Editor in Chief: Moh. Reza Huwaida Saturday, July 6th, 2024

Economic Thoughts

In today’s so called modern and capitalist society each man works for himself in the race for independent wealth. In this kind of society, progress is defined as the continual accumulation of material wealth. An individual's organizational skills lead to his success; his success acquires wealth, which in turn provides higher social status than his working class counterparts.

Progress, in today’s society, is defined as material gain. People claim that over the years, wealth has been accumulated slowly through generations. Does this accumulation of wealth truly define progress? Does this definition of a capitalistic society include all members of the society? This definition has failed to include the working class counterparts to these so-called successful men.

This definition of capitalism is one sided and does not recognize the value of the disfavored members of its society. In reality, the only people who benefit from this definition are the wealthy. In a capitalist society the wealthy continue to exploit the working class to benefit no one other than themselves. By forcing the working class to work at lower wages, the wealthy will benefit because their costs are minimized. However, while the wealthy continue to enjoy higher paychecks, the workers continue to watch their own paychecks diminish.

Therefore, the gap between the rich and poor is only growing wider. Thus, we have class conflict. There are different and several ideas that a society in which each man works for the well being of the group instead of personal gain, such a society tends to form strong social bonds and becomes a better human society.

The existence of the group is improved because of a group effort to achieve a higher quality of living. This idea of better life also includes the abolition of class conflict. In our country Afghanistan the people are mostly self beneficial. Everybody tries to gain the profit for himself, which brings differences between the different strata of the society.

The search of a better sometimes brings injustice and unfair actions and desires. We can achieve better life for everyone equally when laws and petitions are implemented at the real sense. People of Afghanistan are mostly running after the government to provide them social welfares and convenience. If we put a glimpse over the world improved countries rehabilitates and builds the infrastructures of private sectors. There has been a lack of concentration from the government regarding the facilities of the public. There has not been done much from the government in order to achieve a peaceful and convenient life.