospitals will likely be sent first to New York City and Seattle, the defense secretary said.
HPCON Charlie will require installations to limit all access to essential personnel only and will limit the numbers of access points, Army headquarters said in a press release. All unit personnel are expected to follow all social distancing guidance to continue protecting our force, they added.
HPCON Delta requires soldiers to remain at home for extended periods of time, and restricts movement in the surrounding community.
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COVID-19: Army stands ready
By Devon L. Suits, Army News ServiceMarch 6, 2020
WASHINGTON — The Army is taking the necessary steps to combat the spread of COVID-19, all while simultaneously implementing measures to treat personnel impacted by the disease, the Army’s top medical officer said Thursday.
With the emerging concern over the spread of COVID-19, the safety and health of all service members have become one of DOD’s top priorities, said Thomas McCaffery, the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs.
According to data collected on March 4, four people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus throughout the Department of Defense, McCaffery said, as he testified with other defense health officials before the House Committee on Appropriations’ defense subcommittee.
One Soldier and two dependents stationed in South Korea were among the four that recently tested positive for the virus, said Lt. Gen. Scott Dingle, the Army surgeon general.
Twelve others throughout the DOD are “suspected” to have the virus and are awaiting results, added McCaffery. In support, the department has distributed “force health protection guidance,” based mostly on information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
COVID-19 can be spread from person-to-person, either through close contact, or through contact with “respiratory droplets” that can be produced after a person coughs or sneezes, according to information on the CDC’s website. People tend to be the most contagious when they are symptomatic. However, there are reports of COVID-19 spreading before a person shows symptoms.
The released DOD guidance outlines proper health-care worker protection, along with ways to screen and report a patient when the virus is detected, McCaffery said. The documents also identify ways to self-protect against the virus, which includes proper hygiene practices.
The military health system is part of a broader interagency approach to combat COVID-19, McCaffery said. This ongoing joint initiative, which includes the CDC and National Institute of Health, is working to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, along with a separate anti-viral therapy.
It will take months before a vaccine starts the clinical trial process, he added. Once a vaccine moves past its trial phase, the Food and Drug Administration will start its research and analysis process, which could take several years to complete.
“Similarly, (with the) anti-viral therapy, we might be closer in terms of having something usable. It is actually in clinical trials right now and testing for efficacy,” he said.
Coinciding with the DOD’s methodology, the Army is taking a “three-pronged approach to prevent, detect, and treat,” COVID-19, Dingle said.
“Prevention is the education awareness of all the Soldiers and family members within an installation commander’s or senior commander’s footprint,” Dingle said. “The detection piece (includes) screenings, that we are doing … to verify the presence,” of the disease.
If the virus were to spread, the Army stands ready, having “pandemic response plans” at all installations, Dingle added.
The best way to prevent the illness is to avoid exposure, according to the CDC. In South Korea, leaders have already released guidance to limit the mass congregation of personnel, Dingle said.
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PART #2: Roota’s 2020 Timeline (Clif High & Bix Weir)
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Coronavirus has turned the global market into the global hospital. It has presented every single human being with the same threat at the same time, a virus for which there is no cure or vaccine.
It is hunting you and it is hunting me. As its prey, the best defence we have is to remain indoors as much as possible. Going outside carries a risk to ourselves and thousands of others. The economists of the past, as well as the political theorists, never imagined a world where standing less than two metres apart from another person could be so deadly. And while past philosophies imagined a shared human “world soul”, never before has our impact on it as individuals been so clear. Today, we all share the same blood, and it’s Covid-19’s hunting ground.
But humans have been prey before, for most of our history on Earth. Our ancestors escaped the jaws of predators that sought to consume us, and they escaped by sticking together.
“This will end with humanity victorious over yet another virus, there’s no question about that. The question is how much and how fast we will take the measures necessary to minimise the damage that this thing can do. In time, we will have therapeutics, we will have vaccines, we’re in a race against that,’’ Dr Bruce Aylward, a senior adviser to the director-general of the World Health Organization, told Time Magazine.
“And it’s going to take great cooperation and patience from the general population to play their part because at the end of the day it’s going to be the general population that stops this thing and slows it down enough to get it under control.”
That will not be an easy or cheap process, and if we want to restart the global economy, we need to have a global response. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres put it in stark terms on Tuesday, pleading with rich nations for help.
