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As I mentioned above, work becomes an avocation. The people are still doing those jobs. They just aren't what we define as low income or poor. They can afford to work for free. No different than the offspring of wealthy people. They just happen to be in a wealthy country. It's false to believe that people have to be low income or poor or have a carrot dangled in front of them to work. There is a difference between lazy and industrious people. Lazy people have to be incentivized to work. No amount of money will keep them from being mentally or physically lazy. The threat of not having food, clothing or shelter is motivation. Industrious folks like to build and fix things or be of service to others. They will work regardless of money. Investing is passive income. It's not the same as trading labor for money i.e. work. I would never sh8t on anyone. Especially some who is willing to work. Folks would not have to slave for money if their basic needs were already met. IOW, an adult should not have to work as a janitor in order to feed a family. However, some folks enjoy cleaning up. They would be perfectly happy pushing a broom or mop around in a a luxury hotel. Get off from work and change clothes and jump into a Mercedes-Benz to to go and kick it with the family in their nice home. That is a by-product of living in a capitalistic system. Depends on how one defines rich. I define rich as having all basic needs met (food, clothing, shelter, healthcare and peace). Accordingly, everybody on this planet can be rich. The only obstacle to living a rich life is human greed. The belief that some folks have to be poor in order for others to be rich is ridiculous.😎

I believe success is a combination of effort, decision-making and some luck too. Nothing has significantly changed enough to affect my overall reality.😎

An African universal currency and passport would definitely be steps in the right direction. Of course, that's along with controlling their own resources and taking care of their populations too. 😎

i do not recall that particular thread. May have been before my time. The Democratic agenda (Left) has always been a counter-balance to the Conservative (Right). GOP POTUS Richard Nixon allowed drugs into Black communities. Back in 1971, POTUS Nixon declared a war on drugs. Fast-forward 20 years and Democratic POTUS BIll Clinton signed the 1994 Crime Bill which led to the mass incarceration of Black folks. One author of that bill was former senator and current Democratic POTUS Joe Biden. When Democrats had the White House and a majority of Congress, they did not codify Voting Rights, Abortion Rights, nominate a Supreme Court justice when they could or raise minimum wage. OTOH, when the GOP is in control, they steamroll their agenda which enriches the wealthy, packs the Supreme Court and roll back voter rights and abortion rights. Neither party, GOP or Democrats has ever brought up Reparations and how they plan to atone for America's greatest sin...slavery. That's my reason for always posting this two-party political system is two sides of the same coin.😎

Inconsequential. Black gold aka oil has made the United Arab Emirates wealthy. The people do not have to work for a living i.e. in order to survive. Work is an avocation. There is no poverty. Dubai is Las Vegas on steroids. A city built in the middle of desert from oil-derived wealth. They built a paradise. If African countries were allowed to fully exploit the wealth from their natural resources, they would be in a similar position as the the United Arab Emirates. Nigeria is one African country that could be like the United Arab Emirates. Unfortunately, greed and corruption is their biggest problem. South Africa could also be a wealthy Black country if the 55 million Black folks weren't being controlled by the 4 million white folks. There is no comparison. Wealth (passive income) is built on natural resources and/or using someone else's labor. The city of Detroit was built on an auto industry that was owned by white folks. Their wealth was built on the labor of others. Active income through labor allowed Black folks to make just enough money to live comfortably. It's almost impossible to become wealthy working for someone else.😎

In our lifetime, we have not seen a Black leader or country with complete autonomy over their resources and the wealth that comes from it. That insures a higher standard of living for the entire population in that country. Look no further than oil-rich countries in the Middle East especially the United Arab Emirates. The city Dubai with a population of 3 million people is a great example of paradise on Earth.😎

DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) is the latest buzzword in attacking the *woke* movement that conservatives has manufactured. As you know from teachings, all of this sh8t is an attack on Black folks. Any opportunity that enables Black folks to advance is labelled (affirmative action, race-based hiring, Rooney Rule, etc.). DEI falls into that continuum of anti-Black rhetoric.😎

Maybe so. For over a half-century and counting, it's felt like the same mono-reality. Every time I wake up, I see and hear the same sh8t in the world around me.😁 Surely, if I had jumped into a reality where for the most part, I could just cook and eat; poke that soft and wet and play piano all day, I would have stayed there.🤣 Really, I cannot complain about my mono-reality because I'm in good health and I'm well off and there's no shortage of people who love me unconditionally. I have a great life all things considered.😎

Now I'm wondering if I should feel slighted that I've not been able to participate in the near death experience and jumping around in different realities games. Then again, the omniscient has good reason not to pick me.🤣😎

Agreed. Gaddafi was definitely on code in how he tried to set Libya up to win. That country hasn't been right since they assassinated him. If African leaders could control their resources and kick foreigners out, that would be building blocks to sovereignty. As mentioned in the other thread, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali and Togo seem to be moving in that direction under young Black leadership.😎

