Increasing minimum requirements and special and maximum amenitiesWhatever is feasible and practical has been said in Prout. Marxismbuilt castles in the air and encouraged the people to dream ameaningless dream. Prout has not done this nor will Prout do it. Proutwill do that which is feasible and practical. If the common people andthe meritorious people are treated as the same, the capable people willnot be encouraged to develop their higher potentiality. This is thereason why the brain drain is happening in India. When talented peopleleave India, they leave it for good. Providing special amenities for those with special capabilities will stop the brain drain.Prout's approach is to guarantee the minimum requirements for all,guarantee maximum amenities for all and guarantee special amenities for people with special capabilities. This approach will ensureever-increasing acceleration in the socio-economic sphere. The questionof retardation does not arise; even the question of maintaining speeddoes not arise. There must be acceleration. Acceleration is the spiritof life, the spirit of existence, the spirit of the existentialfaculty. One may not be a genius, one may simply be a member of theordinary public, and not properly accepted or respected by all, buteven then one will get the minimum requirements and maximum amenitiesin an ever increasing manner according to the environmental conditionsconcerned, according to the demands of the day.So what is the significance of this new approach?- Minimum requirements are to be guaranteed to all- Special amenities are to be guaranteed to capable people. Specialamenities are for people of special calibre as per the environmentalcondition of the particular age. Special amenities are incentives for extraordinary cases.- Maximum amenities are to be guaranteed to all, even to those who haveno special qualities -- to the common people of common calibre. Maximumamenities are to be guaranteed to all as per environmental conditions.These amenities are for those of ordinary calibre -- the common people,the so-called downtrodden humanity. The provision of the maximumamenities should not go against the common interest.All three above are never ending processes, and they will go onincreasing according to the collective potentialities. This appendix toour philosophy may be small, but it is of a progressive nature and aprogressive character. It has far-reaching implications for the future.I hope you will realize its impact and all its potentialities.1. Minimum necessities are for all - non-compromisable - food,clothing, housing, medical care, education at the very least beingprovided - and obtained by adequate purchasing capacity for all.2. Special amenities are incentives for people of special calibre.Those with physical, metaphysical or intellectual ability may demandsomething more than ordinary people. Special amenities should,therefore, be provided so that the diversity in skill and intelligenceis fully utilized, and talent is encouraged to contribute its best
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