Oakenshield:
my dad retired as a director office of the Auditor General and I work with a government agency level 12 and also into Agriculture. So you don't even know what you are saying keep on supporting bad leaders and blaming lazy youths

No wonder, you and your family have next to nothing to offer Africa than complaint. You are not thinking of what you can do for Africa, but what Africa can do for you. You are majorly a liability on Africa that wholely dependent on salary, minimum wage and strike. Is Elon musk, you were because of him abusing Africa collecting salary?

Is Elon musk looking for salary his country can pay him or what impact he can give to his country and the world at large? Apart from you are a liability and a consuming individual that is dependent on milking Africa, you can't point any positive impact you and your family have contributed to Africa than always expecting Africa to give you arrears and salary, right?

If Dangote is also on level 17 or 12 today, we wouldn't be talking about his impact to Africa. Can you count how many people in Africa that Dangote is feeding in terms of employment? You are only milking Africa via salary, thereby becoming a liability on Africa and yet you are complaining and pointing fingers for others Africans to do what you can't do for yourself. You are still very ungrateful to Africa despite you are creating liability for Africa and just milking Africa resources in form of monthly emolument without making any serious positive contribution than to fight for minimum wage and strike.

You are very ungrateful to Africa. Change your mentality, and complaint less about leaders and Africa. If you think those leaders are not doing well, resign from your salary jobs and go and join politics so you can make that positive impacts you think those that are there are not making. After all, life is full of risk; resign your job, go and join politics or other areas you think you will contribute better to Africa than milking africa

sreamsense:
You are still a chief custodian of that same curse because you are an African who can't make any impact for the same Africa than talking and complaining. Instead of complaining, bend down and work. Stop pointing fingers for other to do what you can't do yourself to change history of Africa. Don't expect anyone to do for you what you can't do for yourself. Show us the impact you and your family have made that affect Africa positively other than complaining and accusing leaders.

No one gives complainer an award. If you can not be parts of those who make that changes you are asking for to happen to Africa, you are not qualify to point fingers. You and I should bend down to make that positive changes happen for glory of Africa. Don't expect other Africans to be working for you while you come online to point fingers. Be part of the changes providers for Africa and not complainants

Excellent!
Thanks for schooling him - people with the sole gift of complaining who always feel they have something to say.

sreamsense:
It will be gibberish to you since you are only born to complain. Who knows maybe you even inherited that same complaint from your parents. Problem is not wheather your tree can make a forest, the problem is weather that your tree is even noticed for positive impact at all in the same forest. If you think your leaders are the only problem of Africa, are your father and mother not also Africans that can contest to become leaders that will make changes for that same Africa.

Every african can not be complaining like you and make any change. Those that are making their own positive impacts in the same Africa are ruled by the same leaders you wail about everyday as your own hindrance of making impact in the forest of Africa. Dangote can't make any meaningful impact for Africa if he comes online to wail like you on daily basis. Where some Africans are seeing breakthrough, you are seeing obstacles and complaining as if complaint will offer solution.

If you think Africa leaders are not doing well in their capacities, they don't have two heads; they are human beings like you, go and join politics and begin to make that small changes till you are known and change Africa you think others are doing well or tell your parents to join politics so they can change that Africa of your dream. Enough of complaint, get down to work; don't behave like lazy youths. Do more work and complain less.

GOD bless you bro..
Well said.

Everyday247:
No bruh, use common sense.
Today's poor man lives in a better house than Solomon.
Today's poor man enters better transportation than Solomon.
Today's poor man has access to better entertainment than Solomon.
Today's poor man eats more exotic food than Solomon.
Today's poor man wears more quality clothes than Solomon.
Today's poor man has access to better medicine than Solomon. E.T.C

The problem I have noticed with people who are not history inclined like you is to think life revolves around your era and those that lived in the past were scrambling for survival. Which poor man today has access to the kind of palace and gold and other precious metals Solomon has in his time. Quality wines, most beautiful women in that era which one is reputed as been one of the most lady the world has ever seen till date. Cleopatra of Egypt. Every generation has ways by which they enjoy their lives and it is all about it having the best at that point in time. So, how can you compare the quality of life of a poor man living today that don't know where his next meal will come from or having access to good health benefits to someone that enjoys the finest things of life in his days to live a productive life that made you hear about them thousands or hundred of years after they might gone.

sreamsense:

No wonder, you and your family have next to nothing to offer Africa than complaint. You are not thinking of what you can do for Africa, but what Africa can do for you. You are majorly a liability on Africa that wholely dependent on salary, minimum wage and strike. Is Elon musk, you were because of him abusing Africa collecting salary?

