I don’t understand the fucking prospect of being free when you are unable to go to any place on the earth you like. What do we have to go through in the name of security and nationalism. Visas, Passports, Immigration and shit.
I want to be able to pack my bags and go to anywhere I like. Now it may seem like I am living in the clouds. But I chose to call our current understanding of freedom as delusion because we all are living a dream(I would rather use the word nightmare). When you are in a dream you are pretty sure it is true and also you are sure that things have always been this way since forever. But its only when you wake up you realize, that was all bullshit. There was a time when the explorers and caravans roamed the earth freely. Now we have border patrol to keep our adventurous ass in check.
It goes like this. Indo-Pak people claim to have gotten freedom in 1947. I however don’t believe I am free anymore to go to Dehli, niether they are free to come to Karachi (not that anyone would like to come to Karachi though). The point is that this abuse of word freedom is so frequent that we miss the point that freedom is being lost.
If Sindhi’s want freedom, then they can say goodbye to lahore and peshawar. Muhajirs (who are no more muhajirs now by the definition of the word) want Jinnahpur. Say goodbye to rest of the Sindh.
What is next, another movement that wants separate state for countless castes that exist in Sindh. Mehristan, jatoistan and on and on. Are we going to have movements for liberating defence, liyari, nazimabad. You might as well want to liberate your kitchen while you are at it. Soon we will need passports to go from the bedroom to the bathroom.
It is indeed an irony in its purest form. Why abuse the term so much. If you want freedom liberate yourself from racism, from religion, from caste culture, from elitist cults. Liberate your thoughts, liberate your speech…
I read once in a book. If you want to rule a group, tell them how they are different from the others. If all people convert to a single religion be it any, it will collapse itself. It is inherent nature of man to polarize himself. In the coming time it will not be the religions at the opposing poles. It will be rationalty versus irrationality. All the theists that were the cut-throat enemies of each oher will suddenly become friends.
False beliefs survive only in a closed system where there is no influx of information. But in todays world thanks to the countries who promote free speech, ignorance is on the run.
Critical thinking is the only thing that can kill false agendas. If I had the power to teach all the children one thing, it would be critical thinking. Not to take things just as they are presented. To look for the evidence. Big claims need big justifications. Then only will they be protected from the mindraping that happens in the world.
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