Lol Liberalism is wrong because it doesn't promote nuclear families but multiple wives all doing the child rearing, household duties and dealing with the finances alone is okay. what is the difference between a liberal single mother getting a cheque from the government and a ploygamous marriage where the man isn't home most of the time.
As for being tight knit maybe to their qabil but as a community on the whole nope. How many successionist states are there now?
I don't have a problem with Islamic/Arab influence or any other countries influence on somali culture. Maacawis came from indonesia. canjero came from the habesha. Cultures trade ideas and things change, something you brainwashed salafis who want to live the exact same as people 1400 years ago until the end of time don't seem to understand. The culture is suffering and not just on the internet. Do you know any Diaspora kids that know somali poetry or know how to play traditional somali music, probably not?
I never brought up intelligence when talking about south asians so don't project your insecurities on me. You brought up preserving family wealth and my point stands, dividing wealth between multiple families is what wahabism promotes. Why have these men shirked their duties? because you guys all make excuses for the men and crucify the women for the smallest things. The men wage war and the women pick up the pieces. smh
A man should not be marrying multiple wives unless he can adequately take care of them. That is one of the legitimate grievances of the past generation. Islam is clear cut in the obligations of a husband and father, and it is safe to say that in a disproportionate number of Somali households, those obligations were not met. Therefore, it's not unreasonable to say that those men should not have married multiple wives. What is difficult to grasp about that? Why is it one or the other?
You should also understand that polygyny has been present in Somali culture
forever. This so-called 'Wahabi' generation you insist on blaming for everything practice polygyny at a lower rate. Most of our fathers here don't have multiple wives, but chances are that the majority of your great-grandfathers certainly did.
Tight-knit about qabiil? Stop the cap. For all the legitimate problems in the community, why must you folks lie and exaggerate? The diaspora is not nearly big enough for anyone to be picky, nor do these yutes know anything about qabiil. Somali is Somali. I'm going to assume you're one of those Somalis who were socialized with the community online because your takes are terrible.
You embody why Somalis will never overcome their struggle in the diaspora. You are latched onto a literal buzzword you do not understand and try to blame every ill on it while refusing to address the actual underlying issue. Y'all been circlejerking about issues in the community for decades at this point, and you'll still talk about the exact same topics another 15 years from now. I clocked these sort of conversations aren't even about the actual problems, it's a massive support group.
I didn't say you said that. My lord, I was merely pointing out that I didn't believe they were inherently better than us despite beating us on every positive metric. There are simply other rational factors at play. You're giving off some serious 68-IQ vibes.