{"id":109024,"date":"2020-11-25T16:30:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T23:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=109024"},"modified":"2020-11-25T16:30:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T23:30:57","slug":"a-plan-to-ensure-every-sri-lankan-plate-is-full-during-covid-and-thereafter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/11\/25\/a-plan-to-ensure-every-sri-lankan-plate-is-full-during-covid-and-thereafter\/","title":{"rendered":"A Plan To Ensure Every Sri Lankan Plate is Full During COVID and Thereafter"},"content":{"rendered":"

A paper submitted\u00a0By \u00a0The Sri Lanka Study Circle\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

The COVID Attack <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first quarter of 2020, the world\nwas plagued by a COVID virus which has, as at now, caused the deaths of over a\none and a half million people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A tiny bug has literally brought the world\n-the globalised world – to a standstill with economies dislocated, education\nretarded, food chains ruptured, \u2018goods and services\u2019 chains scuppered and\nhealth services disrupted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The virus has adversely affected, albeit\nin different ways, both the purveyors of globalisation and those dragooned into\nglobalisation.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Globalisation impacted <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Globalisation is a socio-economic and\npolitical template created and thrust upon the world by the global\nmoney-lenders operating out of America and Europe; it spells out the rules on\nhow the world, as a single unit, should conduct itself, politically,\neconomically and socially.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This \u2018Globalisation\u2019 template broadly\nestablished many parameters, such as: The food, the services, the goods, the\nmedicines, each country is permitted to produce and consume: The tariffs \nto be imposed when countries engage in trading: The mandatory use of the\nAmerican dollar in international transactions: Fixing the value of all the\ncurrencies in the world to the dollar: Determining the wage rates applicable to\neach country: Determining the prices payable for the resources of each country:\nDetermining the rate of  interest to be applied in each country:\nDetermining, the total value and conditions of financial loans -including rates\nof interest and prior compliance requirements- that would be advanced to a\ncountry: Coaching countries seeking loans to parrot the geo political script in\npublic fora: and many more.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The underlying theme in the\n\u2018Globalisation\u2019 template is that \u2018private-interest\u2019 shall always prevail over\n\u2018public-interest\u2019 and that the land of a country is, but a mere commodity, to\nbe bought and sold and made accessible to the global money lenders; in the\nGlobalisation model, the engine of development is the \u2018Private\u2019 sector.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These notions are quite contrary to the\nviews of Sri Lanka, clearly enunciated in the Country\u2019s Constitution. Public\ninterest shall always prevail over private interest; the Country\u2019s land is not\na commodity for trade but a priceless resource, belonging to all Sri Lankans,\nthat sustains man and nature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Globalisation cause of poverty, bondage\nand loss of Sovereignty  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Globalisation template there is no\nplace for sovereignty, for the former colonies of Europe and America; the need,\nfor the architects of \u2018Globalisation\u2019, is to possess and control the land and\nresources of these former colonies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To induce these former Colonies to accept\nthe \u2018Globalisation\u2019 template, the Global Loan sharks allured the leaders of\nthese countries by zeroing in on their frailties; these leaders thereafter\nfrog-marched their countries into the inevitable debt trap.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tactics adopted by the Global loan\nsharks are no different to the tactics adopted by their local cousins, the\n\u2018Poli-Mudalalies\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the end result of \u2018Globalisation\u2019 has\nbeen poverty, indebtedness and bondage to the countries at the apex of the\n\u2018Globalisation\u2019 pyramid.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sri Lanka is at the base of this\npyramid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Globalisation wobbles <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With COVID 19, Globalisation has taken a\nmajor whack; the countries which contrived the globalised template and\ncontrolled the pyramidal structure from their imperious positions, have\nsuddenly found the pyramid wobbly and unstable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The countries at the base of the\nGlobalisation pyramid, although \u2018wounded\u2019 by COVID, have discovered that COVID\nhas loosened the shackles of \u2018Globalisation\u2019; these countries are in a\nposition, now, to free themselves from Globalisation and walk away from this\ntrap of \u2018perpetual bondage\u2019.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

