Stop Pointing Fingers – It’s Us

 

Stop Pointing Fingers – It’s Us

We keep pointing fingers at the world, shouting that it’s messed up! But let me tell you — that’s a delusional way of reasoning.
It’s us who are screwing things up. And sadly, some of us are even taking that as a point of pride, as if it's a trophy of rebellion.

You might be asking what I’m ranting about or if I’m just another frustrated lunatic. But here’s the thing:

We, as Africans, as a continent, have been looted — and still are. And more insultingly, all the other continents combined know this. That’s not a conspiracy; it’s a fact. Look it up if you didn’t know.

Other continents, like Europe, work as one conglomeration. Each state has its autonomy, but they work together, build strategies for collective economic growth, open borders for trade, build strong infrastructure, and most importantly — they put their continent first.

America? Same. North America and South America put their regional interests first. Even Asia — look at China, Japan, India, the Middle East — they act like they’ve got a shared vision. Gates, Musk, Bezos — they didn’t wait for permission to act.

But us?

We’ve made whining and self-pity a national pastime.
We sit around glorifying our failures and finding comfort in blaming others. Some of us even deny they are from Africa. We love playing the victim so much that we’ve made it an excuse — a justification for our mediocrity.

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Get Real — The World Owes You Nothing

We need to start treating each other right, as equals, if we want to grow and develop as a continent.

We need to cut the media drama and get things done.

Why are we not learning from our past mistakes or even observing what’s going on out there?

We’ve just grown immune to the civil wars, bad governance, corruption, injustice. We see it every day — and still carry on like it’s none of our business.

Africans are treated like fools because we act like fools.

We cry “racism” and “colonial wounds” as if we’re the only ones who’ve ever suffered. We sit in countries rich in resources, cry about technology gaps, complain endlessly — yet we own resources that could turn the world upside down if we actually used them right.

What’s done is done — yes, colonialism happened. But what now?
What are we doing about it?

Over-dependence has turned us into helpless addicts — addicted to aid, addicted to pity, addicted to foreign saviors.

We’ve become like a child who refuses to walk because he knows his mother will carry him. We can’t think. We can’t create. We can’t even plan, unless someone spoon-feeds us the idea.

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The Truth Hurts – But It’s Yours

Moving within Africa itself is an ordeal — we are busy watching towers, highways, and progress rise in neighboring countries, yet instead of learning or collaborating, we sit and plot to pull them down.

We are so soaked in our self-hate that we forget this is exactly what made us easy to be colonize in the first place.

We put greed first, and all we care about is fat bank accounts, attention, and dragging each other down. We’d rather sabotage a fellow African’s dream than share ideas on what could be done — because deep down, we’re afraid someone else’s light will expose our darkness.

We blame immigration officers while we smuggle out our own children. We condemn our governments, yet some of you sell your families out for political scraps.
We shake hands in public and poison each other in private.

We say we want change, but when it comes to doing what’s necessary — we hide. We write rules we don’t follow, pass policies we don’t believe in, and entertain the world with shameless mediocrity.

Back in the day, sham leaders sold us off for alcohol and mirrors.
Now we do the same thing — but in suits and air conditioning.

To the Elites: If You’re Not Fighting for Us, Step Aside

To those so-called elites — the educated, the exposed, the privileged — if you’re not fighting for your people, then you’re part of the problem.

Using your knowledge for self-promotion while your fellow citizens drown is cowardice, not sophistication.

If your education means anything, then use it to build, not to escape.

What better way to bite back than to build back?