Again, dumb excuse. The entire planet went from tribal and clan fiefdoms into modern nation states, not just Somalia and Europe lol. In fact most nations were formed with multiples tribes forget just clans. Somalia is overwhelming one tribe (ethnic Somalis) with many clans. The rest of the world was able to overcome their issues and so will the Somalis. And the secession talk is delusional and pointless idk why you guys bother repeating it on here.
But you have no choice but to go forward with this system. Italian colonization and the Kacaan have destroyed the credibility of Southern tribes’ traditional leaders. The bridge to traditional governance was burned behind you, no one in the south cares what a traditional leader thinks. You retain the tribal consciousnesses but it is of no use to you, it is not something you can organize a government around.
The modern nation-state was created at westphalia less than 400 years ago. It took Europe 300 years and tens of millions of deaths to arrive at that point. But even before that they had had states for a 1000 years at that point. Most modern nation-states outside of Africa have had a historical experience of being a premodern state themselves or being part of some empire. The reason why states exist is because of the sedentary nature of agriculture, farmers usually stay in one place and are easy to extort (tax). Somalis, being a pastoral people, developed cultural traits that are very antithetical to the hierarchy needed to have a state. The Japanese, Koreans, Vietnamese, Chinese, Russians, Indonesians, Bangladeshis, Indians, Pakistanis, Iranians, Mesopotamia, the Levant, Egypt, North Africa and all of Europe have all, I repeat all, had thousand(s) of years long experience of being beat down and made to submit to taxation by some kind of state power. This is the ground you need to build a modern nation-state on, and we simply do not have the time.
The choice is between tribal states that are better able to create solidarity, or a larger state that is not worthy of the name. The fact that the two most well functioning states in Somalia are both based on tribal affiliation only strengthens the case for the former.