Gubbet wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 1:51 am
I don't know why you are obsessed with Majerten. Every single new day I witness, the stronger my attraction to their intense "independence" from any would be powerful centralized rule from Xamar.
The MJ/Puntland position is so intrinsically Marehan---were it not for our presiding over the longest, powerful, centralized Somali rule in history---I believe we may even have been known as its biggest proponent by now.
We are even less centralized than Majerteen culturally. We are more anarchic. We revolted against every rule that wasn't us. We revolted against colonalism. We revolted against the SYL single party dictatorship in the Trusteeship. We revolted in the 60's government (just look at the bloody 1964 elections where again Marehan as a "community" were the most dissenting clan literally snatching from HG through blood and fighting the shares of Dhusamareb given by SYL to them, as well as the 1959 elections where an HDM candidate was unfortunately killed in Lugh after the "SYL" court only invalidated Lugh Ferrandi for "corruption" and none of the other 99.99% districts which all had irregularities, or 1956 election where Marehan Union trumped SYL), we controlled in the Kacaan because if we didn't, i believe we would have revolted in the early first years or year, we revolted against USC salbalaar causing the stalemate, we revolted against Kenya and Jubbaland, we revolted against Galmudug in Galkacyo and Cadaado and only to nominally interact after it was brought to Dhusamareb and on our doorstep (do not imagine for a second for any reason other than placating Marehan was Galmudug brought to Dhusamareb a backwater even Cayr had never seriously invested in forgoing it infavor of Guriceel because of the Marehan connection), we revolted against the system of 80 years in 80% of our land in Ethiopia, and we are still revolting against Hassan Sh today.
We are literally the most culturally militant confederationists if we even accept outside rule including other Somalis.
Marehan are not centralists at all---sure they love dominating---but we are the Texan Rednecks of Somalis
Even "Puntland" and "Somaliland" systems cannot ever be implemented over Marehan by Marehan because we wouldn't accept that imposition from even other Marehan.
I think it may not surprise me at all if Marehan turns out to be the group that seriously ends up giving Somalilanders the actual realization of the dissolution of Somalia one day.
People really misunderstand Marehan because of their historical complexity; but their socio-cultural "type" isn't a shade different than what it was described under Hiraabe Goyta Tedros.
And believe if you will, but while publicly we superficially take on airs of grievance protesting the the descriptions of "rebellious" and "willy wiley" and trying to half argue having been 100% loyal at all times to the Imam----privately for as long as I can remember even I have consistently, without fail, smirked Hiraabe "nin rag" buu ahaa and approvingly crack a smile in pride at all the "rebellious" descriptions he was given.š«”
Btw for an interesting realistic discredit of the idea the "Imam" and his inner circle couldn't be Marehan if Hiraabe was Marehan, and as a nutshell;
Marehan was Farmaajo as central leader and Janan as regional leader----fighting 3 major battlea in Balad-Xaawo over Marehan---while the rest of Somalia watched confused---all because Farmajo as Marehan was revolting against "Jubbaland" and Janan as Marehan was revolting against the "Somali Federal Government."
Halelujar.