Jan 23 2009
Gross National Happiness under Intellocracy
Well-being of people of the nation is the primary objective of intellocracy. For ensuring it, Gross National Happiness (GNH) is chosen as the parameter. This is based not only on the health of each individual but also equitable distribution of the national resources amongst all citizens. National happiness is proportional to quality of life of an an average person and inversely proportional to income gap between the highest and the lowest levels of the society. Thus -
Gross National Happiness
= [Quality of Life of Average Citizen/Income Gap between richest and the poorest]
For achieving this, the intellocratic government’s priority is set at general cleanliness in the country, couple with high quality of free and uniform health services available to all citizens in the country, free and uniform educational opportunities to all and speedy justice administration.
GNH is the superset of GNP of the nation based on material aswell as non-material progress of the country. This involves harmonious inter-human relationships in the society, and harmonizing the lives of the people with local natural environment. Putting national resources to use for crime control and curing diseases are their negative uses. Instead, the Intellocracy makes use of the national resources for promoting harmony in the society and health of the people. The GNH give negative marking for such negative usages of the national resources.
To promote GNH, Intellocracy bans totally production and distribution of narcotics and intoxicants, including alcoholic drinks, tobacco and its products, etc. in the country. For indulgence in such activities, Intellocracy provides for a death sentence. in democracie through out the world, maximum crimes against women are committed under influence of alcohol or some other intoxicant.
Another important ingradients of the GNH are Socially Responsible investments by the Corporate sector of the country, i.e. putting more and more money in projects which spread happiness in the society, viz ecologically sustainable practices, profit sharing with employees and due care for share-holders, not merely profit-wise but with humanitarian considerations too. It establishes a concept that financial profits do not take into consideration unaccounted damages to ecology and other social aspects, which may make sustenance of human economy impossible in the near future.
