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[benji]

I was wrong. A little bit spicy, starts here
https://www.resetera.com/threads/man-detained-in-mental-hospital-after-trying-to-set-up-pakistan%E2%80%99s-first-gay-club.896973/post-124272399

Also, can't help but wonder where Pakistan would be culturally had it not been for the overarching cold war colonialist mindset that peaked with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and all the subsequent fallout. Long story short, the US armed and funded the previously fringe religious fundamentalists because they were willing to fight the Soviets. But when Soviets left, the fundies stayed and were a lot more powerful than before. The economic fallout, government coups and so on led to a huge brain drain with a lot of the more secular progressives leaving. The West profited twice over; not only did their interventions destabilize the region which continues to this day, it happily took in all educated folks like doctors, engineers, etc., to help themselves. But that's the classic story of western imperialism.

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