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This is the olodo uprising we're talking about.
This girl had a niche. Always sounded so polished and put together in her interviews; until she decided to link up with peller because peller was racking up views
Now listen to the way she sounds like a motor park agbero. She couldn't influence peller. She couldn't polish peller. Rather, peller has her speaking and acting like him.
But through all this, she asked an important question: "your president nko? Did he go to school?"
I hope you all can now see why many of us fought tooth and nail to stop Tinubu from becoming president; but many others (and sadly highly educated people) supported him and helped him rig his way to the presidency.
Now, he has become a poster boy; one that boldly passes the message that not only do you not need education to achieve the highest office in the land, but you also do not have to worry about leading a life free of crime.
What Ycee refers to as Peller culture is actually Tinubu and APC culture
The attack on the education nerve Centre in Nigeria was heralded and is sustained by the APC because an educated populace is one that asks questions and demands accountability. An educated populace is one with the potential to revolt.
Therefore, they do their best to make sure people like peller and his like get platforms to keep showing impressionable naija youth that not only do they not need education, but also that they can make money by putting their foolishness on display; and by so doing, reduce the possibility of the government being held accountable by them.
The steep decline, rot, and decay in our educational system started the moment APC got into power.
Olodo uprising = APC uprising
I’m not surprised by the reaction, her choice of man is a reflection of who she is. Going to school or being a graduate is not even the issue here, it’s the values you’ve been able to accumulate from all the activities you were involved in during school and outside school and the decisions you make with those values. If Peller is the best you can choose for a man, I have a right to question your decision.
This was a girl who could at some point speak eloquently and looks like she had something upstairs at least looking from what she was doing then as content, but now, look at how she’s sounding. She’s been in contact with so much dumbness she’s become dumbed herself
Now to analyze her points;
1) if Elon Musk grew up in a society like Nigeria or even black South Africa where the conversations dominating the atmosphere are intellectually lazy ones and where genius and smart people like him are unable to thrive or have to go through a lot of hurdles to thrive, he wouldn’t have been rich enough to buy twitter
2) The fact that she thinks the president didn’t go to school is also a very big problem. You’re saying someone that once once governor of Lagos state , a senator and now the president of the most populous black nation on earth didn’t go to school is the core of the Olodo uprising
3) Did the government provide job? How many jobs does she expect the government to provide? American is probably the best example of capitalism in the world as they’re the richest and the majority of jobs there are provided by private individuals. The role of the government is to create an enabling environment for such people to thrive and the society also have their part to play. If we as a society allow people like Peller and her be our voice, there will be less people willing to go into job creation and we will have less geniuses like Elon Musk that will build companies and businesses that can employ us.
We can do better as a society and we really have to
I can bet that this signal jammer does not work.
It’s just for show.
If this convoy comes under serious attack by bandits, they’ll all run away.
In Nigeria, officers bribe to get this type of postings because it is soft work. When people like this come under fire, they fold.
Sure they can oppress other Nigerians in traffic and even flog people while they drive against traffic. That’s all they are good for.
Ycee's "olodo culture" conversation is being proven right by every backlash he gets.
Truth is he made a very clear point about educational degradation and comprehension issues in present day social media.
Please take your time and view or read the backlash and tell me if he was wrong.?
They are all proving him right. He’s not even wrong, cause there’s truly an olodo uprising in Nigeria. That’s why someone will say he had “first class upper” in school. My God😂
Do they work hard? Yes.
Do they deserve the reward they get cause of their hard work? Yes.
Are they olodo? Still yes.
So, he’s not wrong.
He literally called everyone trying to defend Peller birds of a feather that flocks together with him in “odo”. But trust me, they’ll be too foolish to realize 😂😂😂
There is a fundamental difference between global creators who built their empires on distinct talent or high effort entertainment, and the current wave of local creators who rely on shock value, playing dumb, or exploiting chaos.We are validating the idea that how you get rich doesn't matter, and that financial success automatically makes you knowledgeable. It creates a toxic cycle where the next generation abandons intellectual pursuits because they see that society rewards the loud and the empty far more than the educated and the skilled.The critique raised by Ycee hits a deep societal nerve, we are actively rewarding and glorifying anti intellectualism and bad vices.
Recently a tiktoker whose brand is built on superficial trends tries to interview or engage with academics, the disconnect becomes painfully obvious. What actual knowledge or value is being exchanged there? It’s not an intellectual bridge; it’s a clash of entirely different worlds where substance is sacrificed for a viral clip. it's ur own opinion bt you completely misread ycee words
Also pls don't compare the likes of ishowforspeed and khabbylame to peller and Co
Theirs is content and his is chaos
@Focuzjunior He had to. To drive home clearer points. Everyone knows without even mentioning a name, so of what difference will it make if he does? That people are angry he did doesn’t make what he said less of a truth. And that’s a fact,
Peller is not the problem IMO.
The real issue is a broken system designed to neglect and ignore intellect. A system that has consistently undermined the efforts of promising talents across academia, forcing our brightest minds to “japa” or settle for less.
BBN pays 100M+ to winners, a reality show, fine. But most schools can’t even award their best graduating students ₦100k. The state can’t guarantee them jobs. In my time, our best graduating student, an exceptionally brilliant guy destined for greatness now works as a successful freelancer, digital analyst and YouTuber. He’s doing really well, but that mind was built for more. Top-tier virologist material, serving the nation. We lost that potential and so many others.
Youth unemployment is at a high, quite alarming for nation with immense potential and one of the youngest population average on the planet.
We churn out graduates yearly but fail to harness them. It’s time to fix the system and not bash the symptoms.
Calling it the “Peller culture” wasn’t necessarily about Peller but the kind of influence his type has had on the public. People literally missing the point is exactly why the Olodo uprising thing is true. Cos that’s what Ycee was talking about.
The issue of the "Olodo Uprising" has become so institutionalized in our society that it is alarming, yet no one seems willing to call it out. You can't fault Ycee for doing it, especially when he even cited Peller as a case study to make his point clearer and easier to understand for academy consumption.
Truth becomes controversial when ignorance is already institutionalized.
Even the baba suwe and Mr. Latin era they’re trying to put in the conversation is silly. Cos those men literally spent years learning that work as theater arts practitioners. They didn’t just wake up on a Monday morning to be what they were.
Even the baba suwe and Mr. Latin era they’re trying to put in the conversation is silly. Cos those men literally spent years learning that work as theater arts practitioners. They didn’t just wake up on a Monday morning to be what they were.
I can't believe someone just compared Mr. Bean and Kevin Hart to Peller.
Jesus Christ.
Rowan Atkinson and Kevin Hart have spent decades mastering their craft and building careers that have influenced comedy worldwide.
Open the schools please, OLODO OH 😭😭😭
Calling it the “Peller culture” wasn’t necessarily about Peller but the kind of influence his type has had on the public. People literally missing the point is exactly why the Olodo uprising thing is true. Cos that’s what Ycee was talking about.
After taking another look at it, I think this “Olodo uprising” discourse has a bit of a classist undertone. Not everyone is going to create intellectual content, and that’s perfectly fine. Different niches appeal to different people, and that’s the whole point of having free will on the internet.
The real olodos are the people who allow themselves to be negatively influenced by creators online.
I think the mistake here is actually equating being educated to actual intelligence. I mean, we still have educated olodos. In the actual sense of it. The problem here, as I see it, is that the society doesn’t rate actual intelligence which is the point Ycee was trying to make.