Liech

Just another human trying to make the best out of the hand delt me by the powers that be!

[Liech @robin_liech]

@JulianGoldieSEO Steal

[The Wolf Of All Streets @scottmelker]

China is back while the USA shuts down.

[Liech @robin_liech]

@JMeservey @obrienkimani "human rights" stances we have to observe even if these are in conflict with the customs and traditions of the locals like LGBTQ etc. Chinese loans don't have these restrictions

[Liech @robin_liech]

@JMeservey @obrienkimani 1/2 There's a lot of good that the US and Europe have done for Africa. The challenge has always been that the help has always had strings attached. The Western world dictates what crops we grow, monetary and tax policies that we have to implement to access aid,

[I. Cox @IanECox]

These are the facts about the US in Africa, shamefully so. We're not thinking big enough about Africa in the right ways.

All we do is talk about and fund "stuff". Programs to nurture and fund women, the 20-somethings who are "Africa's future", tech, vibes, B2B facilitation.

90% of Africans will never feel the impact of our usual basket of goodies and if they do, they won't know it came from the USA.

The majority of what the US presents to Africa are laudable things, as it goes, in the soft-power arsenal of any superpower that would claim the mantel of "our way is great!".

Yet, it's key that all of the above is coupled with doing hard tangible projects on the ground. Infrastructure funded and built by American companies that has immediate impact on peoples lives, that will still be standing in 75 years.

Go finish LAPSSET, for free. Build a highway that'll last for 30 years, using the Western latest technology that hold up to extreme conditions. And not just to Juba, but all the way to the Central African Republic border. Build all the border crossings and every other bit of surrounding infrastructure needed to run primary regional highway. Start an East African school of highway engineering and construction, fully US funded and staffed, which also includes training in use and maintenance heavy equipment. Sponsored by Caterpillar. This school would have students from all of Africa, with teaching in English, French, and Arabic. The knock on effects to the continent would be massive.

So simple, yet everyone in the US State Department wants to fund women's groups growing organic lettuce. Leave that to Dutch Aid.. America has a whole US Army Corp of Engineers that could be another tool of our soft-power. We've built big stuff. Why don't we build big stuff for Africa?

The US needs to fund programs and do big projects in Africa that can be done without taking into consideration the degree of adherence to "democratic ideals" of a specific country. PEPFAR is a good example of this. Everyone got PEPFAR, no matter how naughty they were.

Largely, infrastructure should be viewed the same. If a country is suffering because of a generational lack of connectivity to the world, we should still build it, even if there's a dictator in power. Mobility breeds prosperity, which breeds democracy.

Concerned about insecurity and Russian influence in central Africa? Go finish LAPSSET gratis and extend it to the CAR border, hell.. just do the same all the way to Bangui!

Like, tomorrow.

Building a highway from Lamu Port to Bangui, on no political conditions, for free..

Combined with building a continent wide focused university level school of highway engineering, construction, and management based in East Africa..

The impact of these two simple things on a large part of Africa would be massive.

And come on, South Sudan and the Central African Republic deserve better from us.

We whine all day about Wagner in CAR and how South Sudan (the country we birthed) can't do anything right, yet both of these countries have the worst road systems in the world connecting to extremely long logistical chains.

Want to end Russian influence in CAR? Rock up to Bangui tomorrow and tell them that we're going to build new highways connecting all provincial capitals for free. Staff at the Russian Cultural Center would be packing their bags the next day.

America and the State Department can't see the forest for the trees in Africa.

Our influence in Africa will otherwise continue to wane as the Belt-Way African experts continue to feed their unimaginative, steamy glassed views and ideas about "what Africa actually needs" to an ever revolving cast of political characters in the legislative and foreign policy institutions of Washington, spun ever faster by our democratic system of governance.

[Liech @robin_liech]

@benjamincowen Still strong

[Liech @robin_liech]

@USMC_Vet @lporiginalg It's not that simple. Remember George Floyd? He didn't resist the police yet he died.

[Liech @robin_liech]

@CDemanincor @Ripple In the likely event that @Ripple doesn't win the lawsuit for these same reasons, I.e. corruption and manipulation, which will likely tank the value of #XRP, do you still foresee a Black Swan event that could lead to proper adoption and price increase down the line?

[Liech @robin_liech]

@CDemanincor Done

[Liech @robin_liech]

2/2 And this assumes that all XRP will be available for ODL use not accounting for what is stored in private wallets. As at 2015 swift was doing around $5T daily? @CDemanincor do you think that we can see a $150 #XRP if adoption by banks takes place?

[Liech @robin_liech]

1/2 @CDemanincor - I've never been a fan of moonboy predictions for #XRP However, if ODL is to be used to transfer more than $6 trillion daily, how will this be possible if we only have 50 Billion XRP in circulation? XRP will need to be at least $120 to be able to move $6T

[Liech @robin_liech]

@CDemanincor One key takeaway "Understand that in order for you to win, someone else on the other side has to lose" - Understand and accept it for what it is. This is what made me exit the crypto space in the past. Now that I've made peace with the reality, I'm going back wiser!

[Luke Brackley @LWBrackley]

Contract upgrades on Layer 1 with @Casper_Network

Well worth a watch.

#web3 #CSPR #Casper #enterprise #Blockchain

https://t.co/UB6aDvMFZ1

[Liech @robin_liech]

@CDemanincor *weak

[Liech @robin_liech]

@jerrysimila It will take more of an income tax approach where you will pay at the point of Sale i.e. converting to Fiat... Though there are many different ways to evade this type of tax

[Liech @robin_liech]

@ScottCatDoog Followed these instructions a million times...Got to a point where I realized that it's all lies. Fake giveaways that no one wins...I have just un-followed you. Will follow back when I receive the 2ETH. At least, this way either we both win or no one wins

[Liech @robin_liech]

@openseaNFT0 Iris waririz!

[Liech @robin_liech]

@Rubbzy @joebinario You spoke my mind

[Liech @robin_liech]

@joebinario Are these even legit? Never won any though I've tried hundreds of times. Anyway 2022 might be the year!