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Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jedisco(m):
geekybabe:
Hate Trump all you want. Trump is not the prime minister of Canada. Canada has its own deep seated problems that even inter-provincial trade is a bottle neck. Thousands of job are at stake if the US Canada negotiations do not go well. [/b]Several businesses in manufacturing , automobile and other industries are already feeling it. The canadian govt can 'Elbows up' all they want, but they will not replace the lost jobs because as we all know, the job situation is already a big problem. Instead, all they can do is keep giving handouts and temporary tax reliefs that are not sustainable. Increasing debts and budget deficit. embarassed

And please lets move on from this 51st state narrative. [b]It was a political jab/ banter that was never gonna happen.
smiley. Canada is a sovereign nation, a great and rich country. But Its also a nation that must start working to improve the quality of life for its people.
You're still struggling to appreciate how bullies behave. Yes, thousands of jobs rely on that deal but we'd lose those and much more if we get a bad deal.
Quite convenient to excuse Trumps statements which continously belittled a close partner even before being sworn into office. Going ahead to even meet seperatists e.t.c. That's not something any serious country would take lightly. Even the UK who tried to appease Trump had to draw a line when their war veterans were insulted. They have also declined getting actively involved in the Iran war. By the way, should Canada send boots to Iran to please Trump?

Let me ask,
If you were in the negotiating room with the Canadian side, how would you approach discussions?

What specific things do you expect Carney to do that he's currently failing at?
Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jedisco(m): 3:17pm On May 03
hazel01:
they consume too much conservative propaganda. The US is our largest partner but Canada is also US second largest partner, losing the free trade would affect them greatly too especially with the expensive war and low approval ratings… losing the trade would make things way more expensive for them too.. this is a negotiation, they use propaganda and all to sway public opinion. The complainants on this thread don’t have all the information. You cannot know more than the current prime minister of Canada, you don’t have access to all the data and classified information they have. Yes, there is an affordability issue, but it’s everywhere, no country is spared, talking like Canada is the worst country on earth is just frustration speaking….
Hehe @conservative propaganda.
It always surprises me that the default for many here is to moan about Canada, always blame Carney and praise Trump/Maga.

Negotiating a good trade deal involves wrangling and weighing strengths and weaknesses on both sides. Despite very strong ties, it still took the UK and Australia several years to eck out a deal.
Arriving on a bent knee is not a national solution to Trump. The UK with much leverage tried it and got little or nothing out. The EU started on that path until it became obvious they were getting nothing out.

If Canada acquiesces and gets a very bad deal, you can be sure those asking Carney to bend the knee would still blame him
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 7:12am On Apr 26
Goke7:
😂 they were all deceiving themselves that the orange man was a changed man or will be a totally different person in the second term, me I just like how everyone who told us he was the chosen one Dey collect left right and centre, from all the MAGA podcasters to the European leaders including the uk who aligned with him from the onset, everywhere blur so tey the Argentines are being encouraged to fight for Falkland Islands the uk fought for and won years ago! Na to sit down chop popcorn Dey enjoy all the movie o!
Saw the Falklands headline and though I haven't read thru, it'd sure be an interesting narrative for Trump to push - one that'd sure anger the British
Another shooting it seems. This Trumps presidency is a daily opera
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 6:29am On Apr 26
TV01:
I mean
those who live here ancestrally, by birth-right or a regulated migration pathway, who love this nation and appreciate its history and traditions. Who strive for the nations good, and contribute at a minimum by being law-abiding and being or adopting the courteous, polite, warm and welcoming nature that is the hallmark of everyday British life. We are British and Britain is ours kiss.

I do not mean
I don't mean the passport ho's or the papers tarts, or the grifters, the mercenaries, who are only here for what they can gain. Who care not for the traditions, the history or the sacrifices that built this nation. Who don't really give a toss about continuing or building on that legacy, and the ongoing flourishing of this country. Those who could not care less what direction the nation goes as long as they prosper personally.

Not those who seek to introduce or impose inimical practices from alien lands, or insist that regressive foreign behaviour can be normalised, or that backward religious legal codes can or should be enforced over our native jurisprudence.

