Mr. Elon Musk, You Have No Idea How Far Ahead of You We Are!

Flying cars and political somersaults

Your cars fly, spin, and perform somersaults in the air. Our politicians have been performing these tricks for decades. They soar high on election promises, feudal lords know the art of keeping ordinary people beneath their feet, and in many parts of our country, power and influence still matter more than the freedom and dignity of the common citizen.

Our people walk along broken streets and crumbling roads as if they were exploring the surfaces of the Moon or Mars. They have been practising this extraordinary form of walking for years. Compared with this, your flying car is hardly a marvel.

While the world is preparing to build settlements on the Moon and Mars, we have reserved our footpaths for roadside tea stalls. Our hospitals receive medicines worth millions, only for them to mysteriously disappear while sitting in storage.

The world and our country

The world is inventing new technologies to transform the future. In our country, water arrives once every two or three days. To save diesel, sewage water is diverted onto a stretch of land that government records proudly identify as a road. The world is running cars on electricity, while here, the arrival of electricity is celebrated as if a space mission has just succeeded. The world is searching for water on the Moon; our people spend their mornings searching for gas to prepare breakfast.

The world is using artificial intelligence to create new realities. Meanwhile, our children wait in schools for basic facilities, quality education and, in many places, even their teachers. The children of the privileged, of course, study in the country’s finest institutions.