Hitler Machine !!! Thats us. Is it our fault? Well, partly it is. So how is it that we churn out a Hitler? This is my thoery of it.
Common things about all the great villians: they are brilliant, egoistic, hard headed, anger freaks --> well most of them.
More importantly though, they know how brilliant they are and they expect life to shape up in accordance.
In the cut throat competitive world though, talent may not be enough. I am sure a lot of you've experienced UNFAIR treatment. You work hard, you perform well, you do all the things right, you are a thorough professional and then some NEPOTIST SOB gives the promotion, raise, ranking, rating, etc to his/her pet. You are pissed off, you talk to your best friend, your spouse, booze out with your pals, chill out at a party, take a few days off... basically you go do your JIG, and then you are back to work trying harder to beat the system. Luck turns your way, your GOD DAMN manager is screwed and you do well next time around. OR you don't, the cycle repeats. But you are person who is good at finding ways from such situations..most of us are ..I mean we either get used to this crap, switch jobs, find satisfaction elsewhere etc etc...
But our Hitler, nope he/she is different. (will use he here, cause well I am he !!) The thing is he really is this talented guy, intelligent at work, at sport at art(maybe a writer, a poet, a singer etc) at lots of stuff. He is a good speaker, people really like him, some look up to him. He is multi talented. Fortunately or unfortunately for him he knows this. And he sets out trying to make it big, make a change, be a contributor.
As the system starts treating all of us like shit at some point of time or other, our HITLER starts developing traits like anger, impatience. His friends praise him all the time, but the results just aren't there. Knowing how talented he is, he also starts lagging a bit in effort. His interpretation of fair and unfair goes for a toss. As friends begin to get busy with their own life, he begins to see how selfish the world really is. Life begins to collapse around him, betrayal after betrayal from the important ones like - boss, friends, girlfriend to the smaller yet deadly contributors - damn traffic, people around him, shopkeeper!! and he develops a feeling of "WHY DO THEY ALL TREAT ME SO BAD? I AM TOO GOOD FOR THIS!!! arrgh!!!".
Now alone, anger takes over. And that is the beginning. Oddly enough, how evil he really can get from here is down to how talented/intelligent he really is.
I know its his own fault. All of us get treated like trash sometimes. So who gives him the right to get so pissed? But we are all individuals, and we will react in our own unique way. HITLER just gives his own reaction. How is it our fault? We fail to recognize the potential of people around us. We've built a system where OK=good,good=good,great=good,excellent=good. We fail to realize that one wrong can lead to another one.
We may not ever be able to rectify this problem, but if you have a friend who is outstanding, an all rounder and he is not getting places, be there for him/her. You never know, you may be indirectly saving the world from the next MONSTER and giving it a VISIONARY instead. Remember the person and his potential is always same, its up to us - the society - to mould it correctly.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
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