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Akheilos
I recall being tagged in 2 of your threads, but unfortunately, I couldn't respond back then. One of them was about what changes people would like to see if they were in charge of the country & the second one was about why we are unable to produce great leaders. Anyway, if I was in charge I would have to deal with a lot of issues at once, ranging from terrorism, intolerance, power shortages, failing infrastructure in some areas, debt, retarded foreign policies, etc. That would be very stressful, but there are solutions to many of the issues we face today. For instance, in the case of power shortages, it simply isn't enough to start setting up new power plants & searching for cheaper sources of energy. Those strategies are beneficial in the long term, but at this moment, I would try to raise the funds to pay off any debts to power producing companies & encourage some business to setup their own power plants to lessen the burden on the state. This doesn't apply to large manufacturers alone, but even shopping malls for instance, that are known to be capable of deploying their own power generators should do so. This solution should work for housing societies too, & from what I know, some of them already have their own power plants. The whole point is to lessen the burden on the main producer & route power to poorer areas that require more development.
The collection of taxes is important for running the state, but it's crucial to make it easy & beneficial to pay taxes. Tax payers may be given some extra benefits by the state to encourage others to pay taxes & that shall slowly reduce tax evasion. Of course those extra benefits would be temporary, but it will get the populace in to the habit of not only paying taxes, but understanding why that payment is necessary. Corrupt tax collectors need to be taught a lesson too, because from what I know, the inconvenience honest investors & others face dealing with these people deters them from following the law. Let's move on to the economy, it's suffering due to a myriad of reasons, some of them include terrorism, power production, & political instability. These issues have to be resolved if Pakistan wishes to encourage greater foreign investment. There are plenty of multinational companies & foreign entrepreneurs that would be more than happy to invest in Pakistan, but it's our job to provide them with a safe environment. We need to invest a hell of a lot more in provinces like Balochistan, & getting the knowledgeable people among our overseas diaspora to return is something to be considered in the near future. As far as the foreign policy is concerned, non-interventionism or at least elements of it, is something any leader might want to seriously consider for Pakistan in the future once the country's issues are resolved. Anyway, I can't go in to too many details without typing out a book, so I hope this information suffices for this particular topic.
So, why can't we produce leaders like Alexander the Great, Augustus Caesar, Charlemagne, etc? The answer is simple, we generally lack the environment, culture, identity, & values that would allow individuals like them to flourish. Great leaders do not appear in nations that aren't capable of raising them. Take Alexander of Macedon for instance; he was raised in an environment that taught him to honour & observe the qualities of justice, nationalism, bravery, a thirst for knowledge, a desire to prove himself to the world, etc. Charlemagne; King of the Franks, drew inspiration from the fallen Roman empire & strived to provide a better living standard to the populace resulting in educational reforms & his own learning of classical languages like Latin. All great leaders share a number of similarities, & while there are exceptions to the rule, the fact remains that it's society's job to cultivate such individuals. Flawed societies rarely produce the best of people, & if by chance a country like that was to produce such a person, then he would have to go through a flawed & incompetent system to gain power. There were leaders that succeeded in rallying their people through their charisma, but people like that tend to be naturally gifted or may have been influenced by or raised among better societies.
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cannot be..
you 3 ganging up? 
