I hate the fact that once you question a Nigerian’s intellect their automatic response is to start comparing how much money they have to you. So because you’re rich you think you can’t be stupid?
What is going on in Nigeria? Why is it difficult to find someone with integrity? This is becoming a pandemic. It is becoming difficult and nearly impossible to trust anybody in that country.
Everybody is trying to ‘run you street’. Cheating is now called smartness.
When they move abroad as immigrants - they make friends based on visa categories. They don't even date below their visa categories. 😂
When they're on Twitter, the reiterate that stratification. small accounts vs big accounts. 💀
I reflect a lot on our ideological design, as a people. Nigerians are morally bankrupt, culturally deficient and rooted in faux elitism.
This is why some markets exist for us, because they can take advantage of that shameless insecurity - and I genuinely don't think the reason is poverty.
I've visited other poor countries. These countries do not see cars beyond what they are, a means a transportation. They don't see restaurants beyond what they are. They don't see dates beyond what they are.
Something fundamentally is wrong with us.
For us, it isn't even enough that we succeed - it is important that other fail, or don't succeed as much as we do. It is important for us to have an edge other others. It is such a sick attitude.
Person A has one house. Person B has two houses. It isn't enough that they both have roof over their heads - Person B innately subclasses Person A.
You should also to hear from a Nigerian gym goer that you're not "man enough" because you don't bench as much as he does. 💀
As segwayed as these analogies are, they are rooted in the same proportionality. It points to the same mental illness.
Who did this to us?
Nigerians were basically raised not to question those in authority, starting from the family unit.
Same can also be observed in churches, schools and the government.
The Nigerian culture creates subservient people and there are no consequences for bad behaviour for those in power.
We are now living in times when friendships and relationships mean nothing to some. Worldly possessions surpass the value of relationships.
It’s more of “what can you do for me, even more what can you keep doing for me.” The moment the perks declines or stops, the value goes out the window.
Now when people wonder why some keep to themselves, I say not a lot are strong enough to withstand betrayals, especially those that come from people they once considered family…
Money is everything, yet it is nothing 🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾
STAY KIND♥️