Its now been quite some time that we have been hearing how democracy benefits nations... I belong to one of those countries where democracy is hated by most, and loved by those who benefit from it... This then begs the question, is Democracy the actual solution ?
Infact, like any contractual obligations, do we even talk about the basics that must be readily available before democracy can prevail ? In a country where literacy rate is amongst the lowest in the world, most of the wealth is in very few hands, and poverty is increasing every day, does it even make sense to talk about Democracy ?
For me, before we talk about democracy, we should talk about the requirements ? For example, literacy rate should be a certain percentage before democracy can actually prevail. Infact, if we see countries where democracy is successful, we would see that most of them are highly literate. In countries, such as Pakistan, where we have only 2% of the population that can actually think in terms of what is going on, that have the broader vision, and 98% of people who are basically ignorant of the basic realities of the world.
Each and every vote from that 2% of population is much much more valuable than the other 98% that basically does not have the essential basics to start thinking about what their vote will do... Then you have people would sell their vote for as low as USD 3, and you can imagine how those 2% of the population's, can see their important vote being negated.
Hence, when you work with/talk to the pakistanis working with you, you would feel that they are the most intelligent of all, but seeing the situation of their country, you would know that their is something wrong... Something, that is killing this entire talent...
It is because Democracy has failed in this country, and will continue to fail until basics such as education are in place. The rich and wealthy who continue to get elected make sure that education does not become a widespread phenomenon, and hence you see the sufferings ... Meritocracy is the answer ? But will the powers of the world support this, or would they actually try to kill the idea like many others have already been killed...
Infact, like any contractual obligations, do we even talk about the basics that must be readily available before democracy can prevail ? In a country where literacy rate is amongst the lowest in the world, most of the wealth is in very few hands, and poverty is increasing every day, does it even make sense to talk about Democracy ?
For me, before we talk about democracy, we should talk about the requirements ? For example, literacy rate should be a certain percentage before democracy can actually prevail. Infact, if we see countries where democracy is successful, we would see that most of them are highly literate. In countries, such as Pakistan, where we have only 2% of the population that can actually think in terms of what is going on, that have the broader vision, and 98% of people who are basically ignorant of the basic realities of the world.
Each and every vote from that 2% of population is much much more valuable than the other 98% that basically does not have the essential basics to start thinking about what their vote will do... Then you have people would sell their vote for as low as USD 3, and you can imagine how those 2% of the population's, can see their important vote being negated.
Hence, when you work with/talk to the pakistanis working with you, you would feel that they are the most intelligent of all, but seeing the situation of their country, you would know that their is something wrong... Something, that is killing this entire talent...
It is because Democracy has failed in this country, and will continue to fail until basics such as education are in place. The rich and wealthy who continue to get elected make sure that education does not become a widespread phenomenon, and hence you see the sufferings ... Meritocracy is the answer ? But will the powers of the world support this, or would they actually try to kill the idea like many others have already been killed...
