And this is the power of information and knowledge that I am not under anyone's unnecessary control or fear. This power of information and knowledge empower me. There is no fear. No one can make me fool.
It is quite easy to control the masses when information is censored, altered, controled or stalled once and for all. Even in this age of information, there are over smart people who think they can get away with by making masses fool. This only happen when information is not spread to the masse.
Western values are always looked down upon in the Eastern countries. All the modern development came after industrialization which like it or not happened in the west (England). People have no shame to use western inventions but when it came to freedom, they go nuts.
This is egoism and nothing else.
Cognitive bias at its peek. Because of this bias, they create their own subjective reality. To them what their society and elders told them is right. This narrow thinking don't let them to think and develop nor they let others to think and develop. There are also those who have all the knowledge and information but they are so much under societal pressure that they can't even bother to think.
Most of the western countries are developed. Freedom of expression and freedom of information is their core values. Success is scared in places live Pakistan. Sharing of information is considered as giving away the secret of success. Others will come and snatch whatever one has. This fear doesn't let to flow the information.
And this idea of giving information is dangerous for the so called controllers of the third world countries of East. It's money and power game. It will rock their boats. Public would no longer be under their controlled. That is why people from these countries risk their lives to go the western countries. They don't care for any of their forced values and traditions when it comes to living a better and standard life in the western countries.
West and East are different in many ways. Their society, politics, economy, values, norms and tradition, you name it...are different. But it doesn't mean Western values should be dubbed wrong. It can't be adopted by eastern people if they want, vice versa.
Better to stop calling it the West or East. Its the division of developed and under developing countries. Lack of freedom,progress, development in every field of life has made grapes sour. Rejecting the concept of progress and development is the biggest stupidity. Nothing is forever. We humans are supposed to evolve in our lives. Change is constant. Better change for better.
So what if something good is from the West?
Freedom of Information make the process of golabation faster. The world is becoming a global place.
Everyone has right to adopt the values which s/he thinks is right for him/her, unless it is not illegal or criminal.
I have no issue with anyone who wants to live traditional and conservative life. Go a head. But don't dare to force your agenda on me. I am not interested at all.
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