03/10/2020
As you know, the mind has a natural tendency to degrade itself; it flows more easily downwards than upwards. So, if some people, by virtue of their wealth, impose vulgar cinemas and dramas on others, this will beak the latter's spines and they will become paralysed. And those paralysed, spineless people will thenceforth never be able to stand unitedly against cultural or any other kind of exploitation. They will never be able to do so, because mentally they will be completely dead--their capacity to raise their heads in protest will have been crushed forever. How can they raise their heads again?
This exploitation in the cultural sphere is accomplished by the propagation of pseudo-culture. Every honest, virtuous, rational person must fight against this pseudo-culture, and inspire others to do the same. If this is not done, the future of humanity will be sealed. It is proper for human beings to struggle for political freedom, for social emancipation; but if their cultural backbone is broken, then all their struggles will end in nothing--like offering ghee into a fire that has died out.
If one's spine is shattered, it is impossible to hold one's head erect. Can those whose necks and backs are crushed under the weight of pseudo-culture, be expected to hold their heads high in any sphere of life? Hence it is the bounden duty of every rational person to save innocent people from pseudo-culture.
--P. R. Sarkar
From PROUT in a Nutshell, Part 8