Ycee might actually never know the sort of cultural reset and paradigm shift that his comment about "Olodo uprising" has caused on conscious minds here.
Anybody fighting what he said is truly among the group of Olodo Uprising he rightly talked about.
God bless YCEE for amplifying this “OLODO UPRISING” for us. We need to stop making stupid people famous. We consume content from illiterates and people who are mentally deranged that will attribute criticism to being broke.
I've not seen it yet but I can bet my left testicle - someone somewhere is tweeting about Ycee's projected networth and how Peller is 20x richer than Ycee so Ycee is jealous.
I am sure.
A culturally bankrupt society whose source of validation comes from asslicking the wealthy.
No Ideological compass. No guiding principle. No strength. Just "I get money pass you".
A congregation of fools, from whence no progress is in sight.
You know why sane societies thrive out here? Because people don't fucking care what you have.
The concept of human dignity exists. Even the poor will stand tall in the face of the wealthy and battle opinion for opinion.
Phones are merely for calls. Cars are merely for transportation. Not status symbols.
Until the day you decentre ranking people and prioritising their opinions based on the depths of their pockets - you will always be bottom feeders.
I get you, Ycee, but I think the challenge here is expecting pigeons to think like ravens. If we are completely honest, the average Nigerian is not smart; not intellectually curious.
I am not talking about the everyday Nigerian smartness of taking advantage of people or situations, nor the ingenuity that powers Yahoo. I mean the kind of curiosity that allows people to sit with difficult ideas, entertain opposing views and enjoy conversations that demand something of the mind.
Even on X here, the conversations that dominate are often the most airheaded. The moment you point that out, the very people proving your point descend on you for saying it aloud. That, to me, is the real problem.
A society is ultimately shaped by what it rewards. If our loudest applause is reserved for the shallow, then the shallow will keep multiplying. Until we become a people who are curious to know rather than eager to show, there will always be a pipeline for a million more Pellers.
Cooking gas has gone from being a basic household necessity to an increasingly burdensome expense for many Nigerians.
Refilling a 12.5kg cylinder now costs ₦21,900. This makes no sense.
Few years ago, the same cylinder cost as little as ₦800.
We can’t continue like this.