“We are only as strong as the weakest health system in our interconnected world,” Guterres wrote.
“We must create the conditions and mobilise the resources necessary to ensure that developing countries have equal opportunities to respond to this crisis … anything short of this commitment would lead to a pandemic of apocalyptic proportions affecting us all.”
Guterres said trillions of dollars would be necessary to shore up not just the economies, but even the basic food supply, for developing countries. He recommended removing tariffs and impediments to trade. The purpose of international trade, in theory, at least, is to build a web of shared interest around the world that makes catastrophic warfare less likely, and racism less prevalent. Those values will face an enormous test, and will either survive or disintegrate under the march of a new, merciless brand of corona-branded authoritarianism. That is especially true if we cannot distribute Covid-19 vaccines to the billions of people who will need them, billions of total strangers.
Today, so many strangers ask so much of us, and we ask so much of strangers. Together, we stand at a precipice in human history. We can either come out on the other side of it a wiser, more caring, knowledgeable species, or we can enter a period of prolonged, indefinite decline into a dark age full of shuttered schools, bigger prisons and hungrier children.
We can come out of the Silicon Age Collapse with a global civilisation that respects the rights of everyone, or we can revert to a world of rapacious empires that respects the rights of no one. If the global economy is ever going to restart, it will need something approaching a global government to restart it. It’s up to us whether it is a world we want to live in.
How did we get here?
A pandemic like Covid-19 was inevitable, with millions of people moving across the planet as never before in human history. We should think of Covid-19 as a natural disaster the entire planet is facing all at once. The establishment of a new diplomatic order, arranged around a new kind of political philosophy, is necessary to both sustain ourselves during the pandemic and rebuild after it passes.
The world will need to invent new international public health systems that can reduce the risk of another pandemic, and help save lives in the current one. The sooner we as a species start thinking about how to do this, the better. To do it successfully, we will have to invent a new philosophy of what it means to be human. Just as in the aftermaths of previous incidents of mass death, social disarray and economic collapse, as in the wake of World War II, human civilisation will need to invent a new understanding of what it means to be human.
Worldwide, tens or even hundreds of millions of people could die, in multiple waves of pandemic outbreak, over the next 18 months, or longer. No one knows. Economic activity will only crawl back into place slowly, and unevenly, as supply chains of the global market fray indefinitely due to an unwelcome invader. In 2020, it’s coronavirus. In the 12th Century BCE, it was the Bronze Age Collapse.
Lessons from 3,000 years ago can help us figure out how to make it through the end of the world as we know it. At the height of the Bronze Age, which lasted from from around 3,000 BCE to 1,200 BCE, highly complex and centralised civilizations developed across the Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean. But over a period of just 100 years, a series of calamities toppled them one by one. It would take hundreds of years before the region regained knowledge of writing.
Then, a series of disasters, including a widespread drought in the Mediterranean basin and the subsequent arrivals of marauding and mysterious “Sea People”. Records of where the sea people came from are scarce, but they may have come from the Western Mediterranean, and turned to raiding and plunder amid a widespread drought that also hit the complex Bronze Age civilisations as well.
One Los Angeles-based historian, Chris Mitchell, says that coronavirus might not be enough on its own to doom global civilisation, but it will make it more vulnerable to other shocks. He’s one of more than 100 million Americans living under lockdown in the US.
“The High Bronze Age societies were highly centralised, perhaps more than any others until well after Jesus. The king or the pharaoh’s bureaucrats would determine what, where and when you were to plant stuff. That is why the collapse makes me so anxious about our modern society.
So much of how we manage to survive depends on governing authorities and their underlings working in semi-perfect concert with a million other factors, to make sure cities are fed,” Mitchell said. “If you disrupt that, over a long period of time, and from a number of different angels, we have a collapse.”
We can say we are right now living through the Silicon Age Collapse. Silicon, the primary component in microchips, was not able to save us from this crisis. In the same way, Bronze-based technology could not save the ancients from systems-collapse. The Minoans, for instance, abandoned writing altogether. With life itself becoming harder, there was little reason to learn or teach the skill.
Mitchell said that complex civilisation restarted itself around models that grew out of the post-Bronze Age period. City states remained, but empires fell. New empires emerged, hundreds of years later, out of those city states. Athens, Sparta and Ionia would go on to rediscover complexity, trade and the exchange of ideas, some borrowing the Phoenician alphabet as their own.
