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Think9ja:
For me, it's annoying sitting in a position where I get to see those hoes sing in the church when I know that by evening, they'll go and suck d!CK.

So I like sitting at the back with my earpiece on

If I have the power, no non virgin will sing in the church or even stand before the brethren. I like Islam for this

Prostitutes everywhere parading themselves as choiristers

Thunder go fire una one by one

Lol then just kuku stop going to church if you feel this way. Abi Dem dey force you go?

ecolime:
Israel, you don dey shake your Boss hands

Your Oga is your Oga

No let woman or brokeass keyboard warriors make you lose your job.

Na dem go still mock you if you get fired.

None of these men you posted is lying flat on the floor like instead does for Davido who he is older than btw.

IjeBos:
When was your Qatar flight?
Sounds like misinformation. Rescinding a policy like that would take time.

#FakeRichKid 😂😂

IjeBos:
Just to put a bow on this. And since I am unpacking/packing for the next 2 trips, they are here.
You probably don't know what these are... but look them up. My girl takes the nicer ones.
And the 2nd pic should make it clearer for someone who has never entered a plane like you.

If this were Mortal Kombat, this is the spot they would have said "FINISH HIM".

😂😂

His team was better simple. The first step of a good president is to acknowledge you don’t know it all and surround yourself with competent people in their respective fields. This is what’s Jonathan did.

Buhari chose to surround himself with sycophants instead. Let’s hope Tinubu does not make same mistake.

Obrigardo:
How can you watch how President Biden reassured everyone and delivered a masterpiece of a speech, somber and also full of Hope and resolve...
And then say... You'd rather vote for an overweight, obese, Adderall infested, hateful, bigoted, misogynistic fraud and serial scammer with 94 charges through 4 indictments, and who always slur in his speeches and Insults whoever, and say yes.. he's the one you can give your life cares to you...

You are unredeemably dumb!

3 unhinged, TDS infused posts in a row. Your condition is getting worse. I think you need to upgrade your meds fast!

This woman smh. The sooner America gets people like this out of her politics the better for her.

They are going to allow wokeness make them elect full-blown terrorists into their government one day.

Shikini:
Copying GEJ

If it worked under GEJ then is it wrong if he copied it? This is governance not arts. The way some of you reason ehn..

PDPGuy:
The prosperous and wealthy American middle class of the 1950s and 1960s was a historical abnormality and it is never coming back.
Boomers just had a super good time for a couple of decades because of circumstances that we can't repeat and many people in the US really struggle to wrap their heads around this notion.

A large and affluent middle class is the cornerstone of the American dream. A dream in which anyone with a high school diploma and hard work should easily afford a nice house in the suburbs, 2 cars and a nice vacation with the family to a cool place once a year. Americans assume that this is the way the universe should work. That things were always like this, and that Americans have the "God given right" of the American dream.

However, this reality of a exceptionally wealthy and prosperous middle class by global standards is NOT the norm or the natural way of things, but a by product of a very unique and relatively recent set of historical circumstances, specifically, the end of World War II. At the end of the second world war, the US was the only major industrial power left with its industry and infrastructure unscathed. This gave the US a dramatic economic advantage over the rest of the world, as all other nations had to buy pretty much everything they needed from the US, and use their cheap natural resources as a form of payment.

After the end of world War II, pretty anywhere in the world, if you needed tools, machines, vehicles, capital goods, aircraft, etc...you had little choice but to "buy American". So money flowed from all over the world into American businesses.

But the the owners of those businesses had to negotiate labor deals with the American relatively small and highly skilled workforce. And since the owners of capital had no one else they could hire to men the factories, many concessions had to be given to the labor unions. This allowed for the phenomenal growth and prosperity of the US middle class we saw in the 50s and 60s: White picket fence houses in the suburbs, with 2 large family cars parked in front was the norm for anyone who worked hard in the many factories and businesses that dotted the American landscape back then.

