Great post as usual
@jugjugwacwac
@TheMadMullah
On a psychological level when you are collectively the scum of the world (rank the lowest in every conceivable index value) both the feelings of pride (in history) or defeatist (self-hate) are things that incapacitate us collectively from progression.
Were I disagree with brother
@jugjugwacwac is that I rank this pride much worse then self-hate because it's much easier to recover from self-hate which is a form of weak hopelessness then something like pride which is a form of grandiose handicap delusion
To illustrate an example take a look at how many Somali's go to Bantu forums completely unprovoked in hordes cursing them out for no reasons whatsoever then faux pride bringing collectively shame upon us all, even though those same Bantu countries collectively beat us on every front.
That same faux pride manifests itself in Qabyaalad which is collectively holding us back much more then the traitors or the self-haters whom are no threat whatsoever.
Even from a religious perspective the one with a morsel of pride will not enter heaven because this delusional sense of pride if not checked even stops you from accepting your creator never mind nationalism or anything else as we see with many Somali's on here.
Pride is the ultimate disease, it's the father of jealousy, envy, egotism and all other forms of negative ugly feelings that incapacitate one, there is no harm being proud of ones achievement or that of his forefathers ( proud is an adjective) but pride (noun) which is a permanent state is wretched.
It's why we have so many federal states, MP's, leaders, Presidents, 4.5, with endless bickering because of that specific curse.