I know coming from a person whose family has been destroyed by Amhara nationalists/ Tigrayan nationalists, you wouldn't think I would be saying this, but I solely believe all the problems Somalis are facing right now would've vanished. I say this to say that I wouldn't wish any harm done to my people, but there is something to be said, that the people who have the strongest identity are those who have suffered the worst the world has to offer. I have been reading a lot by one of my heroes, Theodor Herzle, who talks about how the spread of anti- semetic rhetoric is positive, as it provides the framework for social cohesion amongst the Jews. Is it wrong to say that the reason why China has the strongest ethnic nationalistism (Han) has to do with the tragic tale of invasions by different world powers from its past? You can even examine the current world as countries who have suffered greatly at the hands of soviets view Russia in the same lens as they do with the soviets. The invasion of Ukraine has strengthened the poles, Georgians and many other Baltic people has the stories told by their grandparents coming to fruition. One has to be conquered to be the conqueror, that is the story of empires, that is the story of human history. Food for thought.