Parasites in Uniform
In the individual’s home country, there is a category of policemen so corrupt and so deeply damaged that movies producers has even made movies to portray them — and how deep the corruption runs.
This category, which we the educated call “the Republic of Hatim,” consists mostly of sergeants. Once these sergeants graduate and grow a mustache, they start to believe they are above the law itself. They begin draining poor civilians, demanding bribes simply to do the job they are already paid to do.
They do not only take bribes left and right — they also fabricate cases against any civilian who talks in a tone they dislike, and use illegal violence against them. And despite the known fact that movies have been written inspired by their deeds, these sergeants have not changed — and do not want to change.
President after president has come and gone, yet none of them changed a thing. We are not sure whether the Republic of Hatim is more powerful than the presidents, or whether the presidents simply ignore the issue for lack of resources.
The Republic of Hatim is responsible for spreading rumors and false ideas about the individual to make the people hate him. And when some people have tried to get out of the game, they were pulled back and warned not to leave — or else. Or else.
The Republic of Hatim was responsible for a national uprising that set the country back years — and even after that, they did not consider changing. These are the kind of people one can only describe as parasites feeding on the blood of the poor.
The Superiority Claim — Refuted
One of them sent the individual a message, saying you deserve what you are going through because you believe yourself superior to others. So let us refute this claim.
The Republic of Hatim bases this accusation on the fact that the individual writes insults in drafts on his phone — without posting them. But do they have the right to spy on the individual’s phone to begin with?
From a legal perspective, the individual has every right to write whatever he wants on his own device, as long as he does not send it to anyone or publish it. They, on the other hand, have no right to spy on his phone, block his job opportunities, and attack him psychologically.
From a perspective of decency, the individual agrees that insulting is inappropriate — but so is imprisoning a man with no legal grounds and no way out. He has been imprisoned and blocked from finding work to support himself and his family. Did they expect him to keep turning the other cheek for two more years, and beg for what is already his by law?
And if we are truly going to talk about superiority — who is it that feels superior? The man who writes insults in private drafts he never sends? Or the ones who imprison him without a single legal ground?
Words for the Manipulated
The individual knows these words will bounce off the Republic of Hatim like stones off a tank. But they were never written for them.
They are written for the people — the ones being manipulated into believing that the oppressor is the victim, and the victim is the villain.
