Comments by "Rutvik" (@rutvikrs) on "Learn from a top Pak economist how serious its crisis is, u0026 why populist policies are so perilous" video.

  1. While that undoubtedly has an impact, it is not as straight up. We(Indians) have a very rudimentary understanding of the dynamic.
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  2.  @garyish  and you are assuming that Pakistan is a legit county. After 70s they are a client state. Their product/service is geopolitical control/international reach to the Islamic world/mercenaries/followers for ideology. They sell the service in return for aid. Just check the mind boggling aid US has donated. They earn billions and lose a few hundred millions to army and see it as cost of doing business just like overpaid/pampered ceos who happen to earn exorbitantly as they excel at increasing productivity of organisations. Their main clients were Saudis(ideology) and US(geopolitical interest). The way they see it, recent issues are just an unlucky coincidence where their customers are running dry. Saudis(saturation of ideology), Turkey(financial trouble leading) US (withdrawing from geopolitical interest) and China(recent player in geopolitics of the area so they are stingy). They will come up with a new "product" or a "model" in the coming years. The issue is people see only the inefficient system without seeing the purpose of the structure. If they decided to work like just another country they don't excel at anything and will be wiped out. With the client state model they can increase their population, keep India Afghanistan and Iran in check and simultaneously enjoy a lot of goodwill in deep states of their clients(exceeding even India's reach). We keep thinking this situation will destroy Pakistan's reputation but all parties know what they are dealing with. When there is dirty work to be done in the Islamic world, Pakistan is the place/agent.
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