However, over time, the other industrial powers rebuild themselves and started to compete with the US. German and Japanese cars, Belgian and British steel, Dutch electronics and French tools started to enter the world market and compete with American companies for market share. Not only that, but countries like Brazil, South Africa, India, China, Mexico, Thailand, Turkey, South Korea and more also became industrialized. This meant that they were no longer selling their natural resources cheaply in exchange for US made industrial goods. Quite the contrary, they themselves started to bid against the US for natural resources to fuel their own industries. And more importantly, the US work force no longer was the only one qualified to work on modern factories and to have proficiency over modern industrial processes. An Australian airline needs a new commercial jet? Brazil's EMBRAER and European Airbus can offer you products as good as anything made in the US. Need power tools or a pickup truck? You can buy American, but you can also buy South Korean, Indian or Turkish.

This meant that the US middle class could no longer easily outbid pretty much everyone else for natural resources, and the owners of the capital and means of production no longer were "held hostage" by this small and highly skilled workforce. Many other countries now had an industrial base that rivals or surpasses that of the US. And they had their own middle classes that are bidding against the US middle class for those limited natural resources. And manufacturers now could engage in global wage arbitrage, by moving production to a country with cheaper labor, which killed all the bargaining power of the unions.

If everyone in the world lived and consumed like what the average American sees as a reasonable middle class lifestyle (i.e. drive an F-150 or an SUV, families with multiple cars, living in a house in the suburbs, high meat consumption, etc...), it would take 4.1 Earths to provide enough resources to sustain that lifestyle. But we don't have 4.1 Earths, we have just one. And unlike before, the USA no longer can outbid the rest of the world for those limited resources.

That is where the decline of the US middle class is coming from. There are no political solutions for it, as no one, not even Trump's protectionism or the Democrat's Unions, can put the globalization genie back into a bottle. It is the way it is. Any politician who claims to be able to restore "the good old days" is lying. So yes, the old middle class lifestyle of big house, big car, all you can eat buffet, shop until you drop while golfing on green grass fields located in the middle of the desert is not coming back no matter what your politician on either side of the isle promised you.

We are going back to the normal, where the US middle class is not that different from the middle classes from the rest of the world. Like a return to what middle class expectations are elsewhere, including the likes of Europe, Japan, South Korea and Malaysia. Their cars are smaller. They don't change cars as often. The whole family might share a single car. Some families don't even own a car and rely on public transportation instead. Their homes are smaller. They don't eat as much meat and their food portions are smaller.

They are not starving. They are not living like peasants. But their standard of living is lower than what we in the US have considered a "middle class" lifestyle since the end of World War II.

Now, that is not to say that there isn't a lot of inequality in the US or to deny that policies are needed to address that inequality. But my issue with most of the "give us equality" folks in the US is that they imagine the rich being taxed so that they can finally afford that house in the burbs and the F-150 in the driveway like their parents were able to. That is NOT going to happen for the reasons I've already explained. No amount of taxation and public policy will make that happen. That version of the middle class is never coming back. Where I see public policy for wealth redistribution having an active and effective role is making healthcare more affordable, making the cities more walkable and livable so that young Americans can transition from the suburbs to smaller and more affordable homes in dense urban neighborhoods where cars are not a basic necessity to earn income. Our middle class will become more like other countries' middle classes. That cannot be changed. What we can aim for is having our social services and social safety nets more in line to what exits and is available for the middle classes of those other countries.

Nice. One of the best pieces I have read on this thread. You really broke it down perfectly. I have known most of this for a while but guess I couldn’t articulate it this way.

The Second World War crippled major industrial powers across Europe and effectively ended the British empire. After the war the US established the United Nations which designed a new world order that obviously favored the US massively including by making the Dollar the global reserve currency - this is another major reason for US affluence since that period which I think you missed in your write up, and it is one of the last legs America is still standing on as a “superpower” -

but you are very correct that as other counties recovered from the war and rebuilt their industries, it was always going balance things out and strip away that ridiculous notion of “American exceptionalism” that most Americans have had since the 1950’s. There is nothing exceptional about America. Certain historic events just favored them as you have so brilliantly explained but that era is gone. The empire is over and it didn’t even last half as long as the British empire.

