Warloads are proto-governments, and they exist in all areas. They are clan/tribe arrangements, so immigrants are toast. There is no support beyond the family, so anyone can take a dislike to you and cancel your ticket.
Somalia is the real version of “Survivor”, but votes are a bit more final.
]]>That’s what it’s all about, at the bottom. And Somalia would give them so much to gripe about. Just think of the fun they’d have when the local warlord decides he’s had enough of their nonsense.
]]>These people have no idea what it was like when we first drove down to this area in the early 1950s from upstate New York. There was a whole lot of nothing, and you carried extra fuel, food, and water with you because there weren’t all that many places to stop to get more.
Too many people don’t really understand where roads come from, or who pays the police and firefighters, or why there is a school. Let them move to a failed nation and figure it out for themselves.
]]>Drive the immaculately paved highways! Quick, prompt response (if needed) from police! Need health care? No taxes to bother your pocketbook – no “social” programs whatsoever! Somalia’s got nuthin’ !
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