Nor those who hail from backward countries, but are ungrateful, entitled and demanding. Those who expect everything to bend to suit them. I don't mean those who arrive here from places were lawlessness is widely accepted and cry foul and play the victim when there is pushback, who can't accept that their lawlessness in not at least winked at, if not outright celebrated.

Neither those deluded, who keep telling us there is nothing here, but won't return to the utopias they fled from cheesy. Who deride what they find, but can't point to anything worth mimicking back home.

Hope that's clear. I'll be back to respond to your earlier mewling cum tap-out later.

Toodles.

TV
And where does the ancestral connection start?
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 5:31pm On Apr 25
Goodenoch:
"'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party."
Hehe...
Mk we no forget that all folks in Trumps inner caucus in his first term ultimately fell out with him.

Who says the second term wouldn't be worse.

Mk we dey observe as he changes the western narrative. All of a sudden, opposing Trump has become a vote winner
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 1:35pm On Apr 25
TV01:
Yes.

We permit entry to people from diverse backgrounds and with dffering beliefs - in large numbers. It's quite clear, that for many of those, politically at least, conduct and participation vary in ways that are inimical to our long-held tradition and practices. Even if that wasn't clear previously, it is now.

And, I accept, there are some that would fit right in. But the protection of our institutions and systems is paramount. A few generations to settle in and understand won't hurt cheesy.


TV
By 'we' and 'our' you mean?
Business › Re: Foreign Lady Shocked By ₦1000 Value In Nigeria (Photos/Video) by jedisco(m): 12:43pm On Apr 25
writetopoka:
Getting our independence in 1960 is the biggest mistake we have made you should have waited 2060 to request for it
People who think like you are the reason Nigeria has struggled to develop. Very low self-esteem.
Colonialists only acted in their best interest and if you think they'd have ever developed Nigeria, think again and show me one place they did.

Nobody is coming to save us. We must build up
Business › Re: Naira Weakens To ₦1,355/$ As Reserves Drop To $48.48bn by jedisco(m): 2:08pm On Apr 24
DeLaRue:
Only God can save the black man from self destruction.

Wednesday - N1348
Thursday - N1355

That means Naira weakens huh

You people just want to destroy your own country with lies because you want your candidate to be President.

No problem. Continue.
It's lazy journalism.

This way, we'd have 365 articles on front page every year about the daily 'weakening' or 'strengthening' of the naira.

I wonder if this lazy reporter understands currency trades are live and change by the minute during trading sessions
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 9:36am On Apr 24
TV01:
Just calling it as I see it. I have watched - mostly from afar - Nigeria for decades. All nations have challenges. That's what humans are here for - to overcome them. The question is how and when will Nigeria develop to a degree that it's citizens are are able to live decent lives and be mostly content to live there.

Fine as far as it goes, but what does it mean? What does it tell us about the when and how for Nigeria?

I did'nt say the western model was the only solution. And I did ask what native "development would look like". However the case remains that the west could at least be used as a measure. And, like the wedding adage "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue", Nigeria can look within or take anything from anywhere and incorporate it. There isn't even the need to invent anything new.


You didn't respond to my opener?

The first of the last 2, I don't know? Who can tell. Giving the benefit of hindsight and the knowledge of how we were, in what way is it likely that we would have developed?

I see nothing that gives me the belief that Nigeria can. And so far, it hasn't. It's for whoever believes Nigeria can, to describe how and when.

TV
You're asking me to guesstimate the future which no one can. I haven't watched Nigeria from afar - it's been my lived experience.

To insinuate that we had no history or would have amounted to nothing without colonialism is frankly absurd and belittling.
The imperialists acted in their own best interests and while somethings were picked up during that exchange, much more was lost. I don't see any indigenous people that were colonised who think the imperialists were their saviours.
If you're asking for a when i.e guesstimating the future, you'd get better luck gazing at glass crystals. Just like lots of societies had peaks in the past, Nigeria would have hers and recent history has shown tremendous development can be achieved quickly- even in a single generation.

