They always have money for the war machine. The national budget's coffers are open for plundering for war and death but when it comes to making policies to protect the people from disasters and poverty, the coffers are empty. The state is asking for international help. Does it ask for international assistance to prop up its fat Army? The people are subject to constant crisis, none of their own making. International media has given more attention to Imran Khan's bail than the suffering climate-change-induced floods have inflicted on the people and, nowhere does it mention the state's failure to reach people and provide relief. We need a news cycle that holds states accountable to the people , relentlessly showing gaps. Videos on social media are heart wrenching : people , livestocks, homes, bridges and buildings are being swept away in gushing waters. Helicopters were not deployed to rescue people despite appeals. Ugly hotels that were allowed to be built on riverbanks are dissolving like sugar into the water, exposing massive corruption and lack of planning. We live in a world where profiteering and politicking overshadow everything else. States are not for the people but for concentration of total power.
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