Revenge of the Tuk Tuks (and I get a little political)

Driving in India can be stressful, there is no doubt about it. Even sitting in the back seat, listening to the tuk tuks honk like crazy, cut cars off, and just do what they please with no regard for anyone else can tense your shoulders up so much. They are always there! Just when you think they're gone, "BAM" another one appears. By the end of the drive, I came to two realizations: tuk tuks are annoying and it really is no wonder that India is the birthplace of yoga, they need the relaxation. 

I'm pretty sure they're car cockroaches.

While I'm listing things that bother me on the road, I might as well add in, what I have dubbed "car tappers". Any car stopped at a red light brings flocks of children and adults, sometimes trying to sell you things, sometimes just trying to beg. It really is a shame to see the children there, willing to do anything for just a couple of rupees. Whether you politely say "nahim" or turn your head the other way ignoring them, they just continue to tap on those car windows.

So then I thought to myself, is this what capitalism brings? Could capitalism be to blame for the creation of tuk tuks and invasion of beggars? Or on a deeper scale, responsible for poverty? Would a socialist or communist society be better? I had the experience of living in a communist country, and after I left I was sure that communism (like tuk tuks) was evil. Seeing those children though, running barefoot on the dirty Delhi roads with matted hair and torn clothes, makes me second guess myself... 

Of course there is an upside to capitalism too, just visit the five stars in Delhi. Once you step in, it's as if you have entered a new world. A world, where everyone's sarees are jeweled and suits freshly pressed. If you ask for it, it will come - the concierge will make sure of it. All the commotion of the outside world, seems so far away. Would you give up $200 sunglasses and eating gold-shaving sprinkled brownies, just so the there would be less poverty?

Don't hate, but I honestly don't know.