@aka Contrarian, excellent weekly news wrap.😁 As a correspondent, I'll add... Former POTUS Orange Julius (POJ) had his $464 million bond reduced to $175 million. NY AG Letitia James is still holding on to it as a win. Meanwhile, POJ's Truth Social hits stock market valued at $3.6 billion. IOW, there was reason to reduce the bond above. As mentioned above, POJ puts sprinkles on his fortune cake hawking a Bible. Also resurfaced is the infamous picture of him standing in front of a church during the Black Lives Matter protests in the wake of George Floyd's murder. Robert Kennedy Jr. doesn't stand a chance of being elected POTUS. Due to a condition that affects his speaking voice, if RFK Jr. leader, his public addresses would be a painful listen. CNN caught up with Fani Willis at an event in Atlanta. She was looking good and defiantly said the train is still coming in the case against POJ. Puffy aka Diddy is definitely in a tub of hot water as the Feds hink he's involved in sex trafficking. It makes no sense to me that a billionaire would pick that as a side hustle. These raids coincide with other allegations against the music mogul. He's been skating on thin ice for decades. The Baltimore bridge collapse was an unfortunate catastrophe. It happened about 40 minutes driving from my hood.😎

Black folks have never needed white folks to teach them how to farm or do anything else. Europeans stole everything they ever learned from Black folks. As the originators, Black folks don't have to discover or invent ways of doing anything. We just need to eliminate the system of racism white supremacy. As evidenced by the title of this thread, if white folks left Blacks alone and stopped stealing their resources and colonizing them, Black folks would be totally self-sufficient. There's enough intelligence among Black folks to do anything we desire. Just a matter of removing foreigners from our lands and building strategic alliances among ourselves using our collective knowledge, skills and abilities. Black folks can totally thrive and survive without white folks.😎

Gaddafi and Castro were definitely African and Cuban respectively. The Honorable Farrakhan who's mixed race himself recognized Gaddafi as a brotha in arms. Gaddafi and Castro may have seen themselves as Trojan horses and a legitimate liaisons between white supremacy and Black empowerment. Of course, we'll never know because nobody has picked up their torches. 😎

That part of the movie cracks me up every time. 🤣 That's the reason I haven't started a church crusading against it. 😁 Religion isn't my thing but I realize folks need a coping mechanism. Probably better for them than becoming a drug addict or alcoholic or some other destructive behavior. That makes more sense than the mumbo jumbo folks hooting and hollering and spitting on Sundays from the book of fairy tales.😎

Right. That system has tentacles reaching into Black countries causing them all types of problems. The people of those countries were surviving just fine before the enemy showed up telling lies and stealing their resources. The biggest mistake Black folks make is allowing a parasitic enemy to come into their homes. It's hard to get rid of it.😎

When people are looking for something they will follow anything. All it takes is for someone to come along talking some good sh8t and playing on shortcomings or insecurities. Religion is the worst form of mind control because parents will drag their children kicking and screaming into it. Several centuries of mental programming passed down from one generation to the next is one helluva recipe for mind control.😎

Brotha @frankster excellent thread. Discussions related to this very topic mainly between @Pioneer1 and I are sprinkled throughout various threads. I hope African countries are successful in kicking and keeping the French out of their affairs. That goes for every other foreign entity crippling their sovereignty. It's not an easy lift especially with the US, European and Asian super powers siding with France as fellow neocolonialists.😎

It depends on how we define a modern and functioning society. Amish people have been slow to embrace technology. They haven't been plunged into a state of chaos or conquered.😎

Dr. Ben illustrated how white folks stole from African religion. As always, the devils stole, remixed, codified and sold something back to Black folks. That white man used words instead of a gun to mentally program i.e. brainwash a group of boys (males). Filling their heads with BS. No parents around. A picture is worth a thousand words. The above is just one example of the trick that white folks have played out against Black folks for several centuries and counting.😎

Justice was served to an extent. This situation should never have happened. None of the so called Black organizations put a bullseye on it. No NAACP. No Al Sharpton. No Ben Crump. In general, Black folks need to seriously consider taking self-defense measures to avoid becoming victims.😎

I was half-joking. Of course, we believe high speed internet is essential because we've gotten accustomed to it. However, there are billions of people living in the world untethered to the grid. The reality of essential becomes more evident as we get older.😎

Unfortunately, the resources in Africa have been controlled by white folks for more than 100 years. Today's Africans cannot reclaim their land and resources without going to war against white folks. The easy way out for most people seems to be 1) selling out and taking whatever white folks are willing to give or 2) leave the country and try to build a better life being an Uber driver in a white country. A coup is the way some folks try to fight back and reclaim their country. Problem is the new leaders aren't strong enough to control resources, build economy and maintain sovereignty. Then, there's the greed and corruption. It's only a matter of time before white folks con and arm the next wannabe leader to stage a coup. Rinse and repeat. As I mentioned in another thread, Muammar Gaddafi was the last African leader who fully understood the problem. He wanted to unite Africa. We know that outcome. Orchestrating the assassination of Gaddafi was the white man's way of serving notice to any Black man who wants to get out of pocket.😎

Reads like Africans should have consulted their own Entities before believing the white man's ice is colder.🤣 However, a few trinkets and guns pointed at a people goes a long way in colonization. 😎

I didn't intend to separate them. IMO, lnternet and libraries are one and the same in modernity. I'll take it you're referring to engineering from a social perspective instead technical. Surely, the best and brightest minds and everyone else makes their way to the country once considered a beacon on a hill to take advantage of opportunities. The USA is gangster. That's why it's a major travel destination and the strongest super power on the planet.😎

Necessity is considered the mother of invention. If there was anything the people really needed, the smart folks would have figured out how to make it happen. Most people are content as long as their basic needs are met. high-speed internet isn't a priority.🤣😎