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A landheere always pays his debts
Remember in the Sopranos the first scene, Tony says: “It's good to be in something from the ground floor. I came too late for that and I know. But lately, I'm getting the feeling that I came in at the end. The best is over.”
Anyone else think this is the case for us in the West (not even just as Muslims or as Somali diaspora, even regular cadaan folks are leaving em masse). It really does feel like the best is over. I used to think I’d live the rest of my life here, looking forward to growing as a community and basically living a middle class lifestyle as a Somali Muslim, to essentially live the lifestyle our parents couldn’t. But there is just a persistent feeling that once you have your education + job, the West has no additional benefits. It feels like the best is over, everything that was needed to accomplish in the West has been accomplished and now there is no other reason to stick around (especially with the exorbitantly high cost of living + growing CVE/Prevent Islamophobia policies). Sounds nihilistic and apathetic but its tryna understand what more is there in the West to achieve? Those who have no plans to leave anytime soon.
Anyone else think this is the case for us in the West (not even just as Muslims or as Somali diaspora, even regular cadaan folks are leaving em masse). It really does feel like the best is over. I used to think I’d live the rest of my life here, looking forward to growing as a community and basically living a middle class lifestyle as a Somali Muslim, to essentially live the lifestyle our parents couldn’t. But there is just a persistent feeling that once you have your education + job, the West has no additional benefits. It feels like the best is over, everything that was needed to accomplish in the West has been accomplished and now there is no other reason to stick around (especially with the exorbitantly high cost of living + growing CVE/Prevent Islamophobia policies). Sounds nihilistic and apathetic but its tryna understand what more is there in the West to achieve? Those who have no plans to leave anytime soon.