So what’s in store for us, after the Silicon Age Collapse? It’s impossible to know.
In the immediate term, we should remember that we share the same blood. That means that an infection anywhere is a threat to humanity everywhere. In order to rebuild the global economy, we may need to institute a form of global government that bolsters the public health systems of hard-hit places, including developing countries and developed countries. Americans may soon need to rely on medical aid from overseas, although they have no idea how to ask for it.
An international public health system will need to have its own charter of rights for the infected and the quarantined, who may come from different countries but share the same human vulnerability to Covid-19. Capitals need to prepare for the unprecedented paradigm shift in diplomacy and rearrangement of borders, travel, trade and commerce.
To do it right, we should not treat any human, anywhere, as expendable. Like every predator that has ever hunted us, that’s what the virus wants.
Source: TRT World
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Can China use coronavirus to pave the way to a new world order?
BY MARK MINEVICH, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR —
04/02/20 02:30 PM EDT 506
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It’s time for Bharat to shape the new world order
Manmohan Vaidya
Updated : May 17, 2020, 8:36 AM
Now that everything has come to a standstill, and the whole world is worried about the new paradigm, can Bharat step up to pacify and reassure the world? The answer is yes.
Everything, except for the movement of the Earth has come to a standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic. There is no buzz of jet planes overhead, trains are not running, cars are not clogging the arterial roads and human beings have stopped walking—let alone jogging or running outdoors. The earth is breathing clean and healthy air. Pollution has almost disappeared and fresh air hidden behind the chimera of a persistent smog has been set free. The water of the rivers runs clean, animals are fearlessly claiming their rightful place under the sun, nature is manifesting itself in its full glory—so much so that the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas are now clearly visible from Jalandhar in Punjab.
Even if all this is for but a brief moment in time, it is a critical moment in human history and its memory will abide. For the first time in our lives we have been allowed a glimpse of what might happen if the machine of human enterprise and industry grinds to a halt. But in order to truly understand the repercussions of halting the pace of development, one must first comprehend the fallouts of development.
S.K. Chakraborty, in his article “Rising Technology and falling ethics”, writes, “The march of modern science & technology derived from it, coincided with an era when the human race was beginning to snap its ties of personal feeling level relationship with earth and nature. Enlightened objectivism meant discarding all metaphors and rituals and myths concretising the man-nature relationship as superstition. A calculative, prediction control attitude becomes the insignia of the progressive and liberated mentality. At this point the real breach occurred. One need not stop for a moment to consider the right or wrong of any action regarding something to which there is no relatedness. The growth of this superlative consciousness appears to be the most basic explanation for non-ethics in human affairs vis-a-vis nature. No doubt numerous aspects of external physical life benefitted from the sci-tech combination through control & subjugation of matter, air, water, time, distance and so on. Yet, the keynote has been the shift from harmony to highhandedness from awe and reverence to petulance & arrogance.
“If man nature alienation has been the chief cause of unethicality towards ecology and environment, this same alienative ethos began to evade all dimensions of human society. Nation-to-nation, organization-to organization, man-to-man and similar relatedness networks have increasingly become instrumental to the supreme goal of objective affluence powered by sci-tech engine. Thus, international management conferences today do not encourage any meeting of minds. Secret political and material agenda work beneath the surface—all aimed at running the sci-tech race faster and faster. This process leads to a gradual weakening of ethical sentiments which are seen to be soft and fuzzy. Not only has nature come to be treated as a resource, as a means, but man too unethically emerges as an inherent property of this clever techno centric outlook.
“From tool to machine to automation to chip—this progression seems to have made the human race increasingly less human.”
This has happened due to the thoughtless increase in the speed of development and consumerism.
Now as the pace has slowed, the river water is clean, the air has been purified, and the individual is spending more time with family and amongst loved ones. The warmth of close relationships and living a life of basic necessities, has made people see that life can be lived in a way that is not dominated by consumption. One of the messages circulating on social media reads, “When you cannot go outside, go inside.” It brings to mind the essence of the Bharatiya thought, “Not just outwards, travel inwards too.” That is not to say that there is no downside of the manner in which the world has come to a standstill. The economic wheel of the world has stopped, jobs have been lost, salaries are due, and debts are mounting. People have had to leave the cities where they sought livelihood and return to the villages. These circumstances present many conundrums and as always questions that confront a huge and diverse country like Bharat are plenty.