Is Elon musk looking for salary his country can pay him or what impact he can give to his country and the world at large? Apart from you are a liability and a consuming individual that is dependent on milking Africa, you can't point any positive impact you and your family have contributed to Africa than always expecting Africa to give you arrears and salary, right?

If Dangote is also on level 17 or 12 today, we wouldn't be talking about his impact to Africa. Can you count how many people in Africa that Dangote is feeding in terms of employment? You are only milking Africa via salary, thereby becoming a liability on Africa and yet you are complaining and pointing fingers for others Africans to do what you can't do for yourself. You are still very ungrateful to Africa despite you are creating liability for Africa and just milking Africa resources in form of monthly emolument without making any serious positive contribution than to fight for minimum wage and strike.

You are very ungrateful to Africa. Change your mentality, and complaint less about leaders and Africa. If you think those leaders are not doing well, resign from your salary jobs and go and join politics so you can make that positive impacts you think those that are there are not making. After all, life is full of risk; resign your job, go and join politics or other areas you think you will contribute better to Africa than milking africa

still gibberish continue voting bad leaders and come here to Rant

Hemanwel:
The OP's threads are always on front page. Who OP be sef?? Abi na you and Seun get Nairaland??

@Topic:

Trillionaire in US dollars, I guess? Because we already have [b]trillionaires in Zimbabwean dollars.[/b]

Munzy14:

Whoever gave Elon the Tesla Idea, is a genius.

It is a shift from the usual.

Solve one major problem within or outside your locality, and become rich.

The money is with the people, find a legit way to collect it from them

True.

Georgry:



Tesla Inc is valued over 700 billion ATM, Elon Musk's value is the combination of his portfolio both in Tesla and other of his numerous companies..

In this life you can either become a 100 percent owner of a very small business or a 10 percent owner of a very big business, your ideas alone won't build a company as big as Tesla, during the early days you need good directors, they are rich already and they have wealth of experience, you need to give them option of stock, you need good lawyers, you need to give them stock, you need funds, lots and lots of it, investors won't hand their millions of dollars to you unless you are selling a part of the business to them, all these collective effort is what differentiate a Tesla from a one man small business..

Furthermore, diversification is one of the law that the rich don't joke with, if you have 100 percent of a business and the business the business get burnt then you're definitely in problem, it is also a form of sharing the risk to a larger pool of people.

True.

Fidinno:
you that is not praying and religious, how far?

Abeg ask the clown.

The most successful entrepreneurs in nigeria identify with one religion or the other, DANGOTE, Adenuga,Jim Ovia,Otedola, E.t.c but this foolish clowns want us to believe that been a religious person means been illogical and unproductive.

Foolish people.

osuofia2:

Praying 5 times daily encourages laziness

The question is where is your own accomplishments ? You that don't pray.

It did not stop Dangote from becoming a billionaire or Jim Ovia, or BUA, or Otedola and many others.

Clown

Saladdin:


It's even worse than that. Bulk of their wealth is only "academic wealth" and not the real wealth.

Practically none of those Billionaires with the exception of Bill Gates have up to $1 Billion Dollars in cold hard cash.

In the grand scheme of things, Mr. Musk is a low-tiered elite whose wealth and entire life can be ruined by the REAL elites.

True.

Zico5:
Someone is flexing on 251 billion dollars and still planning to make more. Even in Nigeria of today, 200 million naira is enough to make someone happy for life if well maintained. God will surely do it. We will not die in poverty.

Amen

Easybet1:
What will he do with all this money?? At the end of the day, highest is to eat quality food, drive car and die when it is time which is almost the same with every average human being. So what is the need for having trillion dollar??