American threatens Brandix type\noperations <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The Americans too, realise that\nCOVID has caused a situation where some \u2018captive\u2019 countries are contemplating\nescape from their captors; to counter the collapse of the \u2018Globalisation\u2019 model\nand to prevent a mass escape of the captive countries from the bondage of\nGlobalisation, the captors are menacing the captives with the threat of \ndeliberately infecting them with COVID ; the captors are hectoring the captives\nto follow the \u2018New Normal\u2019 rules which could lead to a situation, like in\nAmerica, where people are literally  dying like dogs, on the streets.\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is strong suspicion, among the\npeople, that this modus operandi was adopted in the Brandix-COVID- Cluster-\nBomb case; the people are eagerly awaiting the results of the criminal\ninvestigations that have been initiated.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Sri Lanka, all the post COVID\nsolutions, proposed by notorious American agents, are based on continued\nactivity within the framework of the impaired \u2018Globalisation\u2019 template.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This would be disastrous. Conceding that a\nvaccine for COVID 19 is found, what happens when, for example, COVID 30 hits\nus? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Government has gone into shell shock;\nafter eight months of COVID it has yet to come out with a holistic plan to\ntackle the post COVID scenario. There has been no thinking \u2018outside the box\u2019 in\nthis regard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the lockdowns, many people have lost\ntheir jobs, some work on half pay and others are unable to generate a daily\nincome; their power to purchase food for the table has dwindled. There is\nuncertainty, gloom and fear in these homes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Plan \u2013 Human lives first <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking Maslow\u2019s theory of hierarchical\nneeds as a start point, the Country\u2019s slogan should be \u2018Human Lives First\u2019.\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Government needs to adopt a strict\nzero tolerance policy for deaths by COVID. Within this policy framework the\nGovernment must ensure that primary needs of food, shelter, clothing, health\nand education are provided to all the people.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this paper, the Sri Lanka study circle\npresents a broad outline of a plan to ensure that all Sri Lankans, poor and\nrich, young and old will never ever go hungry. The plan is in a skeletal form\nand needs to be fleshed out.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The COVID attack was a revolutionary\nattack on human civilization and this plan to provide food, as a response, we\ndare say, is revolutionary. Many sacred cows may have to be sacrificed in the\nimplementation of the plan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The people would have to be put on a war\nfooting to ensure the plan is implemented expeditiously. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this plan, the Study Circle recognizes\nthat Sri Lanka is a very fertile country and most, if not all, of the food that\npeople eat can be grown here. And this includes fruits too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project would be a government led\ninitiative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perforce therefore, we need to begin\nimmediately growing all our needs in respect of food by way of crops, plants,\ncreepers, trees, etc, etc after: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Making an assessment of\n population distribution  <\/li>
  • identifying localities where\n these crops etc would be grown <\/li>
  • identifying requirement of\n local organic fertilisers, local non-chemical weedicides, potential\n anti-fungal and pest control requirements.  <\/li>
  • Identifying Warehouse\n requirements. <\/li>
  •  Identifying transport\n requirements to plantations, warehouses and retail outlets. <\/li>
  • Doing research and making plans\n to prevent crop failure and making back-up plans in the event of such\n failures.     <\/li>
  • Finding markets for excess\n produce <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    In this plan, the Government shall buy all\nthe produce from the farmers, store them in Government warehouses, where\nnecessary, and distribute them to the distribution Centres. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The people have a choice in buying the\nfood of their liking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Print Purple Money <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    To provide the people with purchasing\npower to purchase their food requirement, the Government will distribute, for\nexample, Rs: 30,000\/= per month to each and every family.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    From where would the Government find the\nmoney to give the people?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Yes, they will print the money, but this\nmoney will be different to the normal currency in circulation; for example, it\nwould be purple in colour and this can only be used for purchasing and selling\nfood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The money thus printed will not create\ninflation since it would be used to purchase the food produced; there would be\ninflation if the food targets are not met. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Excess supplies of food produced can be\nbartered with other countries to obtain essentials which cannot be grown\/made\nhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Dump the Dollar <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We shall develop bilateral Agreements with\ncountries, closing the books on previously regulated global tariffs. Wherever\npossible we shall do barter trading, disregarding the US dollar as the global\ncurrency of exchange. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The \u2018purple\u2019 currency will run parallel to\nthe normal currency; the \u2018purple\u2019 currency will only buy food and ensure that\npeople have a full plate of food in front of them, always; this is not a burden\nto the Government.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    With time, Sri Lanka would have a highly\ndeveloped agricultural sector where production, distribution and research will\nbe at the highest of levels.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Even if we are plagued by a COVID 20 or 25\nor whatever, one thing is certain; no Sri Lankan will ever go hungry or be\nmalnourished.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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