I’m not sure I agree with you that America can’t do anything to bring it back though. You see all that is needed is another major war across Europe, the MiddleEast and Asia to restore things as they were. America will always have the advantage of geographic isolation from most of the world so a war in those areas will never reach its shores unless it goes nuclear or something.

I guess I’m doing a little bit of prognosticating now but don’t you think this could be why so many establishment politicians like Nikki Haley, Lindsey Graham and others are such war mongers? Always quick to advocate for war in those parts of the world at the slightest opportunity? These people believe that war is the only tool America has left to use to hold on to its position as the worlds undisputed superpower. They don’t even try to hide it anymore.

Livelystone01:
No business who understands finance will sell his source of income just because he has pressure from some disgruntled strangers with no direct effect on the business.

Are you a clown? Fans have no direct effect on the business? If the fans vex and boycott the club is it the Glazer family members that will buy all the tickets and merchandise?

Sermwell:
Later now, this stupid Davido will be blaming Samklef for posting the pictures and videos!! Awon werey

Congratulations for his medically induced twins tho

Don’t mind the fool. I wonder why he was now attacking Samklef for posting a video that was already trending on Twitter and which was obviously leaked by someone inside his own camp. Abi na Samklef hack him papa phone thief the video?

Davido thinks his money gives him permission to treat people anyhow. His day is coming.

basilico:
Video: Hamas Thanks
Ukraine for Selling
Them Weapons
…Video footage
purports to show a
stockpile of weapons
sold to Palestinian
Hamas fighters by
Ukraine, as the man
behind the camera
thanks the “Ukrainian
authorities” for selling
them the weapons,
vowing to use them
against Israel. The claim
comes as multiple
photographs and videos
emerge of Palestinians
using American
weapons in the rapidly
developing conflict
between Israel and
Hamas.
The onslaught of attacks
against Israel by Hamas
Islamists may be
coming in large part,
with the help of
American weapons…
https://nationalfile.com/
video-hamas-thanks-
ukraine-for-selling-
them-weapons/


In other news Ukraine Zelensky wants to visit Israel, his importance is waning.

Criminal Zelensky and his wife are using US military aid to fund lavish parties and shopping sprees to Paris and Dubai. Hahahaha. America are real suckers I swear.

If all the money they have been sending is being put to good use then why isn’t the war in Ukraine over yet? They keep telling us that Russia is depleted YET the war keeps going on. Pls make it make sense.

It’s either Russia is not as weak as they tell us or US funds are being squandered by Zelensky and his cronies. My guess is that it is a combination of the two.

IjeBos currently preparing another excel sheet 😂😂

bemeruca:
The shame from ijebos embarrassing himself is out... He is back for a fresh doze of embarrassment

The most jobless and lifeless human being I have ever seen on this forum. So obsessed with me 😅😅

Im the first thing he thinks of every morning 😂😂

Obrigardo:
They are poor low life low energy chucklefucks. I guess he uses free internet from his backwater cubicle to write hateful things, things he can never do in real life. They are so craven in their stupidity.

Your wardens are looking for you bro. You’ve been on the lose for too long now 😂😂

Dumb fvcktard like you. Both you and IjeBos are in a tight race for stupidest poster on nairaland. I really can’t tell who is smarter at this point.

IjeBos:
You're a wannabe terrorist. You posting on this topic is absolutely disgusting. Changing your username doesn't change your words.

Nice edit job btw 👍🏼

You really getting desperate.

You go explain tire. No evidence 😂😂

IjeBos:
You're a wannabe terrorist. You posting on this topic is absolutely disgusting. Changing your username doesn't change your words.

