Econocracy: Burma and the world apathy

The papers here in the UK have written about it. The cruelty of the military regime in Burma has been shown to the world. Voices have come out to denounce the situation. Leaders and the UN have called for tougher sanctions on the regime, but action is seriously absent. None of the world's superpowers are bothered about Burma, because the factor of finance is simply overriding their will to do anything.

The EU has only gone on length to deliberate imposing of sanctions, the US is only inserting more sanctions, the British PM spoke about human rights violations, and the rest of the world is Apathic about the whole situation. Two powers in the region, China and India, are not even interested, let alone take action. Maybe China is jostling behind the scenes, but it is not doing anything effective.

What can be said about this? It shows once again that strategic interests and business interests are subjective. The new world of today dictates that Economics plays a vital part in foreign policy, not human rights violations. Burma has reserves of Natural Gas, and so French, Chinese and Indian companies have an economic stake in the country. They do not care whether Human rights are violated or whether monks and students are being killed. As long as the money comes into their purses, they are content and they do not care about the violations.

This world of today is not oriented on Democracy or Autocracy. It is oriented along Econocracy. Econocracy is the fact the foreign relations are governed by the dynamics of natural resources and the advantages that it offers to a recipient country economically. China and India do not want to offend the nation, primarily because they may loose out on the economic race to acquire a foothold in Burma's reserves. The French company, Total, has continued to invest in operations in Burma, and is oblivious of the plight of Burma's people.

Nobody will take action. The UN has shown that it is too weak an organization to have any effect upon the world's functioning. The US, UK and other European nations are all obsessed with their own created problems. The situation in Burma may go the Somalia or the Zimbabwe way, one of total collapse. But, still, it won't be enough. The world will go on its materialistic way, and bad news will be substituted by good news made by Advertisers.

One thing that can be done is to Boycott the 2008 Beijing Olympics. One paper suggested it in their opinion columns. But, no nation on this earth has the guts to stand up for rights violations. It is only when violations knock on their home that they speak of the true nature of human rights. The Econocrastic world is such that Economics is the ultimate driving force, nothing else matters. Econocracy is the new framework for millions, and nothing can be done to stop it.