It's quite telling that you belive a group of people lack the inate ability to build a functional society.
I'd end by saying one great impediment to our progress is sadly a group of people who think like you- folks who think others are inately better than them.
Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jedisco(m): 9:11am On Apr 24
ednut1:
word salad. Carney = Tinubu . All the talks of divesting from the USA are unrealistic.

For example below of the map of Canada pipelines. 80% of the crude produced are sold to the USA at a discount. How do you replace such a market when you dont build more pipelines to the west or build refining capacity 😆

Also 70% of cars manufactured in Canada are exported to USA. How do you replace that market?

Unfavourable deal is better than no deal at this point 😆
What would you call as an 'unfavourable deal'?
If Carney =Tunubu, then Trump = ?. Or rather, tell me one world leader you'd prefer to be in charge of Canada today.
For example, with the pipelines, he's been working quite hard to get one built to the westcoast but the way Canada is structured doesn't make it easy. I'm fairly new to Canada and can even appreciate that. What would you have him do on this?

No matter how unfavourable you want the next deal between Canada and the U.S to be, acquiescing to Trump at every juncture is not the way to get there. Basic knowledge of deal-making and western politics shows that. Even recent history with Trump has confirmed that he despises weakness.

Talking about an unfavourable deal, Trump has asked Canada to become America's 51st state, is openly courting Alberta's seperation. How much unfavourable a deal would you accept? 80% discount on exported oil or even shutting down our oil production if they ask. How about a special tax on Canadians to be sent over to the U.S to reduce trade deficits?

The complete disconnect I sometimes encounter here when compared to everday Canadians is telling. That we moved to Canada doesn’t mean bending the knee at every corner should be our default.
Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jedisco(m): 12:43am On Apr 21
geekybabe:
lol. Canada is about to find out why you don’t throw off your biggest trading partner for vibes and elbows up. Like the country that gives you a whopping 75% of your trade exports. $800 billion dollars a year!
In 20 years , canada will still not be able to replace the value the US brings to its economy if CUSMA negotiations with the U.S. fails.

It’s 1 year, and we are all still waiting for the change that the greatest Economist of all prime ministers , Mark Carney promised. Travelling all over the world to sign ‘memorandum of understanding’ and sprinkling vain promises that translate to nothing tangible. While still donating millions in foreign aids to other countries while Canadians live under heavy tax burdens and inflation is at an all time high. Unemployment is at an all time high.


Let the media and the Canadian boomers keep deceiving you all. One day, you’ll all realize it was never about Trump. It’s just failed Liberal politicians using the media to manipulate you while they absolve themselves of every sense of responsibility.

U.S. is a weakness yet a Canadian just itched a ride to the moon on a trip that the U.S. heavily invested in.

We will be here again in 3 years when the elbows are down and completely paralyzed. grin
First inflation and unemployment are not at all time high.

Secondly, Canada has a lower tax burden than most of its western peers.

So Trump isn't to blame but Carney who's trying to foster a solution should carry the blame

One question- what do you think Canada/Carney should do at this time? Specific and economically significant examples please
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 2:39am On Apr 20
Goke7:
You’re talking based on principles and data but we know the current policy makers are not thinking from that perspective in fact on national television one of them admitted they are not following what the data actually tells. All they need is for one migrant to fall short of the law and begin to leverage on that for future hostilities. Just look at that bbc reportage on those claiming to be gay to seek asylum that’s all they need to convince their base like the same way the tamiyu saga by the same bbc was used to finally justify curtailing student visas!

These guys don’t care about any shortage any longer it’s about what they can spin to either get into power or remain in power! They know the universities are bleeding in fact some universities up north are beginning to open London campuses to get by still the news out there is that they are selling fake degrees 😂 perhaps now that the uk is back into the EU Erasmus program may be that can help. It’s funny sha denying British youngsters for years from such program when folks like braverman enjoyed such in their time but today are shouting not to get back to the EU, the thunder wey go fire some of these Uk politicians Dey do press up honestly!
Since the bolded is the case, we'd be setting ourselves an unattainable bar by trying to carry the guilt of every migrant who has committed a crime. Of all the millions of migrants world over, some have, are and would commit crimes. If governments already have a motive and are seeking excuses, history has shown us they'd always find one even if all migrants were saints.