Guess who’s back again

Ketchup or mayonnaise today bro? 😂

#LifeOfaJoblessAkataMoron

Jangbajantis:
I'd even call them geniuses. Evil geniuses. Nothing wrong with Trump's statement and there's no indication he's supporting them.

As in. I don’t understand how acknowledging that your enemy is smart is tantamount to supporting them. People on this thread always amaze me with their naive takes.

Let them keep assuming their enemies are stupid na. Till they hit them with another 9/11 style attack that they never saw coming.

happney65:
You mean the one that called Hezbollah "smart" and lambasted Netayanhu?

Stop playing

Yes he is right. Are they stupid? People that outsmarted the entire Israeli intelligence and defense systems and caught them completely by surprise with a bloody sneak attack. Is that the work of stupid people?

I don’t know why you people see the word “smart” as a compliment in the context of war. The first step to defeating your enemy is to not take them for granted. Always assume they are smarter than you think. That’s how you stay ahead.

So stop listening to CNN snippets and look for the full context of what he said. Hamas and Hezbollah are evil not stupid. Hitler was evil not stupid. Lots of evil people are smart! Bro.

bemeruca:
You are talking about human right violation you no address the fact that hamas you support behead children. Stupid idiot = you.

After the images and videos we have seen this past week, there is no more room for moral equivalency. Hamas and Israel are not the same.

Israel is a compassionate country that adheres to the rules of war and always tries to minimize civilian casualties. Hamas are barbaric animals that intentionally behead babies and rape women. They must be exterminated like the roaches they are.

This is why we need Trump back. He finished ISIS. I have no doubt he will finish these Hamas animals too.

TheGreatIYANU:
You see the bolded? Your ilk are the reason Nigeria is where it is today.

You go abroad and abide by their policies, but return to Nigeria and actively look for ways to cut corners just to make quick wealth.

You are the cause. You are the curse.

You think it’s in jand or yankee that people don’t cut corners? LMAO y’all so naive I swear.

It’s not just accessible to people of certain race and level my man. Many billionaires get their wealth and business success through special government connections that’s why the lobbying business is so lucrative in Washington DC. That’s why so many members of the US congress on government salary can buy millions dollar mansions and luxury cars.

So why shouldn’t I come back to my own country where it’s easier for me to do the same? You guys don’t even know what’s up.

bemeruca:
Israel should bomb Palestine to the point that they are afraid to throw rocks

They’ve let the mental patient lose again.

For your information Hamas are cowards who hide all their offices and military assets under hospitals and schools because they know Israelis are companionate people who always do their best to avoid civilian casualties but no more. Israel can no longer be held hostage by this manipulative tactic.

The people of Palestine broadly support Hamas. One recent poll shows that over 70% believe Hamas is the best leadership for Gaza. Whenever Israel wants to conduct a military strike they CALL the civilians in that building to evacuate. Many of them have been brainwashed by Hamas and say they will rather die than run so that “the world can see the cruelty of Israel”. They don’t even care about the children in these facilities too.

Baba Israel is not playing this game anymore. If the people don’t evacuate after warnings then yes I agree with Bemeruca ; level them and the buildings together. Gaza needs to be reduced to ashes after the horrific images we have been seeing of what these Hamas animals are doing to women and babies.

BigDawsNet:
This is the best way ever to bet

Accumulators are a big NO for anyone who is serious about betting. The chances of profits diminish with each game you add to your ticket. You can win but only by luck. No skill involved. It’s like playing the lottery.

BigDawsNet:
Betting should be for Rich people

Staking 1m on Mancity to win Wolverhampton and dey get around 1.5m

Not staking 100naira on 40 teams to win 2.5m wey go still cut like say no tommor

this is the fact. Most people dont have the capital to actually make sports betting profitable for them. I hardly bet these days but when I do, I stay away from accumulators - strictly singles. And the least amount I stake on each game is 50k