One of my longest-standing arguments is that we are not living in Orwell’s 1984, where truth is centrally suppressed and censored by force (that’s former communist societies, modern-day China, Russia, North Korea).
We are living in something much closer to Huxley’s Brave New World.
The truth is not hidden - it is almost always readily available. But it is buried beneath an industrial quantity of noise: propaganda, outrage, half-truths, conspiracy theories, influencer theatre, algorithmic rage bait and an endless stream of content designed not to inform us, but to keep us emotionally stimulated.
The modern information system does not need to censor the truth when it can simply drown it in noise.
A fact no longer has to be disproven - it only has to be surrounded by a hundred competing claims, stripped of context and nuance, turned into partisan ammunition and pushed into the same feed as celebrity gossip, memes and 15 second videos engineered to deliver the fastest possible dopamine hit. By the time the truth reaches us, it appears as just another piece of content competing for our attention.
That is the more sophisticated form of control: not preventing people from knowing, but exhausting their capacity to care.
Orwell feared a world in which people would be deprived of information. Huxley feared a world in which they would be given so much distraction, stimulation and triviality that they would lose the desire to seek it.
The defining struggle of our age is therefore not simply between truth and censorship, but between truth and indifference.
@OtitoNosike The idea that the purpose of education is material and financial success and so if you do not meet this metric your education is useless and anyone who makes more money than you is better than you even if they have no education.
Knowledge just like wisdom is not dependant on age but rather exposure. This is particularly true for customs and traditions. This is how we are finding ourselves in cases where young men who have grown up exclusively around cultured men are more knowledgeable than most of us . We have a young 37 year old man who knows more than most of us ,more than me . I am not one shun knowledge no matter the source. Fire doesn't choose what feeds it as long as it's right it will burn .
While most of you are engulfed in the theoretical science of Marxism.
I myself is focused on the practical science of Marxism. Historic application n how it works out (not some smooth Grammar disconnected from reality)
Saying we peddle "reactionary anti-Marxist sentiment" on here is proof U have no clue my argument.
I've said it before n I'll repeat it again.
IT IS TOTALLY FOOLISH AND DELUSIONAL TO THINK YOU CAN UNITE WITH WORKERS OF THE IMPERIAL CORE (People keeping the Imperial machine running) BEFORE A REVOLUTION.
To think the Capitalist class will just sit back, especially for you 🫵 from a 3rd world country, not an established power to Unite with workers under their control n topple them. WAKE UP BRO
You don't have the man power, the resources, intelligence agency to even try.
Even if you do have the man power, the workers in the imperial core is exploited by choice. They're invested in the system via the stocks, bonds, S&P 500, retirement savings n 401ks hoping to benefit from the global exploitation. Are they willing to give it up?
Marx himself saw the contradiction when he explained irish and British workers. Then, British workers thought they deserved more than irish workers. The British workers saw themselves as ruling Nation n therefore they have this superior mentality.
The workers unity failed in practice even before it began. PRACTICALITY.
May I remind you that as an African you're not just fighting the Capitalist class, you're fighting WHITE SUPREMACY.
You cannot Unite with people who have been told all their lives they're racially superior than you.
Most of them love the system, heck, they volunteer to enlist n go n destroy other workers of the global South. PRACTICALITY!
In as much as MARX placed "Class over race" in his work. What happens when "Race is class"? He didn't address that cos he's in a position of privilege.
Now about Kwame Nkrumah, He made mistakes which he himself admitted n some he didn't quite notice. You will understand this from history.
Trying to Unite black workers from the imperial core was one of his grave mistakes.
That was how CIA spies infiltrated his govt n later overthrow him.
I'm guessing the AES realized this which is why they don't want to make same mistake.
They've lasted this long cos they formed a regional alliance n One by one others will join. PRACTICALITY
You either continue doing your THEORETICAL MARXISM (with lots of English Grammar)
Or
You wake up to reality and learn from great men Like LENIN, MAO, NKRUMAH, Sankara n others who has laid down the framework for PRACTICAL MARXISM.
