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CAPITALISM:            An Infallible Creed

The world has metamorphosed considerably since the first individual staked a claim to a piece of land as exclusively under his own ownership. Soon others followed and carved out pieces of territory as an exclusive domain for themselves. This claim was regarded as unjust and harmful to the solidarity of the tribe/society. They faced resistance and at times, prolong warfare to the point genocidal extinction came out as a result. For the cavemen of yester-years the world was big enough to entertain these claims, though it resulted in the fissure of the nuclear family.  This nuclear family had for a long time kept the individuals in check and kept them as human beings. As soon as mankind treaded into the wilderness, he developed beastly instincts and tendencies that became necessary for the survival of his kind. All this was inevitable, in the wilderness everyone only thinks for himself and the fact that a crowd is nothing more than a gathering of fools.

           Like every other species, humans also need to ensure its safety and survival through its off-springs. The human race turned into rabbits. This uncontrolled event led the human race to increase exponentially while the exploration for newer territories, materials and methods was carried at a geometric pace. The world grew smaller and needs became larger. Humans branched out of their safe dwellings and explored the land beyond. A single individual from each (earlier) family had to make the necessary sacrifice and bear the hardships and dangers that were pursuant in the journey of his survival alone. This un-owning of sons and daughters by the patriarchs of the ancients led the young’s to develop a rebellious and selfish attitude. Every individual in such groups prioritized his own needs and aspirations over others and as such individualism was born. Individualism is a philosophy that advocates the needs of the individual as paramount and supreme.

           As the population grew, the world further shrunk in size and the needs of the individual outweighed the benefits of the society as a whole. This led to confrontation and competition. Groups of equal strength soon found out that it was virtually impossible to exterminate his rival. The area/locality/region/world was divided into spheres of influences. The regulation of the monetary aspect of this conflict led to the birth of capitalism. Capitalism, after skinning it to its bones (removing all superfluous and misleading postulations) is individualism. In a human analogy capitalism is blood. It is the very life force of an individual. Any adulteration in the blood sickens the individual and begets illness. Religion, magic, tribalism, commerce, enlightment, and such were foes of magnificent strength that capitalism faced for its survival throughout history. As information about the above mentioned foes of capitalism is scarce and unreliable, we’ll discuss events pertaining to the last couple of centuries and such.

           Nationalism was the first stone thrown as a challenge to the burgeoning force of capitalism. The French and American revolutions were given a romantic and patriotic color to play with the emotions of the people. Heterogeneous populations and groups banded together as a single entity staking a claim to a land mass as their own. The force uniting this group was given the name nationalism as to denote a group of people inhabiting a specific region of the globe. Nationhood was used interchangeably as statehood and the first seed of destruction of the human race as it had developed till that time was sown. Soon the intellectuals found out that nationalism was not the answer to stop the advancement of capitalism and a different creed was created to combat its ill effects. Socialism was the name of this philosophy. It basically postulated that the needs and requirements of the individual do not outweigh those of the individual. In a sense it was a call for returning to the cavemen society of ancient times. Individuals are only parts of a larger structure of the society as a whole. Instead of individuals as separate atoms, a larger molecule of the society with individuals as integral parts is regarded as a primary unit of existence. Apart from the society the individual has no separate existence of his own. As a counter argument to Socialism, a thing that does not have any physical manifestation, does not possess a soul and does not even lay in any metaphysical structure of existence, how can it claim the allegiance of a human being? True that it is a man created institution for communication and survival but it is still man created. It is Godless and that is why it is called Godless communism. As the case with (F) U.S.S.R, when developed to its extreme, it loses all fabrics of reality and crumbles under its own imagination. Experimentations with socialisms with a bit of capitalism have been attempted in China as for instance Hong Kong and Shanghai city. They have failed and the people of these places are interlinked on an intersection where neither of these creeds can help them. In case of Shanghai, the air itself is witness. Pollution is way above the acceptable limits and neither the communist government or the capitalist bourgeoisie are taking any measures to eradicate the problem. Hong Kong, since its transference to Chinese sovereignty has lost its name and reputation in the manufacturing and industrial world. As a matter of fact, on first contact people think of it as a Chinese aberration of King Kong.  

