I spent years studying why #Pakistan is stuck in this cycle of democratic backsliding and then democratization. I literally wrote a book about this, I took pains to explain exactly why this happens having lived it first hand. The answer is because that’s how the system is set up
The system in #Pakistan has a built in kill switch. Beyond a certain point of change and reform, the system … bureaucracy, economic elites and military, mobilize to revert it back to its default position through courts and slow walking reform. They do it every single time
Think of it in these terms, the core issue is rule of law. In #Pakistan laws apply based on who you are and what you are doing. That means, there is zero trust in the state to protect you if you vulnerable. If u spend time studying why folks migrate, at the heart of it is this
Folks I literally wrote a book about this stuff, I compared Turkey, Taiwan and Pakistan. Pakistan is hands down the most sustainable competitive authoritarian structure in the world because that’s how the state is set up from day one
That’s why I don’t get angry or emotional or even bothered by #Pakistan politics any more because I lived it, studied it and realized that’s exactly what it is supposed to be. It’s a single party state with junior partners fighting to be frontmen. Why get emo abt it?
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