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Somalia being a post-apocalyptic wasteland qualifies as a mesofact[0], I guess. Whether it actually ever was quite that bad I don't even know. I think the idea
by pluma 11y ago
Somalia being a post-apocalyptic wasteland qualifies as a mesofact[0], I guess. Whether it actually ever was quite that bad I don't even know. I think the idea is mostly fed via movie tropes.
[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1173845 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1173845
- fwn 11y agoIn my argument I used Somalia as a metaphor to transport an idea of a certain type of hostile enviroment. I don't see how - in this context - a debate on somalias current affairs can be seen as something other than derailing.