The corruption you saw happen to Egypt is how things are rigged using computers and software in backrooms against the powerless across the world by global institutions comparable to FIFA. Global exchange rates, credit ratings, interest rates, travel rules, visas, courts etc. ⚖️
That reading is dying only attests to the supremacy of writing in the realm of intelligentsia because we generally tend to pivot to the least exerting ventures/mediums as human beings (game theory). The easier an activity, the more the subscribers. Because speech merely relays what's been birthed by writing. The very first evidence of thought is the written word. That first letter "A" we recited in nursery school was a written word first.
Anyone with a ring light on TikTok makes a sage. And all it takes is speech. It takes no exertion to say this and that, especially, when the applause is immediate. Now try writing a page, alone at night. Thread it into something - a story, a poem, music - without the applause, when it's just you and the darkness of the night. And you know, in the end, you will be judged entirely by the final output as a whole. Not the way you looked, how you were seated or standing, how you pronounced words, or the sound bites. None of that is held in regard if the writing is not coherent.
Yet, in speech, incoherence can still be forgiven if you look good, have a nice voice, had exceptional accompanying gestures etc. The author is not afforded such luxury. The only measure of his intelligence is the words crafted on the piece of paper. He must deliver exceptionally well to be afforded even a glance. Hence the "don't judge a book by it's cover". The scrutiny of his intelligence begins right from the title of the book.
You can say speech is relevant today, yes. But because it's a low hanging fruit. Mass consumption is not evidence of intelligence. Quite the opposite.
Today, I celebrate my mentor, Amerix.
He has helped me a lot in my life.
I was a serious simp.
I was a serious gambler.
I was living a very bad lifestyle.
Currently my life has changed and the progress I have made is because of him.
One thing I have learned from him is discipline, I will forever be grateful to him.
Those masculinity classes are side shows until what he talked about happens to you.
Now I have around 100 chicken in my poultry project, I will surely gift some to him and to you people.
We learn everyday.
Change comes from you, other people who want you to do better will motivate and guide.
Take charge of your life.
Amerix will forever remain my GOAT.
Today, I celebrate my mentor, Amerix.
He has helped me a lot in my life.
I was a serious simp.
I was a serious gambler.
I was living a very bad lifestyle.
Currently my life has changed and the progress I have made is because of him.
One thing I have learned from him is discipline, I will forever be grateful to him.
Those masculinity classes are side shows until what he talked about happens to you.
Now I have around 100 chicken in my poultry project, I will surely gift some to him and to you people.
We learn everyday.
Change comes from you, other people who want you to do better will motivate and guide.
Take charge of your life.
Amerix will forever remain my GOAT.
Moses didn't get the promised land. he walked forty years for it, he lost his family for it, he stood in front of God for it, his face melted for it, and at the end God said you can see it from here but you're not going in. and he died on the mountain looking at it. God's favorite guy, the one who actually talked to him face to face, died in the desert looking at the thing he never got. now tell again how you deserved that promotion and God isn't answering your prayers. moses entire function was the walking, not the arriving. the forty years of shut up and move your feet when nobody believes you, including most mornings yourself. the promised land was always the desert. the desert is where he talks, the desert is where he needs you. and you hate that. i do too
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Women harvest, retain and carry living DNA (Male microchimerism) from every man they have sexual intercourse with.
Every male they absorb spermatazoa from becomes a living part of them for life.
A baby therefore, has DNA markers from its mother's ex boyfriend/s.
Mothers are chimerized by their offspring for life, as well as by silent abortions absorbed by the body. It's speculated by researchers that this can also happen through sexual intercourse via the sperm's DNA.
This DNA seems well distributed, reaching even into the brain.