           Institutionalism or in simple words laissez faire, and in even more simple terms welfare of the individualism or even more simpler humanism came as another challenger calling out the threat of capitalism. It’s basic premise is that the individuals who have been left behind in the race of capitalism should not be left to their fate. They are not lemons. Squeezing the juices out of their body is not humanistic. It is even not affordable either. The human body needs rest and nourishment in to order to regenerate more juices. The welfare and basic necessities of these individuals should be given considerations and are the responsibilities of the state. The state being run by the capitalists should pay for the welfare of the people. This is also a form of capitalism though in secret. For advancement and development tools and machinery are needed. Oiling, greasing, replacements, upgrading, maintenance and the like are needed for running the smooth mechanism of capitalism. Here too capitalism is at work and it is maintaining the individual in the guise of aid and monetary support. It is all a fallacy/trick to lullaby the masses. Keynesian economics, Ricardo reports, IMF, WTO and every other economic forum are just camouflages by the intelligent and clever capitalists to keep the people at bay.

           Capitalism has faced the most potent resistance on the religious front. Christianity is all about nullifying oneself and servitude of others. How can one help another when one does not possess the strength to stand oneself. Islam in its present form has too many interpretations to deal with a monetary aspect of life as a singularity. Hinduism, with so many gods to satisfy practically wipes out the essence of humanity in a human being. Confucianism and Buddhism, both are spiritual forms of socialism. In short when it comes to a choice between the corporal and mundane, the corporal takes precedence. History is witness to the fact that, except for a infinitesimal number, all religious wars were based on economic needs and motivations.

           Capitalism thus having starved off all challenges till date is still vibrant and robust in its manifestations and form. There is not any known human philosophy that can convert the humans into angels and humans in all basic forms of existence can only care for himself. Gone are the days when any single world sized event would unite the people into one family and face the threat and destruction as a common entity. The only thing is that the main fault with capitalism today is that it is moving at too fast a pace for the world to catch up with it. In a body when blood moves faster, pressure on the arteries and veins increases which leads to different kinds of diseases. Only a few of the billionaires, super billionaires know that the body needs to excrete as well for the proper functioning and metabolism of its consumptions. They donate and help others. The rest are getting obese and obesity causes many health related problems and even death.

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PAKISTAN: AN ALIEN STATE

Mankind has been fascinated by aliens since time immemorial. All civilizations have incorporated aliens existence in their beliefs, traditions and even cryptic. Pakistan being part of the Indus civilization, possess the same devotion albeit (in the present scientific age) it has retracted itself somewhere deep in their subconscious minds. The advent of Islam into the Indo-Pak subcontinent has changed the cognizance and perception about supernatural aliens to one of a divine connotation. Time and again the spirits of our forefathers have endeavored to remind of us this resourceful avenue but to no avail. Not that aliens are real and the Divine is fake, just for the testing this proposition, let us just delve into historical journey that Pakistan has had in the cosmos of space and time      

      Since its inception, Pakistan has never fired off in any direction; be it political, military, economic, social, religious or even individual. The rulers in the past, civil, military, bureaucrat and foreign (care-takers) have tried their best to sabotage and hinder the development of any political system in Pakistan. They have never let the people to mature enough to understand the benefits of either system of governance. The aliens here too have endeavored their best to ensure that no one is misled by the false earthly creeds propagated by the rulers. Time and again they entered the bodies of different leaders and led the country to a path of self destruction. The simple fact that progress is progress whether one attains through capitalism or godless communism was unbearable to the ego of the over watching aliens. They could not stand the fact that the people was progressing without their help. In spite of all this, the people have always managed to weather the storm and by some grace survive the cataleptic changes imposed on their minds. It’s not that either system of governance is bad or unworkable; it’s the simple fact that the alien overlords are not letting the people to abandon their beliefs in them. These aliens will never allow the country to mature enough to understand the benefits of democracy, be it Islamic, liberal, social or militaristic. They cannot simply let go of their serfs.

