Welfare is deeply ingrained in our psyche.
My uncle had reached a pretty senior post in Tata Steel when he retired. He is extremely upset with the way the company conducts itself these days. No free chai naashta, no long breaks, strict time schedules, two years of probation, no faltu OT for leeches to claim extra money. All his ire is at the 'heartless corporate' mindset.
Aside, he was also a part of the union.
The general tendency among elders is youngsters, even if right shouldn't open their mouths because 'ye duniya dekhe he kidhar hain...'?
I finally make him see sense because he simply doesn't accept globalization is a threat and Tata should continue hiring children of its ex employees, a la reservation. On one hand he opposes reservation in Govt. jobs, on the other he supports succession in Tata Steel. It is an old trait - Chit bhi meri, patt bhi meri.
Our selfishness will be our doom one day. Hoarding for coming generations and leaving nothing for the rest.
We cannot be a welfare state forever. The most vulnerable have to be taken care of and the Govt. is doing more than its bit. For the rest, the Govt. needs to remove maximum hurdles created by babudom to ensure they earn a respectable living to at least sustain themselves.
India is not a welfare state.
To be a welfare state you need to have $$$ to spend on welfare.
India is a dole based state, PSU employment is dole, reservation is dole, MNREGA type schemes are dole.
Actual socialist/commie countries focus on goals instead, for most commie places it was meeting the "production targets" of a given month or year, any shortfall and there are consequences involved for everyone down the chain.Consequences like beatings, starvation, gulags etc etc, very good motivators in a class-less society i'd say.
In your normal capitalist countries non performance has consequences both for individuals and entities like companies, lazy kamchors get demotion, pay cuts or outright fired, mis-managed companies go bankrupt or are sold off by their parent companies.
In Indian PSUs there are no consequences whatsoever, lazy employees will continue to be employed, getting pay, bonus, benefits, bribes if possible and even pension after retirement, and will never lose their jobs.
People are promoted based on bootlicking, he's from /mycaste/, he's from /mylanguagegroup/, he's from /myvillage/ etc etc
PSU companies will keep getting bailouts without the threat of Privatization or a purge of the C-Levels.
Sab chalta hai, everyone is happy, lazy employees, union dalals, politicians getting votes, babus, everyone is chill.
That is until you run out of money or face a crushing defeat in a war that is.
