The unofficial Taliban restriction has forced women into desperate and absurd situations as they seek medical help, according to interviews given to the Guardian and Zan Times
That’s rather a limited consideration of all the factors.
Universally, the more rural places are, the more religious conservative they are. The poorer a place is the more strongly religious people are. The more chaotic the situation is, the more strongly people turn to religion (or other existential anchors). This is true even in developed countries. Cities are liberal/blue, and rural areas are conservative/red.
Yeah, we shouldn’t be blind to the harm imperialism and colonialism has done (and continues to do in places like Syria) to the world… I just don’t think that’s always the only reason for everything, though it certainly is a major reason for a lot of things.
Everything comes down to the material conditions. It’s not all imperialism specifically, development in rural areas is simply difficult in general, but the only way to sustain a backwards reactionary force like the Taliban is through intentional impoverishment.
Without that, I suspect Afghanistan might look more like Iran. Perhaps still conservative, not backwards.
Afghanistan is made up of a bunch of tribes. Most who live there don’t see the country of Afghanistan as a whole. The reason the Taliban has such a hold is because of this division and because of how religious the population there is.
Force isn’t always necessary. Christianity sort of took over the Roman Empire without force until it was recognized by the state, and then, yeah, it was spread by force.
That’s rather a limited consideration of all the factors.
Universally, the more rural places are, the more religious conservative they are. The poorer a place is the more strongly religious people are. The more chaotic the situation is, the more strongly people turn to religion (or other existential anchors). This is true even in developed countries. Cities are liberal/blue, and rural areas are conservative/red.
Do you think places are poor by accident?
In the case of Afghanistan this, too, is imperialism. Underdevelopment is a policy decision, and they know whose fault it is.
Yeah, we shouldn’t be blind to the harm imperialism and colonialism has done (and continues to do in places like Syria) to the world… I just don’t think that’s always the only reason for everything, though it certainly is a major reason for a lot of things.
Everything comes down to the material conditions. It’s not all imperialism specifically, development in rural areas is simply difficult in general, but the only way to sustain a backwards reactionary force like the Taliban is through intentional impoverishment.
Without that, I suspect Afghanistan might look more like Iran. Perhaps still conservative, not backwards.
Afghanistan is made up of a bunch of tribes. Most who live there don’t see the country of Afghanistan as a whole. The reason the Taliban has such a hold is because of this division and because of how religious the population there is.
That’s not that different from any other nation in their early development. The point of the nation is to unite tribes into a single nationality.
Good luck with that in a place that has entire groups that don’t recognize the country at all.
Uniting disparate groups is one of the main functions of religion, monotheism especially.
Except that’s not what happens without force. It’s why the christofascist are trying so hard to force their shit onto people in the USA.
Force isn’t always necessary. Christianity sort of took over the Roman Empire without force until it was recognized by the state, and then, yeah, it was spread by force.