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INTEGRAL HUMANISM
- CHAPTER 4
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of the seven factors is unchangeable. In fact each one keeps
constantly changing. Those who are entrusted with the task of
planning must think of how the change is directed towards progress,
how physical hardship is reduced, and waste of energy is minimized.
As an illustration let us take the low productivity of our worker.
It can be increased by using machines, and it is necessary to do so.
But if the machine is such that requires only a few men to run it,
then the rest of the people will be thrown out of employment. If the
machine has to be imported from other countries at such a heavy cost
that the additional production it causes will be insufficient to
make it economic, then such a machine is not suitable to our
requirements. Just as to let a part of the installed capacity of a
factory remain unutilised is a losing proposition, so also to let
the people of this country remain unemployed is a losing
proposition. May, this is even worse. Whereas a machine ties up only
the capital invested in it in past, the unemployed people have to be
fed, which is continuous and unending drain on resources, consumed
at double the speed. Therefore instead of the usual exhortation
"Every worker must get food", we must think of
"Everyone who eats must get work", as the basis of our
economy. No doubt charakha has to be replaced by machines but not
necessarily automatic machines everywhere. Full employment must be a
primary consideration and then the rest of the six factors suit
this.
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