Putting to rest, the questions of leading economists about the future of the neoliberal form of global capital, one of the theoreticians of this global capital has stated bluntly that the ‘inevitable’ future of the people, the people dependant upon their labour is bleak to say the least. He went on to say blatantly, on our face that this is the way forward for the survival and prosperity of capital! That the capitalists are using the current pandemic to reset the economy into what he calls the fourth industrial revolution. Is the world really facing the horror story that he has knit?
All beginnings have a backdrop, a history. Searching the history of this pandemic led us back, to a decade and more, unfolding event after event. Are all these events, throughout the last decade or so, unrelated to each other? Can a chain of co-incidents of such a scale be possible in reality?
From the emergence of the novel corona virus to the declaration of the pandemic to the lockdowns to compulsory masking and social distancing to vaccines and booster doses – everything have shown the characteristics of an awe inspiring speed. Speed, however, blurs vision; and in this haze, we have to focus on what is in store for us ahead. The agenda 2030, the cyber pandemic and cyber lockdown looms large on our head.