True.

Vanity of life.

Baldwretch:


Okay, you've asked a good question.

When I say "a poor king" I have assumed that absolute monarchy is the norm. Also, and like I said earlier, entertainment is more nuanced than we might think.

Whether a rich or poor king, the very rich of our days do not necessarily enjoy the perks of absolute monarchy. As you know, people have the most fun when they are unbounded - a poor king in days gone-by is able to do the seemingly unthinkable and stupid things just for the fun of it - they could hire circus dancers while another set of clowns fight themselves in the background, or watch public executions while his dance troupes entertain him. They could require their subjects to give a tenth, a fifth, or even a third of anything - especially farm produce - you can only imagine the pleasure of having to reap where you did not sow, lol!

The rich of our days do not necessarily have power, and as you know, wealth and power are different things. I would argue that having power gives you the leeway to enjoy certain entertainment which money cannot provide, at least not in the 21st century.

A poor king is used to being entertained by those whom his warriors conquer and even his subjects for free, but it would cost the very rich so much to afford these today and it might be unaffordable in the long run.

Not really, An absolutely powerful king may enjoy unbounded power for the short run but in the long run they will eventually get bored. There's a reason that YouTube, DStv, Netflix etc come with different channels. This is because doing the exact same thing for a long time leads to boredom.
Let's compare an absolutely powerful king to an average day person.
An absolutely powerful king only has few forms of entertainment:
1. Getting people to fight against themselves (gladiators).
2. Enacting plays of famous events
3. Hiring performers to perform circus acts for them.
*Note that these powerful kings did not have access to their entertainment at any time they wanted I.e They could not wake up in the middle of the night to enjoy these things.
On the other hand, modern average man has access to many forms of entertainment:
1. Tv/videos e.g Movies/Series, music, video games, sports, reality shows, documentaries, News. E.t.c
2. Live events such as amusement parks, concerts, vacation resorts, sports events (If you decide to go to the venue) e.t.c
3. Social Media.
The modern man has a larger variety of entertainment to choose from even a poor man who has access to only an old smartphone has more options and more quality entertainment than ancient absolutely powerful kings. And best of all they can access these entertainment anytime!

hilaryCU:
The problem I have noticed with people who are not history inclined like you is to think life revolves around your era and those that lived in the past were scrambling for survival. Which poor man today has access to the kind of palace and gold and other precious metals Solomon has in his time. Quality wines, most beautiful women in that era which one is reputed as been one of the most lady the world has ever seen till date. Cleopatra of Egypt. Every generation has ways by which they enjoy their lives and it is all about it having the best at that point in time. So, how can you compare the quality of life of a poor man living today that don't know where his next meal will come from or having access to good health benefits to someone that enjoys the finest things of life in his days to live a productive life that made you hear about them thousands or hundred of years after they might gone.

E be like say you believe all those things you watch in Hollywood movies. Most of what you see on tv has been refined for a modern audience.
You mentioned precious metals, but forgot that they are only useful if you can trade it for something useful. For instance if someone gave you a choice to choose between riding around in a golden chariot or an old Honda Civic for the rest of your life (you can't sell the golden chariot BTW) which would you choose? Which is more comfortable? Gold and silver are only shinny things that look pretty with no practical uses.
About the Cleopatra part, I hope you're not confusing real life Cleopatra to movie Cleopatra? Don't you know that it takes a lot of grooming to make modern women look the way they do? There's a billion dollar cosmetic industry dedicated to making modern women look the way they do today. For example ancient women did not bathe often which means they were smelly, they did not shave often which means they were hairy, they did not have good oral hygiene which means they had smelly breath, they did did not have good skin care knowledge which meant rough skin fill with scars (korokoro). They covered their bodies with deadly chemicals such as lead because it was their form of make up. Also the beauty standards at that time were chubby/fat women as it was seen as a symbol of wealth. I've said too much, just go and browse "Ancient beauty standards".
You also spoke of foods and wines. Are you aware that ancient civilisations did not have varieties of foods and drinks that we have today? If you go to an average provision store you'll find things like butter, mayonnaise, biscuits, varieties of fruit juice, varieties of flavoured milk. We also have fried foods which Solomon probably did not have.
There are many things that you enjoy everyday that you take for granted. Even the common paracetamol we take everyday would have been hot cakes in ancient times as all they had were dubious cures rumoured to cure every ailment including beheading.
Hollywood only refurbishes ancient history to make them presentable to a modern audience.
So when they say Cleopatra was beautiful they bring a modern super model to play the part.
When they say ancient kings had a feast they bring a modern chef to prepare a modern feast.
When they say that ancient civilisations had beautiful cities they bring a modern fantasy artist to design a modernised version of ancient cities.