Asides the continuous strive to build better communities, I'd only begin to unduly chastise my people if there was evidence that we were overrepresented in certain vices. Even at that, I'd ne clear not to bear responsibility for other peoples actions. I'd say our energies are better focused correcting untrue narratives such as that above about children recent of migrants preventing British born kids from getting school slots.
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 2:25am On Apr 20
TV01:
Let me start by doing the most annoying but typical of things - answering a question with a question wink.
"The level of development Nigeria currently experiences, how did it come about?"

But to attempt as brief and succinct a reply as possible, I'll offer this - my opinion.

There are some compounding issue, which I consider second order, like the entrenched tribalism, which is further exacerbated by extreme sectarianism, which would hinder any group of people.

But for me, the main issue is that the development most have in mind is a facsimile of what obtains in the West. And what obtains in the West is due to a combination of it's socio-cultural heritage, and all the things that informed that, particularly in my view the religion.

What is there, that is natal to Nigeria, Africa more widely, or any individual people group within it, that suggests if left to their own devices, over time an advanced western style liberal democracy would emerge?

Asked based on 2 scenarios. The first, if there had never been any western interference, what would development look like? The second, after the fact that there has been, which however viewed, left a modicum of "development", why couldn't it be maintained or built upon in any meaningful way.

TV
I'm hoping you're not alluding to what I think it is. Yes Nigeria does have its challenges- some of which may be unique bust so does every society.
Thruout human history, different economies have risen and fallen with many building on the remnants of the last. The coming of the industrial revolution was a huge breakthrough but that also did not arise from a vacuum. For much of human history, alot of economic activity/development was centred in Asia. European dominance is relatively a recent phenomenon - that too is changing.

The only solution to development is not an 'advanced western style liberal democracy' Today, we have examples of advanced societies that have not blindly copied the west- some needed to deviate from some preachings of the west to develop. Like I have said many times, the ultimate yardstick of measuring governments should be their ability to bring good to their people and also foster greater improvement to the human race.

Regarding your last two questions, I'd prefer you first answer those.
Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jedisco(m): 2:01am On Apr 20
Interesting update by Carney... outlines his plans in the midst of a changing world eloquently. Canada is blessed to have him.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk2TZwkhi4E?si=7EhGtEhbN5ApunBT
Business › Re: Govt Borrows ₦100 Billion From Unclaimed Dividends, Dormant Accounts by jedisco(m): 1:58am On Apr 20
CodeTemplar:
most unnatural deaths involve someone who knows there is a windfall waiting if the victims goes. Not a good idea for Africans. Without death self, people are already estimating windfall if a bigwig dies.
This has nothing to do with Africans and we should not look at ourselves as unable to find a decent economic solution to things.

In the next 100 yrs, almost all Nigerians alive today would be dead. Death is inevitable and some would die inestate. This is a solid plan by the nation to manage that. I'm yet to see a reasonable alternative to this being proposed. If folks don't want the government spending their money when they're gone, then they should make plans while alive.
Business › Re: Govt Borrows ₦100 Billion From Unclaimed Dividends, Dormant Accounts by jedisco(m): 12:31am On Apr 20
CodeTemplar:
Who will speak for the dead.
Nigerians should learn to have a will. It's not a death wish. Also, family of dead folks should be able to reach out to banks. The CBN should create an easy means to verify all accounts held with financial institutions by a person once its verified that they're dead. With BVN and NIN, this shouldn't be hard. Folks can't hide all your wealth from family, make no plans and expect banks to work miracles when theyre gone.

It could be advocated that before this money is transferred over (if not already the case), the banks should not just try reaching out to the client but also their next of kin and follow probate rules if their dead.

