‘Curiosity’ – a capitalist toy?

What if there was a little green being, on mars, that sneaks by and throws a rock at “Curiosity” – the $2.5 billion Capitalist Toy made to find life on the red planet. Will the next Curiosity edition, be equipped with a weapon? Imagine if Curiosity, sends back pictures of a pool of diamonds, surrounded by Little green beings, who do not welcome ‘foreign’ machines on their landscape. Will the next mission, include a drone cover?

Where as the presence of this little green being on Mars, throwing a rock, living by a pool of diamonds may sound like a far fetched and hilariously childish imagination. The $2.5 Billion figure, spent on this project is a fact, good for what? How many lives could have been saved here on earth with this figure? How many starving beings could have been given another morsel, to keep them alive? How many taps could have provided a water, that doesn’t stench?

What makes the desire to chase an answer to a query worth more than the lives which could have been saved or improved? What is it that justifies, legalizes, obliges pride, and fans competition for such endeavors such that billions are spent on it in utter oblivion to the fact that the same amount could have been better spend elsewhere?

Answer: Capitalism, and Man’s opinion that he can exclusively legislate best for himself and the rest.

Contrary to this, in an Islamic State, human value is prioritized, according to the Divine Injunctions. For this reason, the Caliphate would hasten to rescue those in distress due to famine, like it helped the Irish in 1845. The Caliphate will revoke patents, and hence exponentially boost production of medication to help the ill – worldwide irrespective of race, color, or creed. The Caliphate will not let a few own, exploit and than squander the natural resources, it will be manage it for the collective benefit of the common man.

The Caliphate will not wildly pursue to put a Man on Mars. It will seek to liberate the man on earth, so that he stands on his own feet, and is free from the exploitation of another man.

As of yet Curiosity, maybe sending back fascinating images, but one is curious, if the images are worth it? In Capitalism, they surely are. A Caliphate, on the other hand is not anti-science, Infact it will seek to rapidly develop science that actually helps human beings, and it will seek to flourish knoweldge which is usefull.

Sharique Naeem

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Sharique Naeem, an automation engineer by profession, is a a political commentator and writer. He writes for various newspapers of Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Yemen and Iran.

2 Responses to " ‘Curiosity’ – a capitalist toy? "

  1.    Interesting subject, but when you make SO MANY mistakes in your writings, and obviously use no proofreader, your credentials on the subject matter… gets easily called into question.  Even the ‘Bloggers Intro’ has obvious mistakes.  The ‘hilariously childish imagination’ happens in calling yourself a writer.  Clean up, friend.

  2. Matt says:

    Slating the rover for failing humanity is quite simply a large leap of “a far fetched and hilariously childish imagination”. Tell me, how would America help countries that don’t want their help? Are they to give money to those they can’t trust? I’m not saying that everyone should become capitalists like them, I’m merely trying to point out that Earth will not move toward an era of charity without both the capitalists and anti-capitalists learning how to work with each other. On that level both sides are guilty of not doing whatever they can for the good of mankind.

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