Powerplays
Its amazing how fate can play mean tricks on you. That is why i always maitain that god should bless us with the power of choosing of where to be born, when and as who. Scroll down and read my article regarding Achilles and Karn. I mean just imagine if they had been born on different sides. The course of history would have changed. Just imagine Pravin Togadia a Muslim hardliner, or Ayatollah Khomeini as the Pope, or George Bush as the leader of RSS. They would have been just as effective i believe. Fanatics dont need reasons. Reason and logic are farthest from their minds. All they need is for a cause to believe in.
At the core, all fundamentalists are the same. Koi FUNDA follow nahi karte, aur sab MENTAL hote hain. They possess the power to make people see their vision. They have awe and fear as their ally. But they mostly end up presenting the wrong picture. This may happen due to two reasons. Either they themselves have been educated wrongly and see the wrong picture. They themselves might be deluded and may actually believe what they preach. The second scenario, the more common one, i believe, is that they twist the facts and truths to suit their own ideas. They manipulate preachings and situations to facilitate their hold on people so that their power over the masses may never lessen. Both classes are equally dangerous -- the first one dangerous in the manner of a raving and raging lunatic, and the second one as a feindish and cunning Machiavelli (i hope i spelt it right). If they all belonged to the same side, all the greatest of hardliners would be best of pals. Imagine, Bush and Saddam sharing a glass of whisky or possibly getting down together at an Iftaar gathering.
The world is run by people who love and abuse power. And it can be safe only in the hands of those who dont crave power. But these people will never come into power. Can u see the irony? So warmongers and unetical maniacs will always be in power. And all they will worry about is staying in power. And that is the power given by us. Yes, democracy has had only one effect........we now get to chose who abuses power and who we elect to mistreat us. No one actually knows the proper use of power but everyone covets it. Ironically most of the time one is in power, one spends it in trying to remain in power. He barely has time to enjoy(in other words abuse) it. I think misuse of power should come with an immediate death sentence. So that the crown sits heavy upon their heads. So no matter how happy they are, like Damocles they always have a sword hanging over their heads.
At the core, all fundamentalists are the same. Koi FUNDA follow nahi karte, aur sab MENTAL hote hain. They possess the power to make people see their vision. They have awe and fear as their ally. But they mostly end up presenting the wrong picture. This may happen due to two reasons. Either they themselves have been educated wrongly and see the wrong picture. They themselves might be deluded and may actually believe what they preach. The second scenario, the more common one, i believe, is that they twist the facts and truths to suit their own ideas. They manipulate preachings and situations to facilitate their hold on people so that their power over the masses may never lessen. Both classes are equally dangerous -- the first one dangerous in the manner of a raving and raging lunatic, and the second one as a feindish and cunning Machiavelli (i hope i spelt it right). If they all belonged to the same side, all the greatest of hardliners would be best of pals. Imagine, Bush and Saddam sharing a glass of whisky or possibly getting down together at an Iftaar gathering.
The world is run by people who love and abuse power. And it can be safe only in the hands of those who dont crave power. But these people will never come into power. Can u see the irony? So warmongers and unetical maniacs will always be in power. And all they will worry about is staying in power. And that is the power given by us. Yes, democracy has had only one effect........we now get to chose who abuses power and who we elect to mistreat us. No one actually knows the proper use of power but everyone covets it. Ironically most of the time one is in power, one spends it in trying to remain in power. He barely has time to enjoy(in other words abuse) it. I think misuse of power should come with an immediate death sentence. So that the crown sits heavy upon their heads. So no matter how happy they are, like Damocles they always have a sword hanging over their heads.
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