Not too long ago, names of a few Nigerians who owned properties in the UK but have since died with no means to contact their NOK was published. Those properties are transferred to a central body and managed- not left vacant for centuries.
Business › Re: Govt Borrows ₦100 Billion From Unclaimed Dividends, Dormant Accounts by jedisco(m): 12:13am On Apr 20
Nothing wrong with this. Provided the original owners can always reclaim their money (which they can), these unclaimed funds are better used for our collective gain rather than remain in the hands of private entities.
Romance › Re: Modern Women Are Very Brutal With Their Choices by jedisco(m): 11:18am On Apr 18
ibedun:
You still got it wrong. I am talking specifically on this issue of relating to women of today. On this subject they are acting much smarter than African men at this time. Full stop 🛑
Typical!
When called out for making absurd statements, folks begin a rigmarole
Romance › Re: Modern Women Are Very Brutal With Their Choices by jedisco(m): 11:17am On Apr 18
NaijaHelper1:
It's always the problems with Nigerians. They'd rather insult you than engage in a conversation. Please don't mention me again. I don't know what I said that is misogynistic. Don't quote me again please. This is supposed to be a conversation. Why do you people take pride in insulting people for no reason?
Didn't mean to insult but what you said was offensive. That wouldn't be tolerated about people's ethnicity or race
Romance › Re: Modern Women Are Very Brutal With Their Choices by jedisco(m): 9:34am On Apr 18
NaijaHelper1:
You say that in a derogatory way like a patriarchal view is bad or something. Toxic feminism is an example of what I'm trying to say. The views women hold about men on whose shoulders they have stood to make headway. I don't think you understood the import of my comment either. Women ought to be educated. Anybody who thinks women shouldn't ought to be jailed for holding the economy back. The problem I have is putting too many women in leadership positions in a developing economy because of the effects of their mentality on disposable income. In Nigeria, the flow of cash is dependent on our communal living and is built around that. Women don't have that mentality. They spend mostly on themselves alone which results in hoarding and slows down the economy. You compare the western standards to Nigeria and yet fail to appreciate that both systems are radically different from each other. The west had created, nurtured and built an economy first before employing women to manage it. They didn't start by putting women in control when they were still building. That is because, whatever a woman can do economically speaking, there is a man that can do more aggressively. In a growing economy, aggressive is what you need. In a mature one, stability is what you need. I don't get what part of my comment you saw which suggested that women shouldn't be in business or sth.
You make lots of generalist and misogynistic statements with absolutely no evidence to back it up. There are bad players on both ends- I'm not here to focus on them but rather what the plurality of society believes.

Jailed you say? Your thought process is same with someone who believes women should have no or at most little education. They'd give same excuse you give. You're all on same spectrum. By the way, the purpose of educating women is not just to improve the economy.

The underlying fact here is that you believe women are innately inferior. That drives your reasoning. I don't even know what you mean by communual living- cos women are at the fore front of that.
'Putting' people in positions of leadership again says alot about your thinking process and society. Leadership should be based on merit and not sex.

Read this your statement again and tell me how it makes sense: 'That is because, whatever a woman can do economically speaking, there is a man that can do more aggressively.'
Exchange women for Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba, Catholic, Anglican, Christian, Muslim, Black, White, Arab e.t.c and see how you sound. Thats a debased mindset.

A developing country needs the best hands available running the country irrespective or sex, religion or ethnicity. That's common sense.
Romance › Re: Modern Women Are Very Brutal With Their Choices by jedisco(m): 9:21am On Apr 18
ibedun:
Do you know me? You don’t. If you did you wouldn’t make this erroneous comment. Some people are born with unshakable high self esteem and I am one of them. I am speaking from Hawthorn, California (Los Angeles).
Collectively they are smarter than us and the evidence is everywhere you care to look.
All through human history, development has come in waves. Lots of countries who were previously undeveloped are forging ahead

Apportioning smartness to race is senseless. Thinking like that was what drove slavery and thinking like that forms part of the reason why African countries struggle
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 8:51am On Apr 18
TV01:
Can greed engender anything other than difficulties?

Greed isn't actually the main problem. It's the proclivity for lawlessness. It's why posters here labelled a demand for driving competence as discrimination. Almost every visit here suggests Nigeria will never achieve even a basic level of development.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Corruption_Perceptions_Index - best taken with a pinch of salt, but it's at least indicative.
@the bolded, why do you think that to be the case?

