Lack of intellect in the national conversations
Two examples - a general and a specific case
When the general people say that they want anti-corruption drive to go forward with a strong footing, at the back of their mind, they actually expect that those anti-corruption measures will have positive impact on their daily lives. So, when people find out that the prices of things are going up, they are upset. What most people do not expect or understand is that these two things are related, in many cases, one causes the other.
Now, its OK when a farmer or a day-laborer do not understand the intricacy of this relationship. But, why would the same frustration be visible with our intellectuals, commentators in national level and other presumed experts who are sharing their thoughts in the media on a daily basis.
More important thing is that if you claim to be an expert, you have to understand the sequence of events that would lead to the eventual goal - which people wants in the long run - that is to improve their day to day living. How to make sure that it happens?
That was a general case. Now, here is a specific case.
For the specific case, we chose one of the most respected leader, intellectual of our time who often serves as the pointer of morality and correctness at the national level. He is our ex-Chief Justice, ex-Cheif Adviser - Justice Habibur Rahman. Please see the news item below titled "'Elected politicians should play caretakers for polls'".
Here he is saying what elected politicians should do - he is suggesting of scrapping the caretaker government system. Albeit, he was one of the Chief Advisers of the system! To be fair to him, he has a right to express his opinion. But being correct or wrong is not what matters in this context, everything is right or wrong in politics depending on whom you talk to.
What Justice Habibur Rahman is saying might have some truth in it, but it does not work as long as it is coming from a non-politician. The elected officials will have to realize this issue and take actions. Arm-chair consulting doesn't help here. We have enough of passive elements in the society who talks about good. We need some active elements in politics who talks about change.
Would Justice Habibur Rahman or people in similar stature take initiatives to join the politics to become active agents? That is what needs to happen.
Suggesting Hasina or Khaleda to do what is good or bad doesn't help. It never worked.
We have talked about it before. You need to understand the economics of corrupton. Once you understand that, you will be able to take realistic steps to improve the economic fate of millions of people of Bangladesh. One good way to start that would be follow what has been talked about in these two articles : The Raw Deal that General people of Bangladesh is getting and Salary of a UP Chairman should be set One Lac Taka per month
If you thought some of the ideas are worth of your reading time, please forward it to others. If you have an ear to the columnists in regular traditional media, please forward it to them. If you have an ear to the journalists and news editors of the electronic media, discuss it with them. Hope they would look at the suggestions and give due diligence.
Thanks for your time,
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