Open to interpretation, it reflects the symbolic expression of Gregor Samsa's transformation into an insect and his becoming ordinary in Ionesco's "Rhinoceros" and Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" when he wakes up one morning.
Ordinariness is loss of individual characteristics and originality, devaluation of the individual, loneliness, decrease in creativity, monotony and similarity.
Casualization, conformity to the general, culture of allegiance, loss of individual originality and freedom also affect the political and economic order, causing political regimes to turn towards autocracy and fascism. In authoritarian, fascist orders, the leader, also defined as Führer (Hitler), Duçe (Mussolini), Caudillo (Franco), president, chief, manages and guides the society with his decision-making authority, imperiousness, imposing his wishes and ensuring obedience. Integration under the leadership of the leader is aimed with the authoritarian, totalitarian state approach. The leader principle is one of the characteristics of the regime. The individual has no importance or value.
Conservatism means compliance with the rules, oppressive state authority, state control of means of communication; Restriction of freedoms under the justification of state or public interest, interference in private life; As a result, it restricts individual development and creativity and leads to mediocrity. Authoritarian, fascist orders and the ordinaryization of the person mutually feed each other.
The domination of capital, propaganda, education, the imposition of certain ideology's own value judgments as national and moral values; Advertisements, TV series, technology, short-term interest expectations create fear, monotony, and banality. Even the language of communication becomes monotonous and does not develop.
Ordinariness affects not only the political regime and economic order; It also has negative and destructive effects on nature, environmental protection, intellectual, cultural and artistic life. Our planet is not only desertified and destroyed; Intellectual and artistic life is also becoming deserted. Innovation is constantly talked about, advertised and propagated. However, it does not make a concrete contribution to the general quality of life.
While writing the book on development economics and researching the bibliography, I could not find any intellectual vitality or richness of publications in this field. The sources were generally economic development books, articles and research written in the 1960s. What I found and used was the book Economic Development written by Michael P. Todaro and Stephen C. Smith. While I was working on the subject, it was in its thirteenth edition.
Decrease in intellectual vitality, lack of permanent works, materialization; It affects not only the quality of life but also the political order. Fascist tendencies are getting stronger. Right-wing tendencies in Italy and France, AfD fire despite Hitler's experience in Germany, Scandinavian countries' gradual move away from social democracy, and the Trump show in the USA are the results of becoming monotonous and ordinary. Timidity, constant pursuit of interest, even if short-term, imitation, and tendency towards uniformity as common characteristics also lead to unresponsiveness and acceptance of events. It endangers rights and freedoms. In analogy, the effects of smartphones and artificial intelligence should also be examined.
Economic development is the process of liberating the individual, preserving and developing his/her characteristics. One should not be caught up in the misconceptions brought about by the dominant social forces, and should avoid monotony.