Perception... hmmm... In todays world I'd see that as almost trash. By the way, why is China so low on the list?
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 8:45am On Apr 18
lavida001:
This is incorrect. Their data indicates alot of people came in with family of 3, 4 dependant which results to locals unable to find spaces for their kids In school.
Not true. Even with the increase in migration, numbers of pupils has continued to fall with a growing number of schools facing closure or a merger. I shared how a school in my county sent a letter out informing they'd be merging two classes due to falling numbers. This is not a one-off. Fact is that coming of migrants has given some schools which would have closed a new lease of hope. This is another case of looking past the headline

What's also important to note is that health and careworker migrants unlike most other forms of skilled migrantion are more spread out and not localised to the cities. Care workers are needed everywhere and impact of their arrival would be felt in all places. Spread out migration like this tends to be better in most ways.

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 8:29am On Apr 18
Goke7:
The honest truth is these sorts of things doesn’t help our community in any way, it was a small number of people who engaged in bringing fake dependents all in the name of student visas that made the govt curtailed students from bringing in dependents, it was cos bandits despite how small the population is that also led to the ban of overseas care workers, we can keep saying oh other nationalities are involved but like I always say it’s the innocent and diligent ones that will always bear the brunt of these issues and no matter how much we cry that the policy makers are bigots it won’t help our cause in any way!
It's a dicey one but the fact is once a narrative catches on, reasons would be found.
Somethings are inevitable- the government would know that. Some folks would bring in fake dependents. It's for the government to decide if the numbers predicted are worth curtailing a visa pathway or not. The cost of higher UK education means that those who can afford it from developing countries would largely either come from wealthy families or middle-aged folks who are well established and with families. The government can look at encouraging universities to reduce the cost to make it more affordable.

Ending the care visa pathway was largely a function of numbers. The numbers needed had come in- the visa pathway would be closed. Similar is happening in healthcare where there are no 'COS bandits'. Fact is wide reports of fraud had gone on for a while with no govt concern. It wasn't until numbers began to swell that they stepped in. Yes, there might have been some naivety on the govts side in how the whole system was set up, but the pathway was purposeful and would be brought back if significant shortages arise
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 8:13am On Apr 18
Goodenoch:
I don't think Nigerians are any more greedy than Brits or anyone else. There are always reports of one fraud or another and the vast majority aren't Nigerians. There's nothing about a couple of Nigerians doing whatever that justifies any bigotry, except for people looking for an excuse ab initio.

One thing that's often missed in these discussions is the sheer number of Nigerians, which means that in the same way we will be overrepresented in positive things (academic achievement, sports, entertainment etc.) we're likely to also form an outsized proportion of negative things as well. It's just statistics.
Fair enough. Crime is commited by every group. Where is the evidence to suggest we're overrepresented in the UK? From my experience, most recent Nigerian migrants to the UK come from a purposeful cohort- educated, keen to strive and improve themselves.

Yes, we as a people should strive to improve. However, Nigerians just like any group would commit crimes for as long as humans exists. Do we get to beat ourselves up anytime a Nigerian in the UK commits a crime?

Where are the accolades when the reverse is the case?
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 8:05am On Apr 18
Memorychip:
Trump's erraticness is now normalise and factored in the market. I personally do not see a very steep V but still expect a mild V once an agreement is signed with Iran
Hehe... omo the V- strong die... very green and hot. Markets at all time high again. This market is irrationally irrational.
Again, I see why the evidence favours passive investing- whether DCA or lump sum.

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 7:57am On Apr 18
Goodenoch:
Just one - https://www.hl.co.uk/shares/shares-search-results/s/spdr-msci-acwi-ucits-etf-gbp

Lowest TER of comparable all-world trackers so will make a significant savings over the long-term, compared to the other popular all world trackers like VWRP and FWRG. I previously had SPY (State Street's S & P 500 tracker) because it also had lower fees but I consolidated everything to reduce US exposure in light of Rump's worsening dementia.
Didn't know of this. Thought FWRG was the lowest at 0.15%. This at 0.12% looks quite good. I'd see if my brokers offer it.
BTW, do you see the reversal on board?
Romance › Re: Modern Women Are Very Brutal With Their Choices by jedisco(m): 7:32am On Apr 18
goran3310:
This is true.
Rich, successful women have messed-up minds. And that’s irreversible.
Irreversible.
Nothing can be done about it.
The worst thing is that the men who advise and support them don’t sleep with them. Maybe I’m wrong, but they don’t seem satisfied. It’s probably not even a priority for them.
Like I said to the chap you quoted, you're a reflection of your society.

