Tuesday, March 23, 2010

The Rise of "COMMERCIAL KINGDOMS"

      Till the eighteenth century, one would hear the names of kings and their kingdoms.They were the people who ruled the world.They were the governing bodies.They used to decide what was to be done by the laymen and the laymen followed them.Everything they did became the trend.They used to play multiple roles of  being humanitarians,rulers,philanthropists, saviours and many more.They were the ones who acquired the vast wealth and power.They could do anything as per their whims and fancies because of the wealth and power.People would admire them.And these monarchs were found in almost every part of the world.Each region had its own king,who enjoyed the supreme power.In the eighteenth century the central power was the "QUEEN".She had all the luxuries and power.  
     But after the dawn of the industrial revolution the entire picture changed.The kings and monarchs were no longer the central powers.They were dethroned.Today, a majority part of the world has its own government while the kings/monarchs are just the acting powers.They don't have any significant power in their hands.There are exceptions to this like in U.A.E.,Jordan, Brunei etc.
     Now the major power vests with big organizations.They rule the world.They decide the ethics and values.Their owners are just like kings.They enjoy an authority equivalent to kings.They decide the latest trend.They decide the official sport e.g. Cricket is the official corporate game of India.They have all the luxuries at their feet.There are governments but basically they run the governments externally i.e. quasi by playing a passive role.They decide the policies.Different parts of world have different corporate kingdoms like Reliance in India,Microsoft and Google in America,Toyota in Japan etc.
    In short monarchy has not faded away.It has just been replaced by a better version, the version 2.0 i.e. "CORPORATE KINGDOM".KABHI SOCHA HAI???

1 comment:

  1. well,this trend of 2.0 will soon become fade when the public will become aware of all reality and soon the era of equality will come into picture....
    just wait & watch.... :-)

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