United States of Somalia

[Opone]

I think you're simultaneously overestimating foreign-born/raised Somalis and underestimating native Somalis. I don't think that the problem is that Somalis in Somalia are unable to produce competent politicians, but more so that the way the government and Somalia is right now it's simply unfavorable to 'honest' politicians. The sole thing severely handicapping Somalia is corruption. I'm personally convinced that if we eliminate the majority of the corruption going on, we'll figuratively solve 90% of the problems overnight.

The solution? inb4 I come over as a foaming at the mouth die hard right-wing nutcase, a totalitarian dictatorship. I'm actually a hippie lefty irl I promise. The democracy is Somalia is a sham because the general public is uneducated, just look at our abysmal literacy rate. Corruption is inherently present in democracies but the idea is to limit it as much as possible, like in Western countries. Democracy only works when the voting public knows just what the f*ck is going on and what's in their own best interest. Otherwise it only serves few at the expense of many, hence the reason qabil politics is a big thing in Somalia. When in doubt, just vote for uncle's cousin's brother's wife's father or whatever. Not to mention the fact that other countries are meddling in internal affairs and our 'democracy' gives them power to interfere and destabilize us further. I think it's stupid and dangerous to try and emulate a Western government system without having the necessary tools to implement and maintain it.

I don't want a permanent dictatorship, but I do think it's necessary until we can bring stability and progress to the country, and hopefully switch over to a democratic system in the future. All we need is stability to tap into our natural resources to make real progress. Somalia's annual GDP is like 6 billion which is utterly pathetic. IIRC oil reservoirs are estimated to be up to a third of Saudi Arabia. Some decent oil production could literally multiply the amount of capital flowing around in a year. After that just focus on security and utilising other resources we have.

But alas, we do not have a real national army so a totalitarian dictatorship is nothing but a pipe dream.

I agree, but about the dictator thing. I Fear a dictator would just give the qabils who want a reason to start a civil war, to ignite one. Any show of force from the government might just end in another war. You can see a glimpse of this from the amount of people who threatened farmaajo that his actions will cause a war if so and so tribe isn't happy. You cant expect people who lived in chaos for almost 3 decades to accept another dictator. I agree that lack of trust is a massive reason why qabil politics has such a hold on the country. It honestly is so hard to do anything though with the threat of alshabab and a threat of assination looming over every patriots head in somalia.