For long enough we Nagas have suffered our lives at the hands of the ignorant forces under the guise of a patriotic or ‘true leader’ of the people as if we never had a choice to turn the tables for once. Therefore we for once have decided to do something unorthodox that could and have unfortunately confused a lot of the people but still our faith in the people that they would start thinking outside of the box have so far motivated our cause to change the society for good once and for all.
We have come to terms that all the problems brought upon by the few people were all the product of the ignorant irrational system that manipulated our decisions and perspective about life. The system has everyone under its control be it the rich, poor or the ignorant and the smart ones altogether. The only thing that could balance out our society it seems now is only rationality and knowledge and truth.
It was ignorance that compelled the Ministers, MLAs and the bureaucrats to siphon off the funds for their own. Had they known or considered that we Nagas as a tiny race of humans needn’t always had to depend on others for technology, modernization and scientific discoveries etc. then maybe they would have diverted some if not all, specific amount of funds for the total completion of a project. It was ignorance that compelled the few invested women to pursue the legal 33% reservation in the ULB election which has now compromised Art. 371(A) because who in their right mind would jeopardize the financial stand (liberty) of the public at the cost of acquiring posts in the civic bodies regardless of their motives being for personal or social glory. It was ignorance that made some invested authorities of the various NPGs to extort huge amount of money beyond the profit margin and the capital itself in some cases upon fellow Naga entrepreneurs which is another factor why we lack private jobs.
The LDPN being the pioneer of rationality in the Naga society (not necessarily), we have comprehended that although every corruptors were at fault but still being a Naga living in the Naga society, knowing how it is, we can but only blame the irrational system we let exist and influence our society.
The western society had tried religion to dominate the society during the medieval times under the authority of the Roman Catholic Pope but seeing that it was anti-democracy and anti-liberalism (when this world was increasingly secular, nationalistic and antipapal) and after continuous revolutions, even the churches accepted the circumstances and the significance of ‘Human Rights’ and decided not to indulge in politics. So in response to one Naga writer who wrote, “role of the churches in Nagaland” on 11th April 2017, it is advised to him or anyone to check all the facts, the “pros and cons” before presenting any idea for the society to accept or even review.
We Nagas just like every human on earth are but only chained to the rhythm. Some argue that even our ‘free will’ itself is determined by the system. Which is why we have to be more wiser than we ever were. No decision should go by without thorough scrutiny. We have blamed corruption for our misery and left it in the hands of the ‘karma police’ to give us justice during which many hypocrites have robbed us of our rights and privileges and has retired. This necessarily doesn’t need to happen to us for we deserve better.
There is so much we Nagas are capable of instead of always being the victim of someone else’s misdoings. Thus we have to acknowledge the utility of reasoning/rationality and the implication of truth in our society if we want to attain the level of development and progress we all dream of, without which the Nagas have still a lot more perils to encounter because we have achieved the “height of corruption as well as ignorance”, the end of the road towards the doomful pit.
Liberal Democratic Party of Nagaland
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