I want to share a joke on the subject.
The British colonized a town in Punjab. So the British commissioner surveyed the area on ways to generate income for the Queen.
The town residents used to cross a bridge to work on a daily basis. So the commissioner got the idea to collect toll tax on every town resident that crossed the bridge.
He enacted the tax, everyone paid the toll tax and no one complained. Over the coming days the commissioner increased the tax, and yet noone complained.
Few days go by, the Commissioner decided to enact more tax with a complimentary slap for every resident crossing the bridge.
Few days go by and the residents started to complain. So the Commissioner summoned a town elder.
The town elder, to the Commissioner surprise, mentioned he has no qualms with tax or a slap, the only problem for the residents was the queue to collect tax and a slap were getting longer hence they were getting late for work. Hence the town elder requested toll tax and a slap be done in a more efficient way.
This is basically the situation of people of Pakistan. A stockholm syndrome of sorts with their captors.