We can see the impacts if of own created idea of governance system whether its a democratic model or a communist. What I can really see is the impact of its thought on the daily lives. A humble sociologist once said that State and market has to go hand in hand. I like to cozily take my stand on the ideal theory of order!. In 1980's when India opened the markets it knew it could not create an economic setup to all the people of India. So it encouraged the market. While State has an obligation to have an agenda for social welfare, markets do not have. Both create jobs. In late 1990's, the shift was visible on the dominance of market in creating jobs.
State itself saw a profitable venture to encourage Market to grow the way it wants. This is also because of vested interests of politicians. So there existed a Win-Win situation for both State and Market. Both followed the theory of Profit and expansion for more job creation. The impacts of these ideas are clearly expressed in the form of a great chain reaction in cities. Cities are the epicenters of jobs. They will continue to attract the people. They will accommodate displaced families and disconnected cultures as they have always been doing.
It is easy to see this phenomena in a rapidly growing city like Bangalore. We can see an increasing number of new young individuals who's initial desires is not more than economic stability, gadgets, entertainment. They don't have a cultural setup (a system of family where ideas of life can be built and nourished upon). They are happy with few materialistic achievements. This is where the capitalistic model of attracting the displaced succeeds in its vision. The people in cities will aspire more materialistic components of life. When the need of a deeper cultural aspiration arise may be after they have kids or so, they will look out for more meaningful lives again here the modern spiritual setups have become commodities to people as they are used to the commodity setup!
Coming back to State and Market. Because of free hand of Market and alarmingly no Social Agenda, Indian cities in future will be an expression of container of people of disconnected culture and self initiated superficial micro social facilities (including religious and cultural centers of a locality) which run commercially by people with knowledge and ideas.
Will the state ever wake up?
Will markets ever slow down so that people see life?
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