Quote (CheatEngine @ 11 Nov 2022 02:09)

Honestly their best shot is a United States of Africa and learning to play nice with one another, but nobody would want to be president because you'd make it like 2 weeks between assassination attempts because State X Y or Z felt like they got the short end of the latest deal.

Quote (SunnyvaleTrailerPark @ Nov 10 2022 10:14am)

Forget electing someone who'd truly does a good job. They tell you which one you can vote for and whoever win is already under their payroll. There's a reason you won't hear bout most people who want to become politicians but the select few they put on the stage.

Quote (thesnipa @ Nov 10 2022 12:13pm)

while i agree that's their best shot they could also get half way there with a legitimate trade agreement ala the EU and standardizing currency. hyperinflation has been bad at times, and they are god awful at doing what each region is best at because there's no coordination. desert countries scramble to make enough bread with more salt than they know what to do with. fertile areas are overflowing with bread but can't make much else. and neither country wants to trade with each other because in 6 months the currency exchanged may be worthless.

really what they need, and what will never happen, is to all concede to an external arbitrator to help them coordinate. when instead it's more likely the only feasible solution is to let the continents leading country act as US does for NATO, even though south africa has messes of it's own.

Quote (JessiWan @ Nov 10 2022 02:19pm)

I agree with this.

I still remember many years ago, that I would read newspapers and they were all about Obama. Prior to this I had zero idea who he was. Seemed to me like he just popped onto public awareness overnight. This is what they do, they talk in the media they control about people they want elected, and people consume these media without thinking, and they still think that they are the ones who decide who become Potus.

Quote (SunnyvaleTrailerPark @ Nov 10 2022 01:14pm)

Who ever lead countries is selected by their owners.

If you still believe we vote people in...

Also, you guys are being offered to vote between

Bad option A
Bad option B
Bad option C

Forget electing someone who'd truly does a good job. They tell you which one you can vote for and whoever win is already under their payroll. There's a reason you won't hear bout most people who want to become politicians but the select few they put on the stage.

Quote (SunnyvaleTrailerPark @ 11 Nov 2022 02:21)

It's obvious to the non-npcs with a brain. Since internet became a way of life to most, people turned into npc repeating buzzwords and working 90% their time on Earth. In other words, most people are clueless retards repeating buzzwords seen on their favourite outlet.

Quote (thesnipa @ Nov 10 2022 02:22pm)

your issue is the same one all bipolar hedonists have, you view politics under a simplistic lens, and ask simple "who will help me most", then answer "no one, so that's who i'll vote for".

rather you should view it as all intelligent people do and ask "who will hurt me least", to which there's always a tangible answer, even if it's a difficult one to ascertain.

Quote (SunnyvaleTrailerPark @ Nov 10 2022 10:21am)

It's obvious to the one with a brain. Since internet became a way of life to most, people turned into npc repeating buzzwords and working 90% their time on Earth. In other words, most people are clueless retards repeating buzzwords seen on their favourite outlet.

Quote (CheatEngine @ Nov 10 2022 01:19pm)

Lots of external help needed for sure, probably an amalgam of UN leadership figures to start a small core government and then hold elections to expand it. And financial help doesn't necessarily need to be Pro Bono. "Investing in China" was once not a thing at all, until it became a thing. What triggered it? It's not like they had semis and stonks and an e-commerce giant pop up overnight - at some point in the 90s (or 80s? Earlier?) some of the big shots in America's banks started looking to China. Maybe, for similar reasons, they could look to Africa. We're more connected by the internet now than 3-4 decades ago and there's like, tons of land and resources, you gotta figure.