

Some of you are adopting a straw man approach to this thread.


It is not about verifying/rejecting Malthus theory. It was simply an attempt to highlight what could happen if we keep on using "allah provides" as a defensive mechanism .
Grandpapa,
The aim of the thread is not about the constituents of ”success and failure”. It is not also about western perspective nor spiritual success. It is about the social decay of our moral values that I wanted to highlight.
You are right that the older generation was born in Somalia when there was relative peace. However, it is the same generation that is not taking the responsibility of parenthood. Some of them fled overseas and became not only parasites but also neglected their parental responsibilities. Those who remained in Somalia are not doing enough to assuage the misery of our nation.
Sareedo; Dhowr sanno ka hore dadka aan shaqeeysanin oo tuugsado waxaa loogu yeeri magacyo kale duwan. Maanta tuuksiga wuxuu noqday caadi. Kelmadi ahayd “nimaan shaqeeysanin shaah ma cabo waxaa lagu bedeley “ nimaan wax dhacin nin ma aha)
Gurey, Almost all scholars of the 18-20th centuries had racial aspects in the ideas they put forward; From Carl Linnaeus, the botanist and zoologist; Voltaire (who owned a slave ship), Auguste Comte (sociologist who pioneed forehead measurement to measure intelligence), Gregor Mendel (Genetics), Lamark (evolution) and Hubert Spencer who pioneered social Darwinism.
Re-read the thread and comment the key meesage.
Alphanumeric; thanks for your input. It seems that you are one of the few who understood the core message of this thread i.e. how we Somalis outsource parental responsibilities to others.
Sagaashan; You provide a good illustration for the points I made. Innovations /technologies are one way to overcome scarcity. Necessity is the mother of all inventions. But not when it comes to our people. We are on a path of laziness.
Elfruler; Good points; but how do you acquire purchasing power if you do not want to sweat and think? Somali has enough arable land but unfortunately not many of it is cultivated. When we do, we grow cash crops instead of stable. You will hear a somali boasting about luxaries such as Bananas, mangoes and papaya; bot not Millet, Maize etc. We are a society that views foreign grown crops (rice and pasta) as superior to our millet, maize and sorghum. The farmer has no incentive. The overseas Somali is someone who views handouts from welfare coffers as a blessing from God. He does not participate in his child's development. He outsources his responsibilities by claiming that it is Allah that is providing.
Jaidi, I don’t accept Malthus theory 100%. In fact there are few theories that are 100 % correct. That is what a theory is. It is not facts. I strongly believe that Somalia/somalis will provide a good illustration for his arguments. I brought his vision in to highlight the challenges our nation and people are facing. And the long term repercussions the notion of “Allah provides” will have on us.