I realize that everything we do should be an expression of our ideological beliefs.
I am attending an ANSA-EAP forum here in Hong Kong sponsored by World Bank. The regional conference is on procurement monitoring. I've been consistent about my message here, which is a product of my studies for the past 2 years. The message is - we have to review and assess the underlying discourse that we are promoting through procurement reforms. And we all know that that is the discourse of capitalism.
We know that procurement is a tool to pursue a specific type of development. The question that we should all ask is for whom is this development that we are pursuing? Who is benefiting from the type of procurement policies that we are pushing?
I guess the point is that we have surfaced the more difficult and less discussed issue that targets underpinning values that define our beings/ persons. Then over lunch, friends and I were just talking about our various engagements. And then, a revolutionary idea pops to mind - the left debtor that has the capability to bring down an unjust structural system!
Yes, it can be done! Imagine a situation when all believers of socialism agree to avail credit cards and participate in the capitalist practice of loaning but not paying. It is economic sabotage to a scale that can cause global financial crisis just like what we're experiencing now. The current economic structure might just change too. Just as what happens now, the free market is moving towards a more controlled and socialist setup. To a certain extent, this is a backstep for capitalism. A situation big enough like individuals bailing out from capitalism could actually revolutionize the structural injustices. Social justice will have to be confronted because it will have become a war between capitalist structures and individual socialist rebels. What becomes of the world in this situation? Yes, we expect the lenders to become more careful in giving out credit cards and will do extensive investigation on who can really pay up. And yes, there will still be participants in this process but then this becomes an ideological decision on the part of the individual. Individuals consciously decide to become a part of a capitalist process. There will be a social divide between capitalists and socialists and no one is a hostage of a capitalist society of which she doesn't want to be a part of. There will be options for people. Of course, that is just a battle in the credit market. But it is an opening for all. Alternatives will have to be created. But imagine the possibility of changing the landscape for socialists. I am not one but I feel the need for the structures to be revolutionized and to radically change for more responsible individual living.
Again, our lifestyles should be an expression of our ideological beliefs!
