A-lot of people in Somalia and every poor country have this silly high optimism which isn't grounded in rationality but mere Emotions and Feelings. Their desire(emotions) to be a successful nation guides their thinking. When it should be your rationality that guides your thinking. Somalia or any poor country share the following problems in order to become successful and these issues feed off each other in a circular round robin with the same conclusion.
1. Social decay at a cultural level. Criminals or bad elements are allowed to thrive in social circles whether political or even citizenry. Plus their is no govt authority set up to address this, no think-tanks to provide cultural revolution advice, no independent facebook-website to name/shame criminal elements whether political or citizens. Somali culture needs to set up a MODEL Citizen framework for the armed clans thru the dialogue-assistance-knowledge transfer from un-armed minority(which I call the un-armed majority) such as tumaal-madhiban-bantu who have the highest productivity value. The social revolution and systems we put in place must generate a number of detailed and measurable outcomes.
First the outcome we desire is the social stigma we direct to productive minority clans must be redirected to the unproductive bad elements inside armed clans. The goal should be set that we want to achieve a cultural revolution where all the corrupt and criminal will be named/shamed publically, will be isolated from mosques and clan circles, they will be treated in the same way and contempt in the society like we do to the productive minority. Then we take productive minority clans and put them up as a MODEL for all armed clans to adopt.
When we start to see the bad in Somalis treated like 'm1dgans' we have reached a huge cultural reform goal. Then and only then can a rule of law, strong systems, and good governance can be achieved. Our issue isn't a single bad leader, it's at a systemic level(many bad leaders). Leaders do not drop from the sky, they come from within the populace which has a social rot. No amount of preaching good governance-accountability-rule of law and strong system is possible on top of a 'social decay rot' as that rot will spread from bottom to the top and consume anything and everything.
2. Lack of physical infrastructure. In theory it's impossible for industries to develop when these are lacking. Things like roads-airport-port are physical infrastructure to set up access corridors for the movement of people and goods through air-land-sea. It leads to businesses and homes being created when a road is there. But other important physical infrastructure include drainage so the access corridors or farm lands aren't flooded. Sewages are also critical to reduce disease outbreaks. Clean water is also another important hard infrastructure as people won't be able to drink, cook or clean or even support livestock or farming. Energy is another big physical infrastructure to support Residential-Schooling-Hospitals-And Industry needs.
3. Social infrastructure such as schools-hospitals are also important social infrastructure but they need to be quality and managed carefully as this can disrupt any industrial development goal becuz if they lack skills, they won't be hired. They can't develop those skills, if they can't even read/write. The schooling process is fundamental to ensure it leads to quality outcomes so it can fuel industries with the required labor force. Health issue is also fundamental becuz if your population is majority sick or mal-nourished, your labor pool is minimized also and so it doesn't fix poverty but increases it when Health outcomes are low. It's also a human capital problem, if ppl are dying before reaching the age of wisdom as nothing is transferred to the youth who will repeat the same cycle.
So if Somalis want rationality to fix Their issue. The cycle starts like this;
Cultural Revolution At Social Level >>>> Establishment of The Rule Of Law >>>> Systems/Enforcment Bodies In Place >>> Good Governance Models >>> Auditing >>> Nation Building(physical/social infrastructure) >>>> Industries should naturally and organically grow through local/diaspora/foreign begin to rush in to tap into these Market Ready Conditions.
1. Social decay at a cultural level. Criminals or bad elements are allowed to thrive in social circles whether political or even citizenry. Plus their is no govt authority set up to address this, no think-tanks to provide cultural revolution advice, no independent facebook-website to name/shame criminal elements whether political or citizens. Somali culture needs to set up a MODEL Citizen framework for the armed clans thru the dialogue-assistance-knowledge transfer from un-armed minority(which I call the un-armed majority) such as tumaal-madhiban-bantu who have the highest productivity value. The social revolution and systems we put in place must generate a number of detailed and measurable outcomes.
First the outcome we desire is the social stigma we direct to productive minority clans must be redirected to the unproductive bad elements inside armed clans. The goal should be set that we want to achieve a cultural revolution where all the corrupt and criminal will be named/shamed publically, will be isolated from mosques and clan circles, they will be treated in the same way and contempt in the society like we do to the productive minority. Then we take productive minority clans and put them up as a MODEL for all armed clans to adopt.
When we start to see the bad in Somalis treated like 'm1dgans' we have reached a huge cultural reform goal. Then and only then can a rule of law, strong systems, and good governance can be achieved. Our issue isn't a single bad leader, it's at a systemic level(many bad leaders). Leaders do not drop from the sky, they come from within the populace which has a social rot. No amount of preaching good governance-accountability-rule of law and strong system is possible on top of a 'social decay rot' as that rot will spread from bottom to the top and consume anything and everything.
2. Lack of physical infrastructure. In theory it's impossible for industries to develop when these are lacking. Things like roads-airport-port are physical infrastructure to set up access corridors for the movement of people and goods through air-land-sea. It leads to businesses and homes being created when a road is there. But other important physical infrastructure include drainage so the access corridors or farm lands aren't flooded. Sewages are also critical to reduce disease outbreaks. Clean water is also another important hard infrastructure as people won't be able to drink, cook or clean or even support livestock or farming. Energy is another big physical infrastructure to support Residential-Schooling-Hospitals-And Industry needs.
3. Social infrastructure such as schools-hospitals are also important social infrastructure but they need to be quality and managed carefully as this can disrupt any industrial development goal becuz if they lack skills, they won't be hired. They can't develop those skills, if they can't even read/write. The schooling process is fundamental to ensure it leads to quality outcomes so it can fuel industries with the required labor force. Health issue is also fundamental becuz if your population is majority sick or mal-nourished, your labor pool is minimized also and so it doesn't fix poverty but increases it when Health outcomes are low. It's also a human capital problem, if ppl are dying before reaching the age of wisdom as nothing is transferred to the youth who will repeat the same cycle.
So if Somalis want rationality to fix Their issue. The cycle starts like this;
Cultural Revolution At Social Level >>>> Establishment of The Rule Of Law >>>> Systems/Enforcment Bodies In Place >>> Good Governance Models >>> Auditing >>> Nation Building(physical/social infrastructure) >>>> Industries should naturally and organically grow through local/diaspora/foreign begin to rush in to tap into these Market Ready Conditions.
