On Philosophy
Dear Jeyamohan,
I read your article ‘On philosophy‘, which points out a real problem in Indian thought. It is a common tendency among ordinary people to express their concern and anguish on public matters with maximum force. They are actually expressing themselves as politically correct citizens and ethical human beings. Expression serves as a means of making us believe the issues we raise. People want to ‘be’ good people, so they are always ‘showing’ themselves as good at public matters.
Social media is nursing this tendency. This phenomenon is commonly referred to as the ‘netizens reaction.’ It is essentially a collective psychological drama. However, it not only determines our political ups and downs today, but also influences the judiciary.
The only way power centres discovered to handle it is to divert things, to postpone issues. This collective emotion is short-lived because it is excessively forced. Social media is a big business, and these emotional issues are its saleable commodities. So they have to bring new items to the market. Consequently, they introduce fresh topics into the conversation each week, often leading to the creation of new ones. One emotional issue can overshadow a previous one.
Today, a thinking person bears a significant responsibility to address these issues. He has to be firm against the media’s seasonal emotional waves. Maintaining equilibrium is the most significant challenge we face today. A thinking person must have a logical approach of his own. We must resist political correctness and mob justice. We should stop presenting ourselves as ‘correct people’. We must train ourselves to be balanced and logical.
S.K.R.Sankar
