Dr. Umar Khan
Dr. Khan belongs to a Lahore based Think Tank.
6-3-26
Democracy’s
psychopathic propensity for violence and belligerence.
“I object to violence
because, when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil that
it causes is permanent.” Gandhi
Would like
to share a few historical facts.
World’s proudest and oldest continuous democracy,
Britain, invaded 171 countries out of 195.
In addition
it started hundreds of wars during its hegemonic days.
Britain is the
only country that invaded, conquered and burnt the capital of USA.
Interestingly few are aware of this historical fact.
These wars
were fought for,
·
Conquering and occupying other
nations to loot.
·
Punitive expeditions for
resisting occupation.
·
Pushing drugs through the power
of gun and bullet.
·
Caused hundreds of millions of
deaths through violence, drugs or famines.
US, another proud democracy has,
Started/participated
in 201 out of 248 conflicts worldwide during 1945-2001. That is 81% of all
armed conflicts.
Over 100
foreign interventions.
It’s the only
country that has dropped nuclear bombs on civil populations and has the
audacity to call it saving lives.
It got worse
after the demise of Soviet Union
US
started/participated in 251 conflicts after the end of the cold war.
Just wondering,
·
Is there
something inherently evil in the prevalent form of democracies making them
extremely violent and belligerent?
·
Can
there ever be peace in the presence of these labeled democracies?
·
Are
these democracies too easy to influence, control and coerce by the greedy tycoons?
·
Are the UK and US democracies in the first place? Or are these plutocracies?
These appear to be controlled by rent
seeking ruthless and unscrupulous billionaires ready to destroy the world for
their numerical gains?
·
Can
the world afford to stay indifferent to this threat to the existence of
humanity any longer?
·
Shouldn’t
we redefine and reform democracies freeing them from the filthy rich influence
peddling manipulators?
“Thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not be a perpetrator, but, above
all, thou shalt not be a bystander.”
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