Gbadebo19:

You really have the time to do all these explanations to that dumb fool?


"The most stupid thing a person can think or believe is to think terrorist organisations will ever come out and fight in a conventional manner wearing uniforms and armbands that designate them as an enemy force."



Am not surprised that is the way all of the idiotic pro Hamas and Hezbollah sympathizers think. If you look just a little below the surface, it is people like them who once asked the civilians in Boko Haram controlled places to move out so that the military can engage them as if Boko boys will not move out with the civilians. I don't understand how supposed university graduates can be as dumb as some folks here.

Nigeria is in big trouble. Just imagine the kind of people I am sharing a country with.

obedience4:
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


When I said WriterNG is a psychopath folks thought I was joking...

Gbadebo19:

In 2022, nothing less than 35 people died from wildfires in China in the Hunan province. And in 1987, wildfires burned over 1.33 million hectares of land in China. What happened to the drones?
Source: statista.com

Godstime001:
Oga u too does same. Stop behaving like a saint.

soqmeov:

That "Democracy vs Dictatorship" rant pisses me off a lot. How can people be so dumb and intentionally ignorant at the same time?

freakyamanda:
I learnt how to use words from the western media

Gbadebo19:

You really have the time to do all these explanations to that dumb fool?


"The most stupid thing a person can think or believe is to think terrorist organisations will ever come out and fight in a conventional manner wearing uniforms and armbands that designate them as an enemy force."



Am not surprised that is the way all of the idiotic pro Hamas and Hezbollah sympathizers think. If you look just a little below the surface, it is people like them who once asked the civilians in Boko Haram controlled places to move out so that the military can engage them as if Boko boys will not move out with the civilians. I don't understand how supposed university graduates can be as dumb as some folks here.

Nigeria is in big trouble. Just imagine the kind of people I am sharing a country with.

Masterviolence:

Like I said, I'm not here to criticize your assertions.
You don't need to be an expert to state your points, but you must know the basics and what your talking about.

Anyways if I may ask, what is the Russian counterparts to the iron dome?

obedience4:
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


When I said WriterNG is a psychopath folks thought I was joking...

mysticwarrior:
We are talking about incident of recent past and you are making reference to what happened in 1987, oga in 1987 drone technology has not advanced to where it is today.

Gbadebo19:

And you didn't see the 2022 incident there?

usmanpogo:


You don't need to be a genius to know democracy is not working for us in Africa, we have practiced the system for decades and it has not yield the desired result.

However, while this is not a subscription to dictatorship, I think it's in our best interest to review, dissect and explore other alternatives that suits our collective goal as a people.

In addition, the flagrant abuse of power by public office holders, unabated corrupt practices, extravagant misuse of limited financial resources, human right violations, all these Authoritarian elements are very much present in our so called democracy.

Finally, these are the discussions we need to have as a group of people, we don't have to copy everything coming from the west or east, we should be able to fashion out our own system of government, I believe that in itself is true independence.

Cheers

Godstime001:
Oga u too does same. Stop behaving like a saint.

Gbadebo19:

It ain't a matter of democracy not working for us in Africa. The question we should be asking is "are we actually practising democracy?" Without a doubt, we are more of an autocratic government than a democratic government.
Changing or fashioning out another system will not change a single thing about the situation. The system of government we practice isn't the problem. Any system of government will work as long as the leaders and the people do the right thing.
It's simple. We ain't doing the right thing
Several people have criticized Nigeria's law and constitution as having some problems. On a simple analysis, all those criticisms have been pure hogwash and a lack of understanding on how government works.
Of course, that isn't suppose to mean that democracy doesn't have its own flaws, but for the kind of people we are in Africa, democratic government still remains our surest bet.

Gbadebo19:

It ain't a matter of democracy not working for us in Africa. The question we should be asking is "are we actually practising democracy?" Without a doubt, we are more of an autocratic government than a democratic government.
Changing or fashioning out another system will not change a single thing about the situation. The system of government we practice isn't the problem. Any system of government will work as long as the leaders and the people do the right thing. Therefore, whatever alternative we try or explore, we are still coming back to this same spot.
It's simple. We ain't doing the right thing
Several people have criticized Nigeria's law and constitution as having some problems. On a simple analysis, all those criticisms have been pure hogwash and a lack of understanding on how government works.
Of course, that isn't suppose to mean that democracy doesn't have its own flaws, but for the kind of people we are in Africa, democratic government still remains our surest bet.
A simple look and understanding of the monarchical system that was in place before contact with the Europeans will reveal that it isn't a system to be used anymore these days if you look at the many atrocities and flagrant abuse of power perpetuated at that time. Of course, we can say that the system was working as the people were fine with it at that time, but you need to remember one thing, the more the world becomes smaller (in terms of being a global village), the more technology penetrates, the more the people become enlightened to how things are done in other parts of the world which raises a problem for the current system of government being practiced. What is then left is to silence the dissident voices such as is done in NK, China and some others.

freakyamanda:
Do you think the USA is doing the right thing at the moment? Do you think democracy works for middle eastern countries? Have you seen a prosperous democratic middle eastern country?

obedience4:


Democracy in Africa 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

A Democracy where the president is virtually in control of other arms of the government.. where they are no check and balances.. where the judiciary and the legislative are practically owned by the president..

Those clamouring for military rule have never experienced it before, they should ask their parents how it was living under a military head..

Lawag3:


My heartfelt condolences to the innocent dead journalist and UN workers. But do you know that some UN workers UNRWA workers participated in OCT 7th there are evidence of some so called journalist also.


Only last year Hezbollah killed some UN Security forces.

