sentiment is the biggest tool used by some to control others and this is because things like logic are often thrown out of the back door.
This cannot be more real in any other place than Nigeria. Tribe, religion, political affiliation and other big elements of division determines how people respond to anything.
For example, a politician who embezzles money, and is being caught might claim that the people who caught him might be unfair in his ruling or punishment because he belongs to a particular tribe or locality.
And the first thing his followers will seat on to defend is his tribe. From there, other things like politics will be-cloud their judgement and they blindly and passionately defend a criminal. After all, that is what the other crowd did when their criminal son was caught.
they know that one of the biggest ways to control average people is to keep them in ignorance
And seriously keep them in economic hardship too. As such, any little money or tiny project waived in their face will look like the relief their life badly needs. So the politician can get them to do what they want. That is the basic recruitment principle of thuggery. Fake promises of better life.
My comment is already getting long. But then, this is the reality in most developing nations in one word - manipulation. Crypto is the only liberation that the average poor man can hold on to. And its really powerful.
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This tribal sentiment might become one of the reasons why people might make another terrible mistake during the upcoming election, I must tell you. I think we're going to remain in this conundrum for a very long time.
It reminds me of the proverbial Jewish people who choose Barnabas the thief over Jesus Christ. We've been choosing thieves in this countries and some people are still blinded because I believe they cannot distinguish between what's good for them and what isn't. This is what most politician capitalizes on.
This is something I'll emphasize in the second part of this post, poverty and fear is a huge tool and I'll emphasize more on this. It's saddening to see that even the people who are educated mostly falls for this.
Thanks for the detailed comment, I think it's mostly peculiar in African countries though. This is because we don't have sophisticated electoral system. Crypto would be revolutionary.
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This could make me cry...I was a TikTok account interviewing people saying Labour has a good man but we want our brother...
These are the sort of people that languishes in poverty forever and ever. Tinubu doesn't see them as his brothers put as tools to realize his political agenda.
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In Nigeria where someone said a snake swallowed money...SMH