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I agree with the video. Culture plays a huge role in countries’ trajectories even if people like to deny it because of fears of racism or being accused as one.

I agree with the video. Culture plays a huge role in countries’ trajectories even if people like to deny it because of fears of racism or being accused as one. It doesn’t take much to observe that Russian culture is largely accepting of bullying, dog-eat-dog mentality, and cheating to get ahead…Putin and the leadership is a reflection of that. I live in a country known for cybercrime of a different kind (Nigeria) and will never deny that culture plays a part. Our local culture is largely accepting of corruption and cheating to get ahead, which is one of the reasons many engage in crime. Don’t get me wrong…I’ve worked with and continue to work with some wonderful Russians. But, it doesn’t change the fact that the culture needs reforms for the good of the country. Of course, I’m not in support of profiling. I’ll never like to be profiled as a cyber criminal because I’m from Nigeria, but I’ll never deny that our culture has a big issue with rationalizing corruption and theft and needs reform to make us better-behaved.

femiagbabiaka 3y ago
Would you say that Buhari is representative of Nigerians in general? Is there even a national/universal Nigerian culture (a country created in whole cloth under colonialist ideology), or are you just talking about Lagos? What about Trump and Biden in America? Point is, leaders don't often represent their people in toto, unless you count id as being the sum total of culture.
- boeingUH60 3y ago
  Buhari represents a large part of the Nigerians in the Northern states. Trump represents a large part of Americans and so does Biden. Democratic leaders are a representation of a significant percentage of their people. If you see an awful elected leader, then there's an awful large population that voted them in.
  - femiagbabiaka 3y ago
    Have you looked at voting participation in Nigeria and America? These claims don't stand up to the data. Presidents represent certain small, usually-but-not-always radicalized, portions of a country, especially in FPTP/runoff systems.
    - boeingUH60 3y ago
      > In the national popular vote, Biden received 81.2 million votes and Trump received 74.2 million votes - https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_election,_2020 https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_election,_2020. In a country with 166 million registered voters [1] and over 90% of them voting for one of these two. Yeah, they represent a big part of the population. Similarly, in Nigeria, Buhari represented the region with the biggest population, which is also the dumbest, most illiterate, poorest, and most corrupt. Not surprising their man was a dunce too. 1- https://www.statista.com/statistics/273743/number-of-registered-voters-in-the-united-states/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/273743/number-of-registe...
      - femiagbabiaka 3y ago
        Voting in blocks is a problem, but it's not the problem we're talking about. It's about voting participation. Only 3 in 10 Nigerians voted in the last election.
wolverine876 3y ago
> even if people like to deny it because of fears of racism or being accused as one. Your only argument is to make up disparagement of people who disagree.

femiagbabiaka 3y ago

Would you say that Buhari is representative of Nigerians in general? Is there even a national/universal Nigerian culture (a country created in whole cloth under colonialist ideology), or are you just talking about Lagos? What about Trump and Biden in America? Point is, leaders don't often represent their people in toto, unless you count id as being the sum total of culture.

boeingUH60 3y ago
Buhari represents a large part of the Nigerians in the Northern states. Trump represents a large part of Americans and so does Biden. Democratic leaders are a representation of a significant percentage of their people. If you see an awful elected leader, then there's an awful large population that voted them in.
- femiagbabiaka 3y ago
  Have you looked at voting participation in Nigeria and America? These claims don't stand up to the data. Presidents represent certain small, usually-but-not-always radicalized, portions of a country, especially in FPTP/runoff systems.
  - boeingUH60 3y ago
    > In the national popular vote, Biden received 81.2 million votes and Trump received 74.2 million votes - https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_election,_2020 https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_election,_2020. In a country with 166 million registered voters [1] and over 90% of them voting for one of these two. Yeah, they represent a big part of the population. Similarly, in Nigeria, Buhari represented the region with the biggest population, which is also the dumbest, most illiterate, poorest, and most corrupt. Not surprising their man was a dunce too. 1- https://www.statista.com/statistics/273743/number-of-registered-voters-in-the-united-states/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/273743/number-of-registe...
    - femiagbabiaka 3y ago
      Voting in blocks is a problem, but it's not the problem we're talking about. It's about voting participation. Only 3 in 10 Nigerians voted in the last election.

wolverine876 3y ago

> even if people like to deny it because of fears of racism or being accused as one. Your only argument is to make up disparagement of people who disagree.