ModestGal:

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ModestGal:

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I took a break from WhatsApp some months now but you can always mention me on any related topic. By the way nice work you got. Keep it up

ModestGal:
Our Youth should start thinking out of the box

irrefragable:
why don't you write movie scripts that think outside the box on how to get rich, and send to these movie producers?

Professorcplus:

I took a break from WhatsApp some months now but you can always mention me on any related topic. By the way nice work you got. Keep it up

B3ACHSIDE:
Most of the things we take pride in or try to hold on to are vanity . Cultures and societies evolve .Change is constant and nothing stays the same . Your grand children may be Mexicans or French .
The meaning of life is love . All humans desire to be loved and enjoy good quality of life. No one desires to be hated ,oppressed ,disrespected ,ugly ,dirty ,poor, or derided in any way . Any thing contrary to this love is the cause of all conflict and retrogression in this world.

A Universal culture and homogenized world where everywhere is developed with no borders and all humans enjoy good quality of life is what is aspired . For example , English is universal and unifying language .
jeans and t shirt were originally American culture but now part of universal culture. Mid century modern homes where originally part of American culture but now part of universal culture. high speed trains where Japanese but now now part of universal culture. Pizza was originally Italian culture but now part of universal culture. green tea was Japanese but now part of universal culture. Calabar Afang soup or Yoruba's amala may be part of universal culture if people around the world love it .
Do not try to force anything . allow the universe to flow naturally. You can not force a person to do what they don't want to do or think what they don't want to think or like what they do not want to like.

I think Africans are not implementing the universal culture efficiently,and also not propagating African culture enough for the world to decide which ones to include in universal culture.

Martinez39s:


This is one smart girl.

ModestGal:

This is one reason why Africans are poor, we are fanatics in nature. Religion does not and cannot prevent people from becoming rich, likewise is Atheism. For instance, we have seen Nations like Isreal, Saudi Arabia that have left poverty, likewise we have seen Atheist Nations that have grown out of poverty

Xisnin:

You are right.
I have had this line of thought for a while but often get opposed by many that
"our corrupt leader" is the real cause.
A lot of people are too invested in superstition and unearned wealth.
Expect some attacks from them.
Also, in your last sentence, I think "ambitious" is what you intend to type.

ambale:
You couldn't have said it better, I always wonder why some persons behave in a very funny manner and ascribe everything to superstitious beliefs.
We do not like to follow the ladder, we just wish to find ourselves on top.
How can I join your movement

ModestGal:

I didn't learn how

irrefragable:
You can go and learn how, now, it's not too late, and start changing the narrative for the future generation. Please, if you can't do that, don't criticize what we already have. There are so many people nowadays who have the words but not the action to back it up.

ModestGal:

You are talking like a dumb person. You are part of the problem, so you think the only way to solve that is for me to turn to a script writer, lol.
Anyway, there are many ways I'm currently taking actions in solving that. I don't even like dumb people, so this would be my last reply to you. Bye

irrefragable:
Me, dumb? I am well past the age of exchanging compliments on NL, so I'll say thanks for thinking so high of me. I'm flattered beyond measure.

You say you are already taking other actions in solving that. Congrats and goodluck in doing that. Though, The only way I can think of you doing that, is by training other upcoming script writers. Now, to do that you'll need to at least give them samples of good movie scripts you've written, or at least give them good movie scripts ideas and how to form those ideas on their own, right? So it all comes back to your learning how to write a good movie Script.

See, I used to be like you. I used to get mad at the poor story lines of Nigerian movies, so I decided to do something about it, in my own little way. See creative writing is not about writing an essay with good diction. It's a different university of its own. It takes years and efforts, plus a lot of mental energy. And a good movie story line must be able to be enjoyed as a novel, first, before it can be applauded as a great movie. If you have ever spent about two to three hours just thinking of how to fix a plot in a story, you will understand what I mean by mental stress.

I know you must be thinking of such great movies that are really educative and shape people's thinking like the Indian movie ''Three Idiots''. But such stories are written by people with really high Intelligence, intelligence that has been built by years of wide study and deep thinking. That's why I said creative writing is not your 450 words WAEC essay. I've been there and I'm still there, that's why I don't criticize people who write shoddy scripts to make quick bucks.

Also, you will need to consider the Nigerian factor: piracy. A good script writer deserves to be paid handsomely, and with the Nigerian factor where even producers always complain about not making up to their actual cost, how is a good writer going to be rewarded for all that his mental strain?

So, I still maintain that you must have a better product in the thinking-outside-box movie-writing business before you can criticize what we already have. At least the guys that produce what we watch are already doing something to entertain us, even though it is of poor quality, so have something better before....

