The terms 'lost decade' and 'failed state'
were very much familiar when we studied political science in graduate and post
graduate level. These terms generally used to explain the position of a nation
state in its welfare and developmental activities, industrialisation and
economic development. Because of some political reason, some countries miss a
complete decade or even a quarter of a century in its developmental activities.
Or one can say the state failed to bring its developmental activities for the people
rather than doing for some vested interests. This happened in authoritarian
countries in Africa, Latin America, eastern Europe and in many Asian Countries.
Military dictatorships, religious state hierarchy and individual regimes caused
more damage than a democratic system. When the international economy or
political paradigm changes, many of these countries failed to cop up with the
emerging one and end up in disastrous condition.
Even if, it is in the worst condition, the
countries have a chance to come back from its lost decade status. The
international community will support them with money and expert advice. If the
state shows the will to manage it, in many occasions, many countries took it as
a chance to come out from its old paradigm and make remarkable achievement in
future. It is crucial, they need support from others. Lost decade is a long
time to catch up with, still if the country work hard enough to catch up with
the flow of international system, they can produce miracles.
Failed state is another term used to show the
political condition of a state in its daily activities. If the political
leadership is not good enough to lead the country in a proper way, the common
people of the country will struggle and the entire system will end up in
protest and chaos. This won't continue for long. Either the opposition won't
allow them to continue in such
situation for long or in the absence of an opposition, some formation will take
place to create an alternative to the regime and later to correct the
system.
What about a failed citizen and a filed
individual? Failed citizen is a person who failed to do the responsibilities
for his country. When society is large in size and majority were doing well,
the the failed citizen won't appear as a big question. Nobody will be bothered
about the cause of his or her failure or no body will challenge the person for
failing in his duties.But in a small society where everything is counted in
black and white, the system will pull up the person and ask or he has to face
the questions on his failure from different quarters. Failed citizen is not a
failed individual. He failed only when it matters to do with the country or
society. He might be good to his friends, subordinates, family etc. but won't
be active or completely inactive when it regards the country or community. This
also can be tackled with help of the people around him.
The failed individual is a person who failed in
all aspects of life just because of his inability to cope with the demands.
He might be highly qualified in terms of education and with a better background just because of the support he is getting from his family of
friends but he fails when it comes to working as an individual. On most occasions, the
person won't have any personality, character, dignity or self-esteem. They
will end up as parasites of their immediate relations and try to end their lives like that. There is no remedy for such people. Even medical science fails
to motivate such characters. So, they don't require any kind of sympathy from the larger society. The only way for them is to perish as soon as possible otherwise,
they are a big burden for their family as well as to their societies. How to
perish is a question they should ask themselves. First of all, they should
realise their position and should be able to decide for themselves how to go
about it.
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