Saladdin:


It's even worse than that. Bulk of their wealth is only "academic wealth" and not the real wealth.

Practically none of those Billionaires with the exception of Bill Gates have up to $1 Billion Dollars in cold hard cash.

In the grand scheme of things, Mr. Musk is a low-tiered elite whose wealth and entire life can be ruined by the REAL elites.

Wealth calculation by the like of Forbes, Bloomberg and Co. are done based on stock market capitalization and not hard cash. Networth = Assets-liabilities

Oakenshield:
still gibberish continue voting bad leaders and come here to Rant

How do we know who is good and who is not good? If you know any of your family members that is good and can do better, tell him to context and come to hot sit for examination. To me you are worse than the leaders you are accusing, your manner of reasoning has shown that. Since you it seems you are the only one that identify good leader, show us one from your family that can turn Nigeria to America in four years. You think ruling as a leader is by mere talking

Everyday247:
Not really, An absolutely powerful king may enjoy unbounded power for the short run but in the long run they will eventually get bored. There's a reason that YouTube, DStv, Netflix etc come with different channels. This is because doing the exact same thing for a long time leads to boredom.
Let's compare an absolutely powerful king to an average day person.
An absolutely powerful king only has few forms of entertainment:
1. Getting people to fight against themselves (gladiators).
2. Enacting plays of famous events
3. Hiring performers to perform circus acts for them.
*Note that these powerful kings did not have access to their entertainment at any time they wanted I.e They could not wake up in the middle of the night to enjoy these things.
On the other hand, modern average man has access to many forms of entertainment:
1. Tv/videos e.g Movies/Series, music, video games, sports, reality shows, documentaries, News. E.t.c
2. Live events such as amusement parks, concerts, vacation resorts, sports events (If you decide to go to the venue) e.t.c
3. Social Media.
The modern man has a larger variety of entertainment to choose from even a poor man who has access to only an old smartphone has more options and more quality entertainment than ancient absolutely powerful kings. And best of all they can access these entertainment anytime!

Yeah, I would admit that the monotony of having to repeat the same thing again and again is a big negative, but there might be forms of entertainment that we are not privy to. Entertainment is as complex as human behaviour. We would need a time machine to see how the ancients actually enjoyed themselves because public libraries or google would be of little assistance.

They did not have varieties like we do, but even then, what passes for entertainment to you might not be so much to me or to another person. I might prefer the less refined aspect of it; I might only get entertained by the outdoors; or by certain sports that has been around since medieval times like archery, golf, and the likes, but overall, yeah, I agree with you and that is why from the onset, I said you're partially right.

Baldwretch:


Yeah, I would admit that the monotony of having to repeat the same thing again and again is a big negative, but there might be forms of entertainment that we are not privy to. Entertainment is as complex as human behaviour. We would need a time machine to see how the ancients actually enjoyed themselves because public libraries or google would be of little assistance.

They did not have varieties like we do, but even then, what passes for entertainment to you might not be so much to me or to another person. I might prefer the less refined aspect of it; I might only get entertained by the outdoors; or by certain sports that has been around since medieval times like archery, golf, and the likes, but overall, yeah, I agree with you and that is why from the onset, I said you're partially right.

I'm not saying that they didn't have good entertainment. I'm saying that ours is waaaaay better than theirs. Also I'm not talking about subjectivity, I'm talking about varieties, we simply have more options than them. If someone wants to pick and choose what kind of entertainment they want to enjoy, they'll have more options today than in those days.