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The truth about black countries.

A while back I wrote a blog called " Are black people really incapable of governing themselves? " and noted various reasons of why black countries almost never reach certain heights. I know the stereotype of black people is often very negative in developed countries but this is all psychosocial & often engineered to be so. Corruption & criminality is not an exclusively black thing. We have many law-abiding black people who just want to live ordinary lives. The only time black people want to be the main attraction is usually in communities where they are mentally made to be like that. No normal black child grows up just wanting to be corrupt or a criminal without external influences. Not every black person is a criminal & bad behaviour as well as good behaviour is taught. A black society can teach positive behaviours. You might call me "well-trained" or a "house negro" but what does being a criminal often get you other than jail? You can rob a b

Thoughts on the 2023 FIBA World Cup & basketball in general.

I'm just watching some of the matches of the 2023 FIBA World Cup & analysing how Deutschland won the cup. I'm currently watching them wipe Japan away by a twenty-point lead in the second quarter in one of the group stage matches if I'm not mistaken. Some may wonder why Rui Hachimura wasn't selected despite no news of him being injured, I'm not sure myself. A lot of other really good players weren't included in their national teams for this World Cup. Team USA No country had more notable omissions like the USA, their Olympic basketball team for the 2024 Paris Olympics looks more like the Team USA we're used to ("assembling the Avengers", as they say) than a team led by Anthony Edwards & Austin Reaves who are both very capable players but are not on the level of Steph Curry, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant & LeBron James. Then, strangely, in the Olympic roster for the USA men's basketball team, Austin Reaves was omitted. No

The best footballers in the history of the game (personal opinion).

Who really are the best footballers in the history of football? Everyone has their opinion & I have my own. I base my list on talent & accolades, some may lean on one or the other but I think my list is balanced & these are both the most talented & decorated footballers in history. The only flaw may be that I felt I had to select defenders also so the list is not just purely attackers. There's a formula to calculate the best overall player for the conjectural Zulu "Iligi yesizwe" which also considers goalkeepers & defensive players as well as attacking players by how competent they are in play rather than who was more visible, but it has not been used here. These are just some players I've researched & feel are the world's finest: 1) Pele, 2) Messi, 3) Cristiano Ronaldo, 4) Eusebio, 5) Diego Maradona, 6) Josef Bican, 7) Sergio Ramos, 8) Fabio Cannavaro, 9) Ronaldo Nazário, 10) Ronaldinho 11) Cafu I could've been biased & put in

Izwe laseMesophothemiya.

I-Sumer yisona sizwe esidala ukudlula zonke eMesophothemiya, sasikhona ngonyaka wama-4500 B. C. Abafundi bomulando nokwasemanulo bakholelwa ukuthi lelizwe laseSumer lakhiwa ngabantu abasuka e-Eshiya yaseNtshonalanga, ngoba ulwimi lwesiSumeriya akulona lwesi-Semitic (lwesiSulumane kumbe lwaseSirayela). EBhabhiloni kwakungenye indawo yaseMesophothemiya eyakhiwa ngama-Akkadian. Inkolo yaseMesophothemiya ithi ul'wazi lwabo lwaleth'wa ngokuthile okuvela emanzini. • Epic of Gilgamesh • Epic of Gilgamesh II • Ihubo (Epic of Gilgamesh) ngesiSumeriya

What is equality?

Is equality possible in a diverse, multicultural & multiracial society society? Of the Top 10 most equal countries in the GINI coefficient index , all 10 are homogenous ethnostates. It is simple; people who are alike, treat each other equally. I can't see homogeneity translate into current South African society. What would need to happen to enforce equality in South Africa would be government enforced equality measures. This means; 1) a centralised education system for all schools, 2) centralised, state-controlled work & labour practices & 3) centralised, unified cultural expression (single language, single religion & uniculturalism) in the land. This, ultimately, does mean leftism . State-enforced equality will eventually lead to a unified culture & belief system which will lead to equality across the land even in a multiracial & multiethnic society. We know this because we've seen it work in the Soviet Republic, Yugoslavia & to some extent Tanzania

The problem with the Xhosas & their claims.

To me, Xhosas are like the Nguni nation that didn't get the memo. Swazis are known allies of the Zulu, so are the Ndebele, even Shangaan & Ngoni hold similar relations with the Zulu. The Ndebele & Swazi have even gone to war against adversaries alongside the Zulu. All these groups show fraternity with the Zulu except the Xhosa. This, obviously, has a root & history. Much of Xhosa history, before the 1800s is unknown. During the 1800s is when the Xhosa received many "asylum seekers" from the period of turmoil happening in the land of their northern neighbours, the Zulu. This is when Xhosa history began being recorded using European & modern methods. The Xhosa were initially said to have lived between the Sundays River & Mthatha River... after colonisation, the Xhosa language spread among the Mpondo & tribes living north of the Umzimvubu River. This likely being due to Xhosas being used by British colonialists to spread Christianity & to halt Zul