There are so many interlaced issues ravaging somalia that any slight hope I had of improvement has been squashed. We have what I call the 4-Death-Sentences.
1: The fact that somalia is in the global south means the imperial core nations, US, France, UK, etc... will always be exploiting us. A stable, united somalia doesn't benefit them and so the US presence is just a facade to enable the exploitation of Somalia by US multinationals in a decade or two. This is not to mention china illegally fishing, Ethiopia joining supposed anti-piracy operations, UAE buying our key ports and Qatar bank-rolling corrupt politicians. We have been designated as the nation to be exploited.
2: Below that ultimate death sentence is things we have control over. We can't do sht about the first. But this one, mainly clan-based society rather than merit, makes us unproductive as well as engage in unnecessary conflicts. Dumb morons get the job because they're the right clan. Skilled minorities in the meanwhile are treated worse than Jim Crow laws back in early 1900s US. This means for instance, if you succeed based on your merit, make sure you're, a, not in the wrong side of the country, and b, not a minority, and c, not a woman. Tribalist/clanism also results in unnecessary conflicts erupting, allowing Al-Shabaab and other foreign actors to take advantage of our division.
3: This is another issue we have control over. Basically, since somalia has been in chaos and ruin for so long, systems have developed where the country has produced an elite class who benefit from the lack of security, effective courts, states, army, etc... These cronies will, like the foreign interference, not allow any meaningful change.
4: The last is smaller negative cycles.bTo demonstrate, because there are elites who benefit from the ruin, you have bright, kind-hearted youths start to climb this sick hierarchy, ultimately becoming its future protectors. If that doesn't happen, you have brain drain. Instead of joining the sickness, they flee the country because trying to enact meaningful change will have you killed. In general, this last point is about how, in addition to the cycle I mentioned, there are tens of other negative cycles that in most cases reinforce each other. That means somalia's situation is either getting worse at a faster rate or, if there's any positive change, it only happens are crawling pace, taking decades to show results.
These four points mean there's no hope for somalia in this century, leading me to decide the following. Instead of dying in vein, either go home and benefit from the sickness or abandon it. I have decided to abandon and find greener pastures
1: The fact that somalia is in the global south means the imperial core nations, US, France, UK, etc... will always be exploiting us. A stable, united somalia doesn't benefit them and so the US presence is just a facade to enable the exploitation of Somalia by US multinationals in a decade or two. This is not to mention china illegally fishing, Ethiopia joining supposed anti-piracy operations, UAE buying our key ports and Qatar bank-rolling corrupt politicians. We have been designated as the nation to be exploited.
2: Below that ultimate death sentence is things we have control over. We can't do sht about the first. But this one, mainly clan-based society rather than merit, makes us unproductive as well as engage in unnecessary conflicts. Dumb morons get the job because they're the right clan. Skilled minorities in the meanwhile are treated worse than Jim Crow laws back in early 1900s US. This means for instance, if you succeed based on your merit, make sure you're, a, not in the wrong side of the country, and b, not a minority, and c, not a woman. Tribalist/clanism also results in unnecessary conflicts erupting, allowing Al-Shabaab and other foreign actors to take advantage of our division.
3: This is another issue we have control over. Basically, since somalia has been in chaos and ruin for so long, systems have developed where the country has produced an elite class who benefit from the lack of security, effective courts, states, army, etc... These cronies will, like the foreign interference, not allow any meaningful change.
4: The last is smaller negative cycles.bTo demonstrate, because there are elites who benefit from the ruin, you have bright, kind-hearted youths start to climb this sick hierarchy, ultimately becoming its future protectors. If that doesn't happen, you have brain drain. Instead of joining the sickness, they flee the country because trying to enact meaningful change will have you killed. In general, this last point is about how, in addition to the cycle I mentioned, there are tens of other negative cycles that in most cases reinforce each other. That means somalia's situation is either getting worse at a faster rate or, if there's any positive change, it only happens are crawling pace, taking decades to show results.
These four points mean there's no hope for somalia in this century, leading me to decide the following. Instead of dying in vein, either go home and benefit from the sickness or abandon it. I have decided to abandon and find greener pastures
