Serving The Dish Cold

The sociopolitical setting of this country can be simplified into favours and revenge. There is a lot to life but when things go south in life in this country this is what remains. Revenge is, I suppose, a basic instinct in humans. Humans react, even the most selfless of humans, like mothers, hit the child instinctively when he does something that offends them. Education gives understanding, and understanding develops empathy and here revenge gets replaced by justice. Unfortunately our country is not an educated one and thus the basic currency of sociopolitical exchange are favours and revenge instead of understanding and empathy. The political machine thrives on this and there are stratas, higher the strata more the cooperation and solidarity, and lower the strata more is the fight for survival. Good people in the lower stratas are not common anymore unless they are part of communities. Situation is getting worse as in the lower stratas it's cunning and deception that wins. The individuals living in solidarity at the top, exploit the people in the lower stratas in solidarity too. And to keep things simple the life of people becomes simplified into favours and revenge. Anyone who knows this country enough knows that there is no true justice here, and thus revenge sometimes becomes just and necessary, though due to absolute sociopolitical control avenues for exacting it are either very few or none. If you have been molested as a child, revenge is a just approach in this scenario, though you don't go for it as it would mean telling your family that you had been molested as a child. Courts in this country are the last resort, and there too justice is an exception and not a rule, in most cases your whole life gets wasted visiting the court and your shoes get worn off. It's not until you become aware of the sociopolitical arrangement that is beyond courts and the government you realise the actual sociopolitical reality of this country. Revenge is not worth throwing one's life away, but if it has to be taken it shouldn't be generalised but taken with the exact person who has done the harm. The real nature of this country is tribal, and beyond all the drama of religion, morality and social conventions, people operate with a tribal mindset. It's not to be forgotten that revenge is only for the privileged. The majority is busy surviving while at the same time getting oppressed and exploited. Power dynamic is one true God and if you have to survive you have to play the sociopolitical game of favours and revenge. The bigger the ego in front of you, the more is the offence taken on real or imagined slights. The more the power dynamic between you and the person in front of you, the more amplified are the consequences of slights, real or imagined. The examples are many, from you getting fired from your job for offending someone powerful on social media, to someone filing a false case on your for hurting their ego, to you getting murdered for offending the ego of wrong people. As I said, the real nature of this country is tribal, and the more educated and empathetic you are, the more will be the suffering, but it's always better than taking part in the never ending game of favours and revenge and always looking over your shoulders.