Could somalia be shamed into improvement?

[BetterDaysAhead]

the other day me and my friends (all somali) were having a chat and the convo lead to us talking about somalia and how the nation has a bad rep over all the mayhem and dysfunction, one of my friends mentioned the power of shaming and how he's perfectly fine with all the criticism somalia gets, he believes that if more somalis are exposed to these criticisms then they'll be shamed into improving the nation. What do you guys think? Would this work?

 

[BetterDaysAhead]

he went as far as to urge us to send racist dailymail comments to family back home on whatsapp but i told him to chill

 

[Tjioux]

the other day me and my friends (all somali) were having a chat and the convo lead to us talking about somalia and how the nation has a bad rep over all the mayhem and dysfunction, one of my friends mentioned the power of shaming and how he's perfectly fine with all the criticism somalia gets, he believes that if more somalis are exposed to these criticisms then they'll be shamed into improving the nation. What do you guys think? Would this work?

Could very well work.

 

[Aurelian]

Yes and no. Some shames are like for the sake of criticism, and some are for insulting, the later doesn't care about Somalia's situation. I know some somalis get angry when they are called "Somali". If Somali children grown up in environment where Somalia's reputation bad, they probably grow to be shamed if it, and will try their best to not be associated with it

 

[BetterDaysAhead]

he says the corrupt government deserves the most shaming

 

[BetterDaysAhead]

I know some somalis get angry when they are called "Somali".

you know somalis like this irl? sad

 

[Aurelian]

These are like 19-23, they don't know anything about Somalia, except what they see on the media.

 

[BetterDaysAhead]

Yes and no. Some shames are like for the sake of criticism, and some are for insulting, the later doesn't care about Somalia's situation. I know some somalis get angry when they are called "Somali". If Somali children grown up in environment where Somalia's reputation bad, they probably grow to be shamed if it, and will try their best to not be associated with it

i agree with you sxb but somalia's reputation is currently pretty bad atm unfortunately they'll still be exposed to it either way, and he was referring to the somalis back in somalia since they have better insight of the nations politics and can collectively hold these corrupt officials accountable

 

[Macalin M]

No

 

[Awdalia Rising]

Somalia gets ranked the most corrupt, one of the poorest, and one of the least developed countries every single year. If Somalis had shame our act would have been together a long time ago. We get called every name under the sun from terrorist to pirate we get made fun of for having starving people. Shaming us won’t work if there is no shame to have

 

[Al-Burcaawi]

We've already been shaming ourselves for the past 30 years, racist DailyMail comments won't do jackshit and might even activate our inner savage Somali brutality

We just need better leadership

 

[Yonis]

>Can you shame people who are the definition of shameless into improving themselves

logic seems legit

 

[CaliTedesse]

Dude I've tried this approach with Somali brothers shaming them for being skinny so they can hit the gym, some go for it. Most feel belittled and start hating you.

 

[VantaBlack]

Shaming only creates resentment

It will not help anything!

 

[Drago]

>Can you shame people who are the definition of shameless into improving themselves

logic seems legit

It's not that somalis are shameless
Especially with all the religious and parental respect going about but that we have become numb and apathetic to the hopeless situation

Shaming only creates resentment

It will not help anything!

Yup