Quote: (07-15-2018 03:03 PM)rotinz Wrote:
Quote: (07-12-2018 01:18 PM)Not a Second Hander Wrote:
My family owns a line of AirBnB luxury rental units in Addis which I handle remotely. Every single time we've experienced problems, the perpetrators were either locals, other Africans or Arabs. Never had any problems with Chinese or Europeans. Now I only reply to European and Chinese inquiries. This would have appalled my idealistic Uni self. I could list dozens of anecdotes like this but the bottom line is that the real world opens your eyes.
You are undeniably a house nig. I don't buy into the we wuz kangz bullshit but I also don't believe all the eurocentric brainwashing. People need to understand the complexity of the world without instead of looking at things as black and white or else you'll turn into a coon like this guy.
Your whole post reads like an Uncle Ruckus monologue. The locals in Addis are definitely extremely retarded but the reason I chose to quote that part of your post is because it shows how someone with your mentality can be extremely toxic economically. It's one thing to have a racial bias but when you start effecting peoples finances and living situations that's when it becomes a real problem. The way you wrote that whole post I feel like your no different then those white people in the states that claim they will never rent to a black person, shit I bet you don't want to rent to black people in the states either.
This kind of rhetoric does not belong on this forum. It is a cheap and lazy way to shut down discussion without in any way addressing the underlying arguments in any meaningful way. It is no different than feminists who try to shut down all discussion related to sexual dynamics by branding all discussions not 100% in line with their own beliefs as 'sexists' or 'bigots'. Feel free to counter other people's reasoning with arguments of your own, but empty ad hominems such as this add nothing to any discussions.
If I were to draw parallels with Not A Second Hander's post about his experience doing business in Ethiopia I'd mention my own rather lukewarm outlook towards the future of India- a country whose politics and progress are stifled by tribal mentality and the worship of success one's 'own', often at the cost of others. Often people in politics, bureaucracy and business are quite shameless in their actions as long as they or their own tribal group benefit, even if it comes to the detriment of wider society, of which the behavior that NASH noticed is a descendent of. So much corruption, greed and societal malfunction in the country stems from these mentalities, and significantly hinders the long-term progress of and any hopes of unity within the country.
European societies had an extremely turbulent journey in addressing these issues, I'm not much of a historian but I'd imagine that their current levels of societal 'unity' were only possible through hundreds of years for enlightenment-era philosophies and ideas (i.e. freedom of belief, speech) to slowly percolate into their societies and legal systems, despite a long history of people killing each other and fighting for the success of their own religions or tribes (e.g. protestantism vs. catholicism). Human tribal mentality will always exist but I suppose the best we can do is try to bring it away from the forefront of all societal/political decisions in favor of instilling some kind of sense of duty and allegiance to greater society as a whole.
Realistically speaking it is already incredible enough that some semblance of social unity was able to be created in European countries through a process of hundreds of years, but it is tough to see the same process take place somewhat organically over a much-reduced time in many African and Asian countries.
This is probably why benevolent authoritarian rulers (yes, tough ask) are probably the most realistic political system for rapid improvement in social and economic outcomes in these kinds of settings, since I am not sure if a democratic structure of ruling is the optimal form of political system for societies with extremely entrenched tribal mentalities (hence my lack of optimism for the future of India compared to say China).
Examples of this model in action would of course be Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore, or perhaps more recently, Paul Kagame's Rwanda, which, despite deeply entrenched tribal divides in society seems to be one of the fastest-developing African countries under the iron thumb of its leader, a truly incredible feat, considering the history of the country.