Warritdooo

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[hoopla! @hooplaaaaaaah]

shame is only as real as you allow it to be

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

Keeping everyone (including Africans) completely ignorant about Africa and the central role it plays in the economic and natural world is a core feature of Europeanised education, not a bug.

You're not supposed to know that the DRC is the most resource-rich country in the world, with an estimated $24 trillion sitting under its soil. You're not supposed to know that the rise of "western civilisation" from the 15th century on was entirely made possible by European contact with Africa, and that the resources and labour extracted from coastal West Africa from 1492 onwards are the entire reason why both American continents exist in their current form.

You're not supposed to know that both WW1 and WW2 were essentially wars fought over the right to African colonial domination and expansion, and that even the uranium that was used in "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki came from Shinkolobwe uranium mine in eastern DRC. You're not supposed to know that the reason the country of France exists in its current form is because tens of thousands of conscripted West African soldiers fought and won against the Nazis in Europe, and the French thereafter shipped them back to West Africa and massacred them at Camp Thiaroye in Senegal to avoid paying them their due wages.

You're not supposed to know that there was nothing cold about the so-called Cold War, because the vast majority of the hot theaters it was physically fought in were on the continent of Africa. (Zimbabwe, DRC, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Angola, Eritrea, Zambia etc). You're not supposed to know that the ongoing Ukraine war and the war in the Sahel are in fact the same conflict being fought by the same 2 sides, and that the reason France is desperately pushing funding and arms to Ukraine even as it falls into internal crisis is that Ukraine is acting as its proxy army in West Africa, as it tries to regain its lost colonial territories there, especially Niger where the cheap yellowcake uranium for its famously cheap nuclear energy used to come from before the 2023 revolution.

You're definitely not supposed to know that the entire global economy and system of trade as you know it is built on ruthless extraction from Africa and ensuring that Africa does not control anything it exports. You're not supposed to know that "Italian leather" doesn't come from Italy - it comes from Kano, Nigeria. You're not supposed to know that "Swiss chocolate" does not exist because cocoa does not grow anywhere in Switzerland or Europe - it comes from Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire and Nigeria. You're not supposed to know that Israel and the UAE control the global diamond and gold markets even though Israel has no diamond mine and the UAE has zero gold mines, because both resources are literally being stolen from the DRC and Sudan on an industrial basis.

You're basically not supposed to understand that the entire geopolitical world as you know it, rests entirely on extraction from Africa, poverty of Africans, and your own ignorance about where everything you use comes from.

Completely deliberate 500+ year-old feature, not accidental bug.

[Swolecialist @BlackLanterrn]

They made a show about this, youll never guess what it’s called

[Glittery Rebel 🍉 @GlitteryRebel]

This is normal if you go outside or maybe even have a job

[tanya @Tanya_Sabrinaaa]

(first day teaching at woke university)

it's not my job to educate you

[Phyllll @kueenfupanda]

You blink and it’s Luteal phase all over again

[alexei @alexeixbt]

what doesn't kill you introduces you to carl jung, marcus aurelius, epictetus, friedrich nietzsche, james baldwin, bell hooks, audre lorde, frantz fanon, paulo freire, joseph campbell, alan watts, ram dass, gary zukav, brene brown, gabor mate, shadow work, attachment theory, nervous-system regulation, ancestral trauma, existentialism, stoicism, meditation, emotional intelligence, neuroplasticity, metacognition, pattern recognition, game theory, delusional optimism, boundaries and discernment.

[$ @jxtsummer]

hey so like a lot is going on

[Lynne @_ayandamay]

There is a dangerous little window after I complete one task where I could either become unstoppable or look at my phone.

[Dear Ashley... @asj519]

The war against iced coffee isn’t a real fight, just don’t do it.

What we need to band together to ban is cover letters. Down with cover letters!!

[🪩🎲🍒 @expired_grl]

self harming by remaining sober

[jon repetti @pourfairelevide]

Seems to me that a lot of trendy education theory & practice is just not ready to admit that the vast majority of kids do not “naturally” want to learn what they are being taught.

Learning is often boring & frustrating. You have to teach kids to tolerate boredom & frustration.

[L3rin®. @badmanknowsall]

u ever take an L so big it actually frees u?
like suddenly u see the endless possibilities

[Not Today Eric @NotTodayEric]

“Are you free Sunday night”

Are you out of your mind.

[intercontinental ballistic libertine @trueroguejordan]

Everyone is susceptible to propaganda, albeit to varying degrees. Do not overestimate your cognitive guardrails.

[George Tsitati @Tsitati_George]

Between a few hours and a couple of months.

[Sekizō @OwenThe_Sa1nts]

Yes. Meet people where they are. To be in the company of others is to be negotiating imperfection at every step. Because one day, you’ll meet someone that feels like the limits of your knowledge are far below their arbitrarily set standard required for them to engage meaningfully

[evan @actuallypee]

once this covid shit over bro im legit getting my life together

[Muchelule's Gun @Dialmaterialist]

Remembering the fact that we have an Affordable Airbnb levy deducted from our salaries each month has gotten me mad all morning.

[Jash Dholani | link in bio has my books! @oldbooksguy]

turns out the attention span crisis is atleast

*checks notes*

two thousand years old