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Could corruption offer a path to
liberation?
25.5.2009
By Hataw Sarkawt, opinion
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May
25, 2009
In a heated debate, a few friends were arguing that
corruption is the reason why Kurdistan is not yet
liberated. They pointed to the disparity between the
wealth of the few and the poverty of the masses in
Southern Kurdistan. They were surprised when they
heard: if wealth is due to corruption, then
corruption provides a path to liberation.
Corruption as a way to liberation is a historical
phenomenon and might be based on Machiavellian
philosophy. Although this might seem bitter, it is
an undeniable reality. Brothels liberate the aroused
from their sexual needs and casinos satisfy the
gambling urges of the player. Nonetheless, both of
these types of businesses are based on taking
advantage of needy people for one’s own interest.
One might wonder why some wealthy indigenous
Americans are in the casino business. Most
indigenous people and those with ancient
philosophies,www.ekurd.net
often have a naturalistic
attitude toward wealth. Such an attitude is free
from corruption, greed, dishonesty, and manipulation
of others for one’s own interest. Although such a
freedom from corruption seems priceless, it has cost
indigenous and ancient people their liberation.
Because of their naturalistic attitude for centuries
the indigenous people in Americas, Australia, and
South Africa had not able to achieve what the Whites
accomplished in few decades after invasion of their
land. It is not surprising that the wealthiest
Native Americans today are the ones that own a
casino. If there is any need to liberate the Native
Americans, the most likely candidates would be the
wealthy owners of the casinos, and not the poor
masses.
Some people, who have not heard about the Indian
wars, believe that the Bush administration was the
most corrupt administrations in the history of the
United States. I am wondering, if it would have been
possible to liberate Iraqis from the more corrupt
administration of Saddam without the corruption of
the Bush Administration.
Compared to the Kurds and the Assyrians, other
ethnic groups in the Middle East such as Turks,
Persian, and Arabs have enjoyed the freedom to
protect their own heritage, language, and identity.
I am wondering if it would have been possible to do
so without the corruption and the wealth of their
leaders.
For the first time in Kurdish history, some skillful
Kurdish politicians in Baghdad have been able to
catch up with their corrupt peers in other countries
and so the Kurds is Southern Kurdistan are able to
learn their own language and claim their own
identity. Maybe through further corruption,www.ekurd.net
they would be able to establish
their own country too. If this hypothesis holds
true, let’s welcome corruption as the way to
liberation. If it holds false, let’s hope we end the
corruption first where it hurts us the most: in
cities such as Tehran, Ankara, Damascus, Baghdad and
other Islamic Centers of Corruption.
Copyright, respective
author or news agency,
Hataw Sarkawt
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