"Democracy and mass literacy follow the opposite paths"

With due regard, I think it is your hypothesis and your general views pertaining democracy that follow opposite paths.

In my opinion, democracy and mass literacy go hand in hand like two parallel roads and that there is a positive regression between the two. Consider, for example, the state of democracy and the rate of literacy in Pakistan now and a decade ago, or at the time of its birth. There is an improvement indeed, a little tough. Also research the cases of established democracies in this regard. Do you think that in USA or Uk, role model democratic countries, had an overnight paradigm shift in their governing systems and that they never happen to have struggled for such levels of democracies? Or do you simply mean that people in today's established democracies were born literate? Indeed, they struggled for centuries to establish their self-made governing system on the lands they themselves inhabit. There were resistance, opposition and finally resurgence. Now, the third world countries - according to their monetary and social standards btw - are taking relatively longer to establish stable democracies due to a number of factors, most of which you mentioned earlier. I would add to those factors religion as a major factor if you are talking about Muslim specific countries.

Based on your arguments, one reaches at the conclusion that a home to democracy cannot shelter literacy, or that democracy is not an appropriate form of government, at least not for third world countries because people here are by and large ignorant and/or illiterate, and hence it should be rejected outright.

"Real democracy can come to Pakistan once the people's freedom, education and income increase with development"

Your suggestion is what you earlier described and quite elaborately identified as the problem.

After food, shelter and cloth, health, education and (human + physical) development are what people collectively strive for, be it under any form of government. And democracy being the government by, for and of the people amd democracy essentially being a participation serves that cause. Literacy also known as education level of a person gives birth to democracy which in turn raises literacy level or one may say it is a self enforcing cycle. The better the one gets, the prosperous gets the other. And btw democracy knocked our doors too after those great Quaid and Iqbal got literate enough 😊. But, sadly, afterwards we could not carry it with the same glory. Anyways, dealing with your argument that it is because of our ignorance and illiteracy that we are ruled by corrupt lot. I, personally, call this situation of ours more than illiteracy and more than anything - a humanitarian crisis. Insan jub peda hota hai to Wo apnay sath fitrat e Saleem le kar aata hai jo usay ghalat or sahi k darmiyan farq btati hai. It is a crisis of which few talk. A crisis that is not even on the agenda of HRCP. All they care about is women's right, freedom of expression and bla bla bla.. All based on the standards of westren societies. However, the solution to corruption lies individually inside us and yes democracy enforces literacy which in turn stablizes democracy. 😊"Democracy and mass literacy follow the opposite paths"

With due regard, I think it is your hypothesis and your general views pertaining democracy that follow opposite paths.

In my opinion, democracy and mass literacy go hand in hand like two parallel roads and that there is a positive regression between the two. Consider, for example, the state of democracy and the rate of literacy in Pakistan now and a decade ago, or at the time of its birth. There is an improvement indeed, a little tough. Also research the cases of established democracies in this regard. Do you think that in USA or Uk, role model democratic countries, had an overnight paradigm shift in their governing systems and that they never happen to have struggled for such levels of democracies? Or do you simply mean that people in today's established democracies were born literate? Indeed, they struggled for centuries to establish their self-made governing system on the lands they themselves inhabit. There were resistance, opposition and finally resurgence. Now, the third world countries - according to their monetary and social standards btw - are taking relatively longer to establish stable democracies due to a number of factors, most of which you mentioned earlier. I would add to those factors religion as a major factor if you are talking about Muslim specific countries.

Based on your arguments, one reaches at the conclusion that a home of democracy cannot shelter literacy, or that democracy is not an appropriate form of government, at least not for third world countries because people here are by and large ignorant and/or illiterate, and hence it should be rejected outright.

"Real democracy can come to Pakistan once the people's freedom, education and income increase with development"

Your suggestion is what you earlier described and quite elaborately identified as the problem.

After food, shelter and cloth, health, education and (human + physical) development are what people collectively strive for, be it under any form of government. And democracy being the government by, for and of the people amd democracy essentially being a participation serves that cause. Literacy also known as education level of a person gives birth to democracy which in turn raises literacy level or one may say it is a self enforcing cycle. The better the one gets, the prosperous gets the other. And btw democracy knocked our doors too after those great Quaid and Iqbal got literate enough 😊. But, sadly, afterwards we could not carry it with the same glory. Anyways, dealing with your argument that it is because of our ignorance and illiteracy that we are ruled by corrupt lot. I, personally, call this situation of ours more than illiteracy and more than anything - a humanitarian crisis. Insan jub peda hota hai to Wo apnay sath fitrat e Saleem le kar aata hai jo usay ghalat or sahi k darmiyan farq btati hai. It is a crisis of which few talk. A crisis that is not even on the agenda of HRCP. All they care about is women's right, freedom of expression and bla bla bla.. All based on the standards of westren societies. However, the solution to corruption lies individually inside us and yes democracy enforces literacy which in turn stablizes democracy. 😊