      The economy has always been in shackles. The debt burden is so heavy, that if it is translated into coins, literally half of Asia will be crushed under its weight. Inflation is so high that Mount Everest is a tiny mound of dirt in comparison .Plunder after plunder after plunder has become a normal criterion of success for the govts. As the analogy goes “A melon ripens after it sees other melons ripe”, so have the people taken clue to their rulers and are looting, stealing and cheating each other in ways only conceivable by alien mechanisms. One can milk the cow only so much. The cow has dried and it starting to pour out its blood. The money that is flowing around in the country whatever it is (worth in real terms) is simply not present anywhere either in gold or cyber currency. The writing on the currency notes that an equivalent amount of gold will be remunerated is over exaggerated. Except for air there is nothing left to remunerate it with. Here the benevolent alien overlords are ensuring that air is worth its volume in gold. Currency is being printed as if an infinite well of precious metals have been discovered. Everyone knows this as a facade and they are quiet about it since only the aliens have the technology to convert air into gold. And the people trust the aliens to come through when the need arises.

      On the religious front Pakistan is a religious state. Securalism has still not penetrated the society enough to make it a Dubai, Turkey, Malaysia or the like. There is no major divide as to the understanding and beliefs about the soul in life. The country as a whole embraces the Islamic belief of transcendence into the next world by living a pious and virtuous live (though practically 99.99% of the people can be classified as irreligious on a strict Islamic criterion). Why is this so? Darwinism, scientific advancement, the presence of billions and billions of stars beyond our milky way solar system. The cry for potential of alien life is exponentially high considering the size of the universe. Is it true that religion is the opium of the masses! Certainly most people hope against hope that all is a lie and a benevolent alien comes to rescue them from eternal damnation that awaits for atonement of the mortal sins committed throughout life. Not that anyone can fight the divine but still, no aliens have been proven to not exist in any religion either which automatically makes one ponder about the utility and essence of the alien force. Monkeys might after all become our ancestors. This idea, this hope, this longing, is all because of the alien beings that have instilled the thought of their omnipotence into human minds.

     The Pakistani aliens are all not that bad. They care about the well-being and health of the people. Consider this for a fact that science has made a machine out of humans in the developed countries. Pakistani’s are trying their best to imitate the automization of their lives in line with the western civilization. They have become machines and machines are devoid of emotion and thoughts. One machine does not care what is happening to and around the other machine. Height of Inhumanity! Still somehow sometimes in spite of all the materialistic nonsense, the humanity side wakes up and reminds one of his essence. How can a human be infallible? How does he dare dream to be on a level of an alien? This effort (to upgrade) has angered the alien overlords and they are not happy about the physical and structural changes that Pakistan has made from time to time. Stability is what makes progress and Pakistan has never witnessed even a single month of stability in its existence. Aliens have been and still are punishing all the rulers that have dreamt to take Pakistan in the path of western progress. (Except in the case of Asif Ali Zardari, who in some people’s opinion is the personification of the Nordic Lord of mischief Loki himself. By the way how can he be punished, if the aliens start a war among themselves, who will look after Pakistan).

        As for the present, Pakistan’s economy is in dire straits. The treasury does not possess enough money to pay one month’s salary to its employees, let alone pay interests on loans or bills of petroleum. The internal resource generating machinery is so outdated (ancient alien apparatus) and inefficient that it is generating negative income. Its maintenance cost more than its ability to generate revenue. Again, in this situation who is paying the bills? The Divine only helps those who help themselves. And Pakistan has lost its credit as to be eligible for free help: a long time ago.

    A political party that was never more than a popular 11 member sports team, has gained nearly 17 million votes in the 2018 election. The Principle on which it won the election was compromised the very next day. An unholy trophobios of the corrupt and pious led to the establishment of a govt that can be dismantled even by one alliance partner. The host of this symbiotic relationship will soon be consumed of its piety. All this in the name of necessity. Considering the timeframe (2 months) it is virtually impossible that the elections might have been rigged to beget such a result. Such precisions and calculations is beyond the minds of any avenue in the country. However for the first time one man; our former Prime Minister had the astute observation of seeing the aliens (Khilaee Mukhlook) in play even when everyone else was busy ridiculing his assumptions. In reality it did not matter whether he won the elections or not. No one was ready to give him another chance (not so the aliens). This time around he was raising a voice for the people of Pakistan and tried to challenge the alien beings. Pakistan belongs to the people and only to the people alone. But alas not even a single soul is realizing the gravity of the situation the country is plunging into.