& one day if we decide to stop talking, i still wish you the best. i still hope you reach your dreams the same way i'll reach mine cos no matter how things end btwn us, there was a version of me that wanted to see you win.
a version of me that prayed for your happiness, celebrated your small victories and imagined a future where we would cheer each other on. it breaks my heart that maybe we won't be there to witness each other's biggest moments anymore but love isn't always measured by who stays. sometimes, it's measured by who can let go without wishing the other person any less
& maybe one day, we'll become strangers with beautiful memories and separate lives. you'll be somewhere building the life you've always wanted and i'll be doing the same. we may no longer know the details of each other's days but i hope life is gentle with you. i hope your dreams come true and i hope that somewhere in btwn all the distance and silence, you know that i never stopped rooting for you. even after losing you, i never wanted you to lose yourself. buena suerte ❤️
One of the reasons we are seeing the rise of the Olodo culture is that many intelligent people are too quiet. They hesitate to put their work out there or raise their voice. They think nobody will listen. They assume there are already enough intellectuals writing articles, making podcasts, or posting on Twitter and other platforms. Some even believe they’re too intelligent to engage in everyday social discussions.
But when thoughtful people stay silent, they create a vacuum. And as we all know, nature abhors a vacuum.
That Vaccum is quickly filled by people who are more confident than competent. People who are not afraid to speak, create content, or dominate the conversation, regardless of the quality of what they have to say.
If knowledgeable people refuse to participate in public discourse, they shouldn't be surprised when less informed voices shape public opinion, and when Olodos start being role models.
& if you check yourself and realize you come from an average family that isn’t supportive enough, that your parents aren’t also financially comfortable
pay close attention;
if you know that within 24 hrs, your entire family coming together still couldn’t raise at least $10,000 in this economy, stay out of trouble. i’m telling you that for free. you have no business chasing endless enjoyment or la vida loca. your place is on the battlefield, working relentlessly on yourself.
i will always tell the younger generation the truth: poverty is far more damaging than most people understand.
if a sibling falls critically ill and the entire family still can’t raise enough money for treatment or surgery, that’s a reality you cannot ignore. i’ve also heard of people who secured life changing opportunities abroad, even free visas or contracts but lost em cos they couldn’t afford the flight ticket and their family couldn’t support.
if deep down you know this could be your reality or fate, make it your mission to break that cycle.
there should be days you need to go totally offline, switch off your phone, ignore distractions and focus completely on becoming better than you were yesterday. the consequences of being a young man without money or a strong support system can be brutal. that’s why, while you’re still coming up, treat your growth like a responsibility, not an option.
walk with me to learn
buena suerte as you do so 👍
When I was growing up, you could get the correct answer to a mathematics question, but if you didn't ‘show your working’, you wouldn't get full marks. In fact, the final answer often carried the fewest marks.
The lesson from that wasn't just about mathematics. It was teaching us that the process matters just as much as the result.
Today, it sometimes feels like we’ve flipped that value system. The message many young people receive is, ‘Just make it.’ Nobody asks how you got there. As long as you end up rich and successful, you’re celebrated.
When a society stops valuing the process, it begins to reward shortcuts over substance, appearance over competence, and wealth over character. That's how you end up with people who have money but little knowledge or wisdom believing they’re superior to everyone else. That's why we have an Olodo uprising.
One of the biggest problems with our political system is that many of our leaders are career politicians. They have spent their entire adult lives climbing the political ladder until they reach positions of power.
Many of them have never worked in a structured organization where they learned how effective systems are built and managed. They have never created wealth or managed a successful enterprise. They have never experienced environments where merit, competence, and accountability determine who gets ahead.
They have also missed the kind of exposure that shapes decision-makers, like world-class training, diverse professional teams, and organizations where performance is measured and poor decisions have real consequences.
Their greatest qualification has simply been surviving politics.
Make no mistake, politics is important, but governing requires much more than political survival. It requires leadership, competence, sound judgement, and a deep understanding of how successful systems work.
If we want better outcomes as a nation, we need more people in public office who know how to build, manage, and improve systems, not just win/rig elections.
We do not give grace because we are weak. The union serves something we consider important enough to come together for. And if it is to be kept, we must lose the entitlement that comes with the insipid clamor for glory. There is no winning in relationships - or a need for it.
Igbo Landing stands as a permanent reminder of the brutalities of the past, but more importantly, it serves as a monument to human courage
It teaches us that the desire for freedom is an intrinsic, unquenchable part of being human, and that true dignity can never be bought or sold.