Seriously, ONLY IN JORDAN!

Corruption is one of those concepts that don't need a lot of explanation, except if you were Jordanian in Jordan Benefiting from the corruption of the system. At that point you would die to protect such corruption even at the expense of your own country or your own integrity

I can't express my level of disappointed. When basic and very simple moral concepts are having a hard time convincing the "promising" youth of Jordan. This is as bad as, if not worse, defending slavery, racism, gender inequality, torture, or honor killings

Let's take an issue that is similar to Wasta. It has benefits and disadvantages. But when viewed in the light of HUMAN conscious, rights and morals, it becomes clear as day how it's exploitative, evil and bad. I'll give two examples:

Slavery:
Yes, sure, it's really beneficial for the owners. They have people working for them for free, and the results can not be any better. But that comes at an expense. If someone is not old enough to understand the consequence of something. I doubt they would be able to understand why Slavery is so bad

Torture:
Yes, it's a good way to MAKE people say whatever you want, and do whatever you want. It's universally considered evil, inhuman and the results are RARELY if EVER accurate. Yet, you will find people supporting it, hailing it as the best thing in the world

You know folks, there are certain things in this world that don't require a PHd to see. Some realities need to be changed. We don't have to physically get tortured to know it's ugly, evil and bad. As for Wasta, the same applies. You don't have to be a beneficiary or directly affected by it to know and understand how it's evil.

Sometimes, people are so sucked into reality that they no longer know, feel, or understand the err of their ways. That's true for people committing Honor killings in Jordan, and that's true for the corrupt people who are benefiting from the system under the name of Wasta, exploiting their positions, family names and connections to gain advantage and leverage over other people (who may or may not be honest citizens, but that's not the rule)

When we talk about these matters we need to attack these issues. In the absence of Law or guidelines that directly prohibits Wasta, we need to mobilize and FORCE the voice of the silent masses onto the legislator, parliament and the government. This is A RIGHT people, Love your country, and get rid of our Cancer. The thing that bogs ALL OF US down. And keeps us in the dark ages. (And I'm willing to bet that THERE IS A LAW), but Wasta is stopping it from being effective. In effect, WASTA is preempting our constitution

If I have any taste left in my mouth after writing this, it's bitterness of disappointment over our promising youth. But I'm hopeful. I'm hopeful that change WILL come, and I hope that we all take a long and deep look at our situation and look at HOW we can rid ourselves from this epidemic. Instead of justifying how it's good like many debated how the earth was flat