I have given this some thought and Ive come up with a few possible solutions or outcomes, although the actions of humans, and particularly pakistanis, cant be predicted (who would have predicted us, slumbering punjabis, to rise in such force against the govt.)
1) We have a Marquez like situation and from somewhere or the other, a Colonel, comes to the fore...Should be possible because our and South America's political situation isnt much different, but I think we have had just one military dictator too many to trust them anymore.
2) We dont do anything, these politicians fuck around for the next decade or so, alternating in short spans of 2-3 years and then there comes another coup...People get scared and hide in their homes, the dictator cosies up to them and then gets his ass kicked in turn by the people once he has wasted another decade or so of our time, then we start again...
3) We have a revolution...Frankly speaking this is where I can see we are headed to, this govt. and presumably the next one too will go on messing up things, people dont get justice, electricity, food, shelter, anything, just piles and piles of bills and, what can only be called, extortion money. They get fed up and revolt...There is a civil war...
3A) The people win as a result of the civil war, they setup a new government, there is justice, peace and prosperity, everyone lives happily ever after. Not gonna happen though...We can keep dreaming...
3B) The revolution is over, there have been negotiations between the autocracy and the people, the autocracy has bowed down to the demands of the people, for the time, the feudals are lurking somewhere in the shadows, the generals are making plans of their own...
3C) What kind of political system do we adopt and what about the constitution...
4) Through political awareness and democratic progres, we build up a conscious nation, one that selects representatives that bring justice to the society. This might happen but it will take time, loads of it infact but I dont think we hav enough patience or time for this method...
What do yu folks think?
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(3) or (4) obviously... 3A is the utopia we all dream of, regardless of how we achieve it.. 4 is in fact a revolution in itself. I feel that if we have the proper education, we can grow tolerant towards our current democratic system and maybe even kick out the feudals. In case of a revolution, a system should be adopted which guarantees equal rights for the oppressed classes, free health-care maybe and quality education provided by the state. For me, it will be socialism, if not a strict authoritative communism, but good old democracy is just fine if there's awareness and education. About the constitution, please no God, just secularism! smiles
No no no, no strict authoritative communism, that is as bad as a mullah run state, or nearly as bad anyway...We can build a society that is based loosely on left wing elements regarding socialism, there should be the obvious absence of any state religion...And all feudals should be hanged =D
I was asking more in the lines of what do yu think our political future would be, I had outlined what we'd want it to be and we all know the necessity of education, healthcare and equal rights, although our rulers dont...:s
How about fascism or a pakistani version of nazism?
pakistani nazism or fascism as a breed is not possible due to severe lack of nationalism and abundance of multiple ethnicities. As for pakistan's future i think we'll have another wave of socialism, and even if that doesn't happen, there will be a lot of youth participation through the likes of TI etc which can help shift focus to the grim reality facing our education and health care systems.
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