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20 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Alright stop, collaborate & listen...
Who EXACTLY is a “thug”?
Why are they so easily available?
Why are YOU not a thug?
What do you have that they don’t?

If politicians use thugs so frequently, answering these questions will help disempower them! 1/4

#EndSARS #BuildStructure
If one has no sustainable source of livelihood & concern is personal & immediate gratification, that person has a high potential to be “bought” cheap.

If that person has low trust for govt institutions in a society with no social safety-net yet rampant display of opulence 2/4
Then that person will have a high disdain for anyone they arent directly benefiting from.

If their lives have no value to society & the more well-off look down on them & If the person has low education & cannot reason beyond a pedestrian level, frustration drives their anger 3/4
Whoever gives them “HOPE” & food/education/care will get their loyalty

It’s govt’s responsibility but keeping “thugs” pays the politicians in govt so they won’t do it.

Churches can, but that’s a different matter.

If WE do it, WE take power from politicians

Think about it
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1. In 2014, Facebook performed an experiment using colors to change emotions of users. It worked but users were unaware.

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2. I am a firm believer that the global reaction to covid was exaggerated because social media amplified the impact and therefore anyone refusing to react wouldve been seen as irresponsible. A catch22 situation was created.
3. Before then, we saw how xenophobic attacks in SA were amplified by social media causing riots in Lagos cos of the death of 2 Nigerians. At the time & as far as I’m aware, there’s no confirmation of the death of these 2 Nigerians

But the losses/destruction here is irreversible
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I know we are all concentrating on the #EndSARS campaign, but here is a thread on some financial information regarding the state of the country's debt that we should all analyse and research!!

We are not all finance people, so it'd be short and as direct as possible

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While working in a bank, HR didn't allow staff loans if the repayment was more than 30% of your take home!

This is a key reason why I don't agree with those who quote DEBT:GDP ratio because GDP DOES NOT pay debt.

Pay more attention to the debt service/revenue ratio.
In June 2015,

- Nigeria's Foreign debt was $10billion
- Nigeria's local currency debt was N10.1trillion
- Nigeria's budget expenditure was N4.3trillion

Fast forward to June 2020,

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Hindsight they say, is 20/20 & it’s often easy to look back & see what should’ve been & to see why exactly the string of “coincidences” happened the way they did.
2. “Peter go visit & share with that Gentile called Cornelius!”

Still, it took 3 visions before Peter went & God must’ve said
“Can’t work like this & save the world using 3 visions per person”.

So, God locked down an overzealous religious bigoted killer called Saul of Tarsus.
3. Saul had 3 important things God needed:

1. Zealous to a fault for what he believed
2. Well educated (means he reasoned things out)
3. Was both a Jew & a Roman.

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Someone forwarded this awesome message to me and I wish I knew the author to thank him/her.

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Spartacus died in 71 BC.

Today millions of people know him.

We all know him. Our children also know him.
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Same story, 2 points of view:

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MY VERSION

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Honestly, I seemed more excited than him
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This gives me patience
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Then, I am able to engage them at their own level even if I dislike or disagree with them

It helps me separate the person from their circumstance
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We can both see or hear the same thing and yet, sense or perceive entire different messages
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