The author Billy Lim, in his book, Dare to Fail, provides an important insight. He says, “When you face a problem and take yourself away from it, it becomes a situation. When you are to analyse it, it becomes a challenge. And when you think of your resources to meet the challenge, it becomes an opportunity.”
The traditional education system in Bharat has always encouraged innovation and a questioning spirit. Teachers taught students how to learn, and through their own conduct and example, how to lead life. Right now, education is being provided as a commercial enterprise for the sole purpose of teaching students how to earn money and amp up consumerism. As a result, we have been preparing self-centered and materialistic generations.
Because the yardstick to measure development and the direction of it in Bharat has been urban-centric, all the basic facilities of roads, health, education, employment etc., have remained city-centric. As a result, there was a migration of Bharat’s talent and intelligence from villages to cities, from cities to metros and from metros to foreign lands. Therefore, the villages are emptying out and congestion in the cities is increasing. The life of the cities may be convenient, but it is run-of-the-mill, cut off from ground realities and ultimately hollow. And our development trajectory has left us with no option. The globalisation, which was imposed on developing and underdeveloped countries, is now yielding its adverse effects. The world is finally understanding that “globalisation”, as it is being practised, is a new incarnation of “colonisation”—cleverly disguised for the exploitation of developing and underdeveloped countries. Everyone is looking for a way out of this vicious cycle.
So, now that everything has come to a standstill, and the whole world is worried about the new paradigm, can Bharat step up to pacify and reassure the world?
The answer is yes. Bharat, and only Bharat can do this, because only Bharat possesses three qualities in the comity of nations. One, only Bharat has at least more than10,000 years’ experience of social and national life. Secondly, Bharat has a unique spirituality based on the holistic and integral view of life and the lived experience of this world view. The modern sci-tech innovations have brought the world close together that if the humanity, with its ethnic, religious and linguistic diversity, has to live together, complementing each other, and preserving and celebrating diversity, it must turn to Bharat because we inherently view unity in diversity and live celebrating all aspects of human life, with controlled consumption. This is what the world has experienced with and observed about Bharat for ages. Bharat had achieved the pinnacle of material prosperity and in fact had the highest share in the world trade from 1 to 1700 AD. History is witness that for thousands of years, the people of Bharat used to go to different countries all over the world for business, but they did not attempt to build their colonies on these foreign lands to exploit the people there, neither did they try to enslave or convert them. Rather, Bharatiyas imparted culture and a better, civilised way of living life by their own living examples, wherever they went. This could happen due to our spirituality-based view of life that taught us to look at the entire world as one family, “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”. Wherever we went, we created wealth and spread prosperity.
This shows that Bharat has a vision, expertise and experience to shape a new world order.
Now is the time for us to think about the ways in which we can make this happen.
After a thorough assessment of the fallouts of the corona pandemic, can Bharat, with its vast experience, entrenched in human history, take and fulfil the responsibility of ushering in a new world order?
Bharat has always looked beyond its own interests. It has subscribed to the idea of the welfare of the whole world encapsulated in the saying, “आत्मनो मोक्षार्थम् जगत् हिताय च (my own spiritual enlightenment together with the betterment of the world)”.
In his essay titled “Swadeshi Samaj, Guruvarya” Rabindranath Thakur has said, “First, we have to be what ‘we’ are.” This “we”, indicating our identity, is rooted in our spirituality based integral and holistic view of life. All the people, living on this vast land extending from the Himalayas to the Andamans, speaking various languages, known by different castes, worshipping different deities, share this view as their own identity.
People have described this identity variously, but essentially, it stands on four pillars. First, “एकम् सत् विप्राः बहुधा वदन्ति (Truth is one. It can be called by different names and can be reached by different paths. Though diverse, all the paths are equal)”. Second, the ability to see unity in diversity, instead of thinking of diversity as differences, embracing it as the basis of unity. Third, the belief that every soul is potentially divine and the goal of human life is to manifest the divinity within. And finally, the path of every individual to connect with the Supreme Divinity can be different, subject to one’s interest, capacity and nature. Though the paths to reach the Divinity are different, every human life should be directed towards reaching that Ultimate goal. This identity, resting on the aforementioned four pillars, should manifest itself in the lives of all Bharatwasis.
