The contrast in objectivism & collectivism by the metaphor of the ant & the grasshopper

Old version:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer,building his house & laying up supplies for the winter.the grasshopper thinks the ant's a fool & plays the summer away.come winter the ant is warm & well fed.the grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.


Modern version:

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer,building his house & laying up supplies for the winter.the grasshopper thinks the ant's a fool & plays the summer away.come winter,the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference & demands to know why the ant should be allowed to remain warm & well fed while others are cold & starving.

NDTV,BBC,CNN-IBN show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home.

Arundhati roy stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house.medha patkar goes on a fast demanding that the grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter.amnesty international & kofi annan criticize the indian government for not upholding the fundamental rights of the grasshopper.left parties call for 'bharat bundh' in west bengal & kerala.cpm in kerala passes a law preventing ants from working ard so as to bring about equality of poverty among ants & grasshoppers.the judicial committee drafts the 'Prevention Of Terrorism Against Grasshoppers Act'(POTAGA),with effect from the beginning of the winter.Arjun singh makes special reservation for the grasshopper in educational & government service.

The ant is fined for failing to comply with the POTAGA & having nothing to do but pay his retroactive taxes ,his home is confiscated & handed over to the grasshopper in a ceremony.Arundhati Roy calls it 'a triumph of justice' cpm calls it 'a revolutionary resurgenve of the downtrodden.'

many years later...the aforementioned ant has since migrated to the US & set up a multi billion dollar company in silicon valley .100s of grasshoppers still starve & die....

losing a lot of hardworking ants & feeding grasshoppers India is still a 'developing' country.

As the above two stories clearly suggest,there's a definite lesson to be learnt.....or perhaps lessons.
1.You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.... wake up & smell the coffee....you need to be concerned for your welfare first.People must not commit the sin of helping people ahead of themselves.No matter how dire their need may be... the direst need is the need of self.

2.Darwin was right:it is only the fit & strong who survive,there is no place in an ever advancing civilization for those who fall by the wayside.


Clearly... man's ability & his mind are all that matter,most regrettably we live in a society which refuses to acknowledge those of the highest mind & glorifies mediocrity & altruism.
LIFE IS NOT FUN.
The main objective of man's life is not to fritter it or his abilities away while those of lesser ability are parasites to his puissance.The time for repair of the system is long gone,the canker has eaten so deep into it that it cannot be cured save by complete removal,i.e.the evolution of a completely new system which does not demand that the weak or the undeserving get the unearned... whether by force or by tears.Where the mind reigns supreme where those of great talent are suitably rewarded.Where examinations are decided by the content of the answer rather than the neatness of the script in which it is written.