Economic or political power is always build upon. In a strongly patriarchal society, most women who breakthrough initially would need the support of entrenched powers (which would be men) but that changes quickly as numbers rise. That can be said of virtually any democratic societal change in almost every part of the world. Coming out of the civil rights movement in the U.S, most minorities began to rise- also on the back of entrenched powers at the time.

For centuries, women were hardly in the conversation in many domains of society despite being about 50% or more of the populace. If they weren't being educated then the question of how well they performed in school couldn't be asked.
That's rapidly changing as half of the population that were previously excluded are now back in and pushing hard. In a lot of fields, they're showing up and striving hard. Alot of men are increasingly being shocked by this but have to sit up. This is not us vs them. We need both parties working together to build a functional society.
Romance › Re: Modern Women Are Very Brutal With Their Choices by jedisco(m): 7:08am On Apr 18
NaijaHelper1:
The premise of your response is already flawed. You're applying western standards to a poverty infested economy. The men have learnt that white collar jobs don't pay them given the amount of responsibilities they carry and have thus left it for women. Most men now will rather work online(or yehoo unfortunately) to make make sure they stay on top of responsibilities. That doesn't mean women are winning..it simply means women are occupying roles which require no additional effort other than a streamlined workflow and exact instructions which is where they excel.

Men and women have different definitions of status. A woman sees material enough to sustain her as fully independent. A man who has enough material to sustain himself only sees himself as poor. A woman will not date a man in the same economic bracket as her because she'll see him as lower which is a weird phenomenon if you ask me.

Women who are financially well off and therefore refuse marriage are nothing other than a symptom of a dysfunctional society. It's not sth to be applauded. It's an indicator of a fully mature and declining society. And it goes to prove my point. That women if left unsupervised will apply principles that only benefit them in a selfish disruption of the order of society.
Your strong patriarchal views does not surprise which is a symptom of the society you live in.
In Nigeria, I've seen levels to this- a man told me he would never let his wife go to school. Another told me his wife cannot be more educated than him. I told them my daughters just like my sisters and mother would get the very best available education they can. In the core north today, only a very very small percentage of girls finish secondary school as western education is belived to corrupt them and women are belived to be for only the bedroom and kitchen afterall.

Like I said, your views are a reflection of your society. What you however fail to understand is many societies have gone thru this phase. It was only in the 20th century that women in the U.S and U.K were granted the right to vote. Many couldn’t open bank accounts individually and hence couldn’t get mortgages or expand businesses until much later. These countries sat and changed their rules. Have you bothered to ask yourself why? Most of British law was passed on to colonial states at the time. Women never had the opportunity for a longtime but that has changed in many parts. Today, there is a growing number of young men who cannot compete in education or high paying job roles who have now resorted to vices while living off their parents even into thrir 30's. This cohort are increasingly being funneled into misogynistic narratives online.
Romance › Re: Modern Women Are Very Brutal With Their Choices by jedisco(m): 6:45am On Apr 18
ibedun:
This is already the reality in western world. But their men are smarter than the useless men in Africa. Now that women are doing it all in the west their men have left them alone. We need the same in Africa to reduce the level of unnecessary child birth, unnecessary children, too many unnecessary mouths to feed, destruction of men’s life with unnecessary family responsibilities, early death and low life expectancies of men.
Have some self worth.
Low self-esteem does you no good. Smartness is not a function of race.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Magyar Follows Orbán's Lead And Invites Netanyahu To Visit Hungary by jedisco(m): 10:18am On Apr 16
JackDaAlienz:
Algeria was once 96% christians.
Now they are 0.3% christians

Turkey was once 82% christians
Now they are 11% christians

They have entered United kingdom UK
They will turn it to United Islamic Kingdom U.I.K
Crap!

Hope you know how people who tell you these things look at you.
An inclusive society is what you should yearn for. BTW, I'm not a muslim

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