Even today, more than 60% of Bharat lives in villages. Back in the day, the conditions of these villages were less than ideal. There were no roads, no facilities for quality education, the absence of good health facilities, and no opportunities for employment for the young. Living in the village was associated with being backward. Therefore, for education and health facilities, and to earn a livelihood, those who were talented and ambitious, preferred to migrate from the villages to the cities.
But for some time now the situation has been changing. And this change is the need of the hour. Today the villages are connected by roads and electricity; internet and mobile phones have connected them with the outside world, and means of transport are available. If good health facilities and quality education were to be provided, people would prefer to stay in the villages. The possibility of a decentralised economy, and village and small-town centric industry has increased. Due to the coronavirus, people from the cities are fleeing to their villages, returning to their people and to the land where they belong. A considerable number of those who have returned are from the educated class. If the work opportunities for them are created or they are engaged in developmental work in the villages, 40% of the people who have returned to their villages can be retained where they come from.
The lack of innovation and creativity is apparent in the educated class today. This can be changed by taking initiatives to boost the innovation ecosystem in the country by providing platforms for innovators to scale up their products, and organising workshops, hackathons and various other online training programs. Many new small-scale, agro and rural industries can be started in the rural zones. Cluster-villages can be helpful in developing a series of mutually complementary industries in rural areas. Technology-enabled solutions can help these people to deliver goods directly to the customers or to retail stores without any interference of middlemen. This also has the potential to generate more employment for the youth. For instance, taxi operators like Uber and Ola have changed the definition of commuting by offering hassle-free and comfortable rides. In addition, they have generated employment opportunities—all thanks to technology.
The market for organic food is currently exhibiting strong growth—a major factor driving the demand for organic food being the rising levels of health awareness. Especially, Indian consumers have started paying attention to the nutrient content and quality of food that they intake. Hence, it presents an opportunity for young people to venture into organic food business and also explore the rural zones. An organised demand-supply chain can be created to create a mutually beneficial and balanced economy. A doorstep delivery system directly from farms to customers can create jobs and also make it consumer-friendly. With vast arable land, Bharat is the only country that can meet the demand of the world. There is increasing awareness and demand for desi milk and milk products from humped Bharatiya breeds of cows owing to their medicinal properties. A similar system can be developed to bridge the gap between demand and supply by facilitating the sale of desi milk to the urban customers from villages. This, again, can generate employment opportunities.
The panacea to battle the problem of unemployment can be the growth of small and medium scale industrial units (MSMEs). They are fairly labour-intensive and create employment opportunities at a relatively low capital outlay and at the same time, they tend to provide increased employment. When provided with electricity, low-interest loan, tax concessions and other required facilities, these small and medium sized industries serve as seedbeds for entrepreneurship.
As product design is an important element for success, we need to invest in improving the quality and design of our products to compete in the global market. Countries like Korea and Japan have been faring well in the international market for they paid attention to product designing decades ago. Workshops need to be organised and youth needs to be trained in order to be internationally competitive.
China has a significant influence on the economy of Bharat. The pandemic and the attempts to contain it have sharply cut the world’s appetite for Chinese goods and has built a global backlash against it. A call to boycott Chinese goods will be well received at this moment. But before that, we need to establish a solid manufacturing industry to meet the demands of our nation with competitive prices as sharp price difference is the reason why Chinese goods are in demand. It is, in a sense, an economic war. Manufacturing in Bharat will foster employment and create new jobs. There is a buzz in the media that many countries of the world are considering snapping trade ties with China. If this is to be believed, Bharat with a comparable population as China can be an alternative supplier for these countries if we can ensure good quality and fair pricing for the goods to be exported. Seizing this opportunity will help generate employment and increase our exports, strengthening the economy of Bharat. The government should facilitate export and give some incentives for manufacturing and export. The people of Bharat are capable of taking up this challenge.
Schemes should focus on meeting the local employment demand. For every nation production and promotion of indigenous (Swadeshi) products is necessary. The “one size fits all” approach of globalisation isn’t suitable for everybody as trade is subject to variations according to cultures, priorities, laws and regulations. Mutually accepted, complementary and cooperative economic agreements between countries is a far better model. Setting up of industrial zones to realise manufacturing goals in rural areas may help in reducing cost of production as the cost of living in villages is lower than that of cities. Moreover, villages guarantee a better quality of life. This can help reduce migration and keep families together.
