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Finally found this thread again.
Think it deserves a bump...
Think it deserves a bump...
Africans and Inherited Behaviors
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I’ve been thinking about this thread a lot
There needs to be added nuance
I’ll type something in here tomorrow or today
There needs to be added nuance
I’ll type something in here tomorrow or today
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Hail Biafra!
It may be possible to describe rent-seeking or resource capture and export as the main African drivers of economic interaction both internally and externally (especially with the West)
Though I think there are some political differences between African peoples which may provide the key to different norms forming pertaining to economic activity
Though I think there are some political differences between African peoples which may provide the key to different norms forming pertaining to economic activity
Agreed.
But why and when did this behavior start? At its core, rent seeking is human behavior seen globally but it is more frequent in the diaspora. I don’t buy European contact as the catalyst. Look how the behavior still persist even with the wealth of info at our fingertips. IMO its began culturally and is now expressed genetically.
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Think this thread needs to be bumped in light of recent events
Years ago I didnt wanna believe the OP but now I'm slowly believing it smdh.
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I can understand not wanting to believe it.
But when you just look at the whole picture....it's the only god damn thing that can explain all of this shyt.
Like I said before I don't think its 100% biologically but the fact of many Africans(especially West, Central and Southern Africans) being isolated for much their history. Yea West Africans had contact with Arabs however there was never any hostility. The majority of Africans never faced pressure from an outside group besides other Africans until the slave trade. Yea East African Swahilis had contact with Arabs, Chinese and other groups but it was never hostile and they never faced a crisis(the Arab slave trade that we know came much much later). Only group I can think of were the North African Berbers(yet most their diversity was wiped out after the Carthage wars) and them being conquered many times throughout their history and the Christian Nubia war against the Arabs. Africans as a while never got "chin checked" until slavery, colonization and the Arab slave trade. Meanwhile the Europeans, Chinese(don't even get me started), Arabs, Indians, etc got chin checked by other groups.
But to be honest I believe many racial groups have a "mental defect" even Europeans(which I wanna address sometime later). But yea this defect is apparent among Black people and it can be dangerous unless we fix it.
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So I said this in 2016. I'd still say that, like @Jesus is my protector said it's a combination of the fact that much of Africa was isolated from the Mediterranean/Silk Road trade routes(thus not truly understanding how other races operated), and the fact that our low population density meant we didn't experience the same stressors that say Asia did(never having to fight for resources and so forth, increase in pop. density). Meaning that until Africa experiences the same stressors that a continent like Asia has these patterns of behaviors won't change
So we have about another hundred or two hundred years left of sell outs ruling Africa
So I said this in 2016. I'd still say that, like @Jesus is my protector said it's a combination of the fact that much of Africa was isolated from the Mediterranean/Silk Road trade routes(thus not truly understanding how other races operated), and the fact that our low population density meant we didn't experience the same stressors that say Asia did(never having to fight for resources and so forth, increase in pop. density). Meaning that until Africa experiences the same stressors that a continent like Asia has these patterns of behaviors won't change
So we have about another hundred or two hundred years left of sell outs ruling Africa
This is one of the best conversations posted on this site, that actually tackles this topic in a nuanced way. Surprised it wasn’t sent to the bushes.
Blassic thread 
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I agree that it isn't 100% biologically... but bio has to be a large percentage of it. The pressures if they would have been exerted on us, would have burned away and/or changed the people with this behavior.
I agree that every racial group has a "mental defect," but those defects aren't the same among the different groups. Some defects don't fukk over the group like ours does.
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So I said this in 2016. I'd still say that, like @Jesus is my protector said it's a combination of the fact that much of Africa was isolated from the Mediterranean/Silk Road trade routes(thus not truly understanding how other races operated), and the fact that our low population density meant we didn't experience the same stressors that say Asia did(never having to fight for resources and so forth, increase in pop. density). Meaning that until Africa experiences the same stressors that a continent like Asia has these patterns of behaviors won't change
So we have about another hundred or two hundred years left of sell outs ruling Africa
Already got an increasing population and a closing release valve of migration. So I can for see some explosion, just not sure if it will be at the necessary pressure for things to truly change.
But I think saying we got 200yrs is being very optimistic. We probably got the rest of this century and even that's probably being too optimistic. Hell I remember someone saying the next 30-40 years were the most important, because they will decide the next few centuries.