AgNoStiC MuSliM
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How exactly has religion been used to 'sedate the masses' to the point that the masses ignore the incompetence of the politicians they elect? Can you draw a credible and tangible connection between religion and the continued influence (with the electorate) of the PPP & PMLN?Sorry, I disagree. You can choose to call me whatever [libtard,westoxified,etc,etc] but while blaming everything on religion is is absurd because such a subject cannot be reduced to a binary. However with this caveat out of the way religion is a major impediment and part of the problem.
This is because the parasites as described by me earlier in conjunction with the ruling elite have used Islam to create a cocktail which they have used as veil to carry out their rapacious habits and sedate the masses or numb them so they can't see what is happening to them.
The narrative of Islam has taken up such a large part of the public space and thus has detracted from what you have been centre of the public attention. In other societies such a rapacious elite would have faced a massive left based movement and thrown this order into the Arabian Sea. This has not happened because the mullah jas been released amongst the masse to confuse, sedate, divide the victims of this order.
This is nothing new. In Europe we also saw use of religion to suppress the masses which in fact gave rise to Marxism which as we all know takes very dim view of religion for this reason. Religion is perfect handmaiden of the rotten order and has served the Pakistan parasitic elites well.
Let us not forget that this very parasite, mafias, corrupt politicians and all other including military officials are the apparatchiks and the Islamic Republic. This is what Islamic Republic looks like sans the myths perpetuated by some. A rotten structure eating away the blood of 100s of million poor.
Benazir, Zardari, Bilawal, Nawaz, Shahbaz and Maryam are far cries from the kind of religious bigotry people like Captain Safdar spout, nor have any of the major political parties (PTI, PMLN, PPP) weaponized religion like the TLP, for example.
Political parties that openly court the religious vote and openly espouse their religious identity and support for 'Shariah' have consistently lost, and lost horribly, at the polls.
The misuse of religion (especially in terms of mob violence, stifling of free speech and discrimination against certain communities) is absolutely a problem, but Pakistan's economic and governance woes are not because of Pakistan's religiosity or it being an Islamic Republic. Blaming religion is a lazy answer to a whole host of complex issues bedeviling Pakistan, and the only thing focusing on Pakistan's theocratic foundation is going to get you is sidelined.
Pakistan is going to remain a theocratic State, for the next several generations. There are many other areas where reform and change can be brought and movement made towards a more progressive society without attacking the religious foundations of the State.
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