All this should not depend solely on the government. Both the initiative of the society and the cooperation of the government can give lasting results. A total and integrated plan will have to be made. Gradually, the dependence of such schemes on the state should be reduced and society should be able to run these schemes by becoming self-reliant. This is the very idea of “Swadeshi Samaj” by Rabindranath Thakur. He opined that the society that is least dependent on the state power is “Swadeshi Samaj” and tradition of Bharat for centuries.
The new education policy is in the making in Bharat. The government has initiated the formulation process through the consultation process for an inclusive, participatory and holistic approach, which after due consideration, should be rolled out for implementation soon. Once it is done, a generation of self-sufficient and independent individuals, deeply rooted in the ethos of the country and culture, aiming to live their lives based on Bharatiya values will be ready to join the workforce and the goal of holistic development will be closer than it is today.
Pursuance of equal material prosperity and simultaneously training one’s mind to travel inwards to understand and realise the all-pervasive Divinity has been the hallmark of success and completeness of human life from the perspective of Bharat for aeons. This is exactly what is said in one of the famous definitions of Dharma(not religion): “यतोSभ्युदय निःश्रेयस सिद्धिः स धर्मः (One who accomplishes material prosperity and realisation of Self-divinity is the real Dharma, that every human being should pursue to live a complete life)”.
When the individuals in society are cognisant of this spiritual vision then they will voluntarily and dutifully contribute to the welfare of the society considering it to be their duty or Dharma. This accumulated capital of the society (the Dharma) will take care of every individual and enable him to partake the fruits of prosperity of the society.
Sister Nivedita, a disciple of Swami Vivekananda, had said, “When the people in a society, instead of keeping the remuneration of their work to themselves, give it to the society, then on the basis of the capital of this accumulated remuneration, the society becomes rich and prosperous and every individual in the society, becomes rich and prosperous, ultimately bettering the picture of the society as a whole. But when the people in a society, confine the remuneration of their work to themselves without giving back to the society, only a handful of people in the society might become rich and prosperous, but the society at large remains poor.”
Here, in Bharat, considering the whole society as one’s own, realising our interdependence, and thus expanding the ambit of giving back to the society is deemed as “Dharma Karya”.
Traditionally, we, as a society never functioned depending solely on the state power (government) but majority of the social systems were sustained on the basis of this accumulated social capital, and thus Dharma keeping the entire society rich and prosperous.
Whatever noble people engage in, the rest (of the world) follows. Whatever they set as an example is followed by all, is the crux of the following verse from the Gita:
“यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठः तत्तदेवेतरो जनाः। स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते।।”
Given the tremendous potential discussed above, a multidimensional and comprehensive master plan should be drawn for the future of Bharat. This is the opportunity offered by the circumstances created by the pandemic and we will do well to seize it.
Dr Manmohan Vaidya is Sah Sarkaryawah (Joint General Secretary), Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
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India’s Prime Minister – Narendra Modi
Did you catch his photo on the Economist 2019 Cover? | Do you recognize the image? | Here he is with the President of China, the other UN favorite. | Did you note the Sol Invictus behind his head? Halo… |
If you can’t see that ALL of these leaders are handpicked long before they are put in position… you are hypnotized.
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The coronavirus pandemic has shaken the basic foundations of the balance of power and the existing world order. To bring that statement more to home, it has impacted the beauty industry to its core and will continue to have an effect as we return to opening salons.
The world will be different post Covid-19 and Americans will be living in a new normal—social distancing, vigilant hygiene, and government and state restrictions placed on businesses will be part of our lives for a while. The fabric of our society will forever be changed as we are already starting to see some of those changes play out.
It has only been a few weeks since the order to shelter in place has taken effect but already it’s clear that life will not return to normal as we know it. In fact, there has already been some significant and fundamental changes in the world and many of these will become permanent. When this health crisis abates, we will be in a new world. Here are some ways this new world will break from the past:
Loss of trust will take time to recover.