Lastly, I have two things to tell you. First, I don't comment on topics to get a reply from the original poster. That's childish. I comment to give them a different angle on the subject. You are left to either consider it or forget it.
Secondly, if you consider someone to be dumb, you don't need to reply that person. Replying that person only says more about you, something like ''we are of the same mental IQ, but I'm just more egoistic and narcissistic, so I have to use some words to degrade you, and make you feel bad about yourself".

A lifetime is too short to be replying dumb people because they will try to drag you to their level of reasoning. So it is advisable to move on to smart alecs like you and have a great analytical discourse or debate.

My piece of advice. Bye.

onoja12:
Actually everything you have mentioned are not African culture but rather western culture.because you have no idea what African culture is you then think that those are assocated with African culture.if you do any research into African culture you would have known that before the coming of the white,African did not even have as little is thieft and all sciences began in Africa
Well, I don't decieve myself, and I don't push blames. So it's Western culture to ascribe all occurrences to witchcraft, neighbours etc





quote author=ModestGal post=90950620]The reason why we are so poor in this part of the world is due to our African culture of poverty..

I have come to realize that Naturally, African cultures promotes poverty, fanatical beliefs, and others.

For instance, in African movies, you will realize that it doesn't promote Innovations,science or other reasonable beliefs about getting rich. The only thing it promotes is Superstitious beliefs and wishful thinkings. For example, a mother whoose child is sick would not personally think of what could be the cause, what could be wrong, how can this be solved(which is where science and innovation start, from questions), but her first thought would be to attributes such cause to someone she fought the previous day.

Many atimes, you will see people getting rich either out of Money rituals or LUCK. Have you ever watched an African movie where an individual actually became rich out of thinking of his way out of poverty? No, you will never see such.
What you will see include people that has a STAR right from Birth, or people that got LUCKY maybe met someone that connected him when he was walking in one road
Or people that the pastors/Alfas/Imams ask to do some certain things etcetera

AFRICAN WAYS OF BECOMING RICH
1. LUCK
2. Mercy
3.Divine interventions
4. Money Rituals
5. Corruption
6. Favour
7. Grace
8. Fraud
Aside these methods, i dont think Africans actually think there are higher chances of some other methods getting them rich.
All these beliefs will not make any Nation to grow because LUCK for instance is uncommon, and would only happen to very few percentage of people naturally, so why wasting time praying for it? Or why wasting time wishing for it? Why don't you just make it happen? Work towards being the becoming great without LUCK.
When you are the lucky one, it means the other people are unfortunate, so LUCK/GRACE/ itself is not a healthy way of a Nation growing, because it would always make a higher percentage of the population to become poor, and thats exactly why high number of Africans are Poor. Let's say 1000 people all work towards luck, and a person is lucky amidst 1000 people and got the offer, it means the rest 999 people would be unfortunate, so which means a high number of people in the society would always be unfortunate (opposite of luck)
Let me site another example for you, I'm in my twenties now, so let's just say that for the past 15years, I have met up to 2000 people, out of these people, I'm not sure I know 10people who became rich through LUCK, or meeting a good hearted man (known as Oloore in Yoruba),that helped them out of no where to succeed, and from they become very rich. This percentage is not even upto 3% of the people I have met, which means it is a wasted wishes that would leave many disappointed. So why not just focus on realistic, practicable ways of becoming successful! This is still the prayer point of so many, meeting helper (''Alaanu'' ) that would make them blow. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's totally bad, but don't put your mind there, focus your thoughts on something you can make happen by yourself that would make you be that person you want

I do not think African culture actually think it's possible to become rich through smart thinking.
Did Mark Zukerberge got rich through Grace, Luck, Mercy?

I don't blame all these movie directors, because they prefer to produce things that people would love to buy. I realize that many homes watch these type of movies and have these beliefs, and it is most common with our poor people and I believe this is a contributing factor to poor people becoming poorer.


Our politicians will always be corrupt because Nigerian culture promotes corruption. For instance, all these politicians house are usually crowded when they visit their home towns with people looking for favours, and money to collect. Now, tell me how these people will not loot and steal?
You won't understand this until you get into any position of power in Nigeria, and you dare not put some of your family members in some positions they are not even fit for, they will frustrate your life.
Our society promotes corruption, only the family of those who are not presently in power will go against a leader who is not looting for them.
If you are in power and you are not looting for your people, African would belief you are a bastard even your children would curse you when they grow old and you didn't leave loot for their unborn generation to inherit
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Seriously, I think we need to reach out to those movie makers, because I believe they have the power of changing so many false beliefs inherent in our traditions that are limiting our people in one way or the other
Do we even have past heroes that got rich out of smart thinking?

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