hayran
Ride The Lightning
are there any societies out there dominated by the "elders" to the extent that we are? like 60% of somalia is under 15, yet it feels like "the youth" do not exist at all, except for when their bodies are being counted.
diasporas say the problem is "qabiilism" but won't come to the realization that qabyaalad is a socio-political manifestation of the gerontocracy.
if the bulk of your strongest and most able demographic (the young men) are unhappy with the way things are, you will not have a stable society. the early ICU and the aptly named al shabaab knew this cultural flaw somewhat and they exploit it. in modern somalia that's the option if a young man wants to rebel against the status quo. yet the clan (the tyranny of old people) still remains, it still has power and it still doesn't care for its youth. the youth from all corners of somaliweyn are dreaming about fleeing to better and wealthier countries. the FGS constantly fails to get the youth to believe in its "vision" (it doesnt actually have one other than which old guy gets the kursi) so we are stuck in a death loop
i do not think any other place gets away with a 64% youth unemployment, a somali ruler can simply just ignore the future generations wants. it's free reign for them to loot the state for own pleasure, the suffering of their subjects just doesn't register to them.
diasporas say the problem is "qabiilism" but won't come to the realization that qabyaalad is a socio-political manifestation of the gerontocracy.
if the bulk of your strongest and most able demographic (the young men) are unhappy with the way things are, you will not have a stable society. the early ICU and the aptly named al shabaab knew this cultural flaw somewhat and they exploit it. in modern somalia that's the option if a young man wants to rebel against the status quo. yet the clan (the tyranny of old people) still remains, it still has power and it still doesn't care for its youth. the youth from all corners of somaliweyn are dreaming about fleeing to better and wealthier countries. the FGS constantly fails to get the youth to believe in its "vision" (it doesnt actually have one other than which old guy gets the kursi) so we are stuck in a death loop
i do not think any other place gets away with a 64% youth unemployment, a somali ruler can simply just ignore the future generations wants. it's free reign for them to loot the state for own pleasure, the suffering of their subjects just doesn't register to them.