How long will it take before we are comfortable going on a cruise again? Or when will homeowners feel comfortable letting a stranger into their house? How long before countries with high infection rate will be deemed clear so their citizens can come visiting as tourists again? It will take some time.Shop, work, and play online.
Retailers with physical stores were already struggling to compete with online shopping. The shelter-in-place rules forced everyone to shop, work, or play online. As the last online laggards adjusted to online commerce, some will likely not go back. As a result, in-store shopping and commercial real estate will take a hit.I am sure you have been receiving numerous emails from banks, airlines and other companies saying we are here for you. All are meaningful and it is a good business practice to keep in touch with their customers.
The beauty industry needs to go beyond keeping in touch. Most salon owners have gone through the stages of shock, from the emotion of closing their business and the financial ramifications it involves and are currently in the acceptance stage. This is the stage to think clearly and not emotionally about creating a strategic blueprint for salons as they gradually exit the hiatus in business and plan to reopen. Strategies should be formulated to look at the salon business from a different perspective – the consumers. The new model will be consumer driven and will have a variety of income opportunities. Salons in the future will not flourish on services alone. Today’s initiatives are tomorrows minimum standards with increasing rapidity.
Future Salon Design:
The challenge for all salon owners is that this is brand new territory. As well as the obvious discussion on post Covid-19 hygiene procedures. The effect that social distancing will have on future salon design will be paramount.Some States have indicated there should be 8’ distance between styling stations. I believe 6’ will be the normal for most. Shampoo units and styling stations will have to be either spaced out or a partition between each bowl and each station. Salon owners could have greeters taking the customers temperature before entering the main salon as well as their own staff. Bench and sofa seating will be replaced with individual seating to comply with social distancing. Desks will be replaced with podiums or mobile iPads. Some salon staff will work with gloves and masks. Magazines or refreshments in salons will be eliminated for a while.
It goes without saying hygiene and the marketing of your salons hygiene procedures to customers will be as important as the standard of services. The beauty industry will be forever changed. Consumers will need assurances that our businesses are safe before they will be confident in returning. We need to adopt new practices and new communication strategies for these practices so that we can adapt our businesses to a Post Covid-19 world.
Collaboration:
This break in normal life has enabled us to reflect on ourselves, our business and society. As all salons are in the same boat, there have been more collaboration between salon owners. I have lost count of the zoom meetings I have conducted or observed.Together we stand at a precipice in human history. We can either come out on the other side of it a wiser, more caring, knowledgeable species, or we can enter a period of prolonged, indefinite decline into a dark age. We can come out of the pandemic with an industry that is more respected. In order to do that, we must understand that the customer, service provider, salon owner, media and manufacturer are all important cogs in the cycle of our industry. We are all co-dependent on each other for our future success. Salons should continue the collaboration between all sections of our industry so that we don’t revert to a world of rapacious businesses.
Coming Together:
The best way to unite, is to find a common enemy. Well, now we have one. If we ever needed to be reminded that we are all created equal, Covid-19 is the reminder. Having a common enemy is an opportunity for businesses to come together and to collaborate. Consider this as “Co-Opetition,” with a greater emphasis on how we work together than compete.Reopening strategy:
A number of salons are not silently watching – they have adapted like chameleons to the situation and will stretch their brand, reorganize their operation, and cater to new needs.In short, they have listened to the market and will take a risk.
Out of constraints comes creativity, out of chaos comes growth. Out of fear comes love. Every salon will need to adapt to the paradigm-shifting changes that are already unfolding.
We also need to readjust our mindset and focus on the things that do work. As always, in such situations, we have two broad options: fight or flight. Most salon owners will choose to innovate, to identify new opportunities, to define new ways of working. When someone pushes you to the corner, push the corner away. We need to accept that reality is changing.
Positive Mindset Always Wins
Realities can be easy or harsh. The beauty of the human mind is that we can decide what we think of these realities. We can choose to think it’s a tragedy or a comedy. We can choose to think the sky is falling down, or that it is an opportunity to redefine how we live, how we conduct our business, how we operate and what products or services we bring to market. The only way forward is for us to identify those bits and pieces of what “works” and to do more of those.Conclusion:
In these challenging times, it helps to look at the words of Winston Churchill, a man who led so many out of difficult times. While his rhetoric has become the stuff of legends, so much of what he said and wrote is still applicable today as we try to find our footing during this pandemic.“Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.”
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