Journalists also die in war because they sometimes go into the thick of it.


The war in Gaza isn't the only war were journalist have died.

Gbadebo19:

Exactly what they do not understand. In an ideal democratic society, the legislature and judiciary ought to make the executive be on their toes not as it is in Africa where the legislature and judiciary are scared of the president and bow to his or her will. In Africa, sacrosanct democratic principles such as checks and balances, judicial autonomy, legislative immunity are virtually non existent.

freakyamanda:
Any governance framework that doesn't align with the culture of the people will fail. For instance, the Chinese are often baffled how Americans will demand someone with a lot of experience and proof of competency to fix something in their companies but will not apply the same in choosing their president. In democracy, somebody with a sweet mouth without any track record can become president. In advanced countries, this flaw is balanced by a well educated populace and strong institutions. These societies in Europe and North America have a shared history and there is contextual background story to how their democracy evolved, not imposed. In other parts of the world, these other ingredients are not present and that is why democracy fails in third world country. What every society needs is a system of govt that aligns with its current realities and not an imposed democracy.

Gbadebo19:

It ain't a matter of democracy not working for us in Africa. The question we should be asking is "are we actually practising democracy?" Without a doubt, we are more of an autocratic government than a democratic government.
Changing or fashioning out another system will not change a single thing about the situation. The system of government we practice isn't the problem. Any system of government will work as long as the leaders and the people do the right thing. Therefore, whatever alternative we try or explore, we are still coming back to this same spot.
It's simple. We ain't doing the right thing
Several people have criticized Nigeria's law and constitution as having some problems. On a simple analysis, all those criticisms have been pure hogwash and a lack of understanding on how government works.
Of course, that isn't suppose to mean that democracy doesn't have its own flaws, but for the kind of people we are in Africa, democratic government still remains our surest bet.
A simple look and understanding of the monarchical system that was in place before contact with the Europeans will reveal that it isn't a system to be used anymore these days if you look at the many atrocities and flagrant abuse of power perpetuated at that time. Of course, we can say that the system was working as the people were fine with it at that time, but you need to remember one thing, the more the world becomes smaller (in terms of being a global village), the more technology penetrates, the more the people become enlightened to how things are done in other parts of the world which raises a problem for the current system of government being practiced. What is then left is to silence the dissident voices such as is done in NK, China and some others.

Kingsnairaland:



An American lady take on tiktok ban here is her summation



"Our Government trying to spread lies against China...

But the truth is that there's nothing that they can say about China that is not either effectively the same or worse in the United States.

Oh, they spy on their citizens. Yeah, that's called the NSA.

Oh China is hiding their past suppression to it citizens

Well in America You're trying to ban history books right now because you don't like that white people look bad during the slave trade.

Oh, in China they don't have freedom of press.

Well in America All of the billionaires have bought up all of our press sources as well as all of our politicians, so that they can control what laws are passed, as well as the narrative surrounding those laws.

Oh, in China they don't have freedom of speech.

Well in America You're trying to ban this app as we speak right now.

Oh, they have massive amounts of human rights violations. Forced birth is a war crime that is happening in the United States right now. Child marriage is legal in the United States right now. Our prison system is legalized slavery.

There's a reason that we have one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. It's because it's legalized slavery. Go ahead, read the Constitution. It says no slavery except for incarcerated people.

Oh, they're condoning a genocide. They're committing a genocide. That's fucking laughable. Say that to the Native Americans. Say that to Palestine. Say that to Congo. Say that to Sudan. In fact, say that to any country in the global south that knows America activities in those places.

Oh, their working conditions are terrible.

Yet You haven't raised the minimum wage in fifteen fucking years in America .
The minimum wage is still $7.25, meaning you could work a full-time job and still only make $15,000 a year with basically no guaranteed benefits.

And on top of that, you're actively trying to ban a secondary source of income from people.

There is really not much that you can say about China in a negative light that you cannot find some kind of equivalent here in the United States.

And on top of that, at least China has universal health care. At least China has public transportation. At least in China, they're not having their kids shot on a daily basis in school.
At least in China, they manage their homeless population.

Do you know how we manage our homeless population? We throw them in prison. We take our veterans and we turn them into slaves. In China, they get them temporary housing and a job.

So I'm not sitting here condoning everything that's happening in China. I'm saying, if you wanted American citizens to actually believe that we were better than China, why don't you actually be better than China?

My name is Nicole."

usmanpogo:


Just because democracy works in America doesn't mean it'll work in Africa, we are different people. I think it's a little bit presumptuous to say democracy is the our safest bet. It is quite delusional if we keep hoping it's definitely gonna work out at some point in time.

You just made my point, what we have here is not democracy and if we are not practicing democracy, perhaps it's time to address that and call it exactly what it is. It doesn't have to be a dictatorship, the problem was there since we gained independence. The current system we call democracy in Africa is way too expensive and inefficient, it's not sustainable in the long run without raising dissidents or another civil war and it'll definitely lead to chaos or anarchy if we don't address that.

Africans are free independent people, saying the current system is our safest bet is synonymous to saying we can't think for ourselves. The Chinese aren't practicing democracy and they're doing better, most of the gulf countries aren't practicing democracy either and they have good system.

Finally, we should be allowed to choose our path and our system of government, not because people in the west compel us to. It's time to review, explore or better still create ( we have the brains ) a system more suitable to our people as Africans.

A better Africa is possible 😊

Gbadebo19:

Any governance framework bla bla bla.
From all the rubbish you wrote there, can you now give us one such example of a governance framework that will "work" in Nigeria?
Freaky, it is early morning, I don't want to start my day reading nonsense please.