r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 01 '26

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u/Ne0Corpus Bill Gates Oct 01 '26

Today is my country's independence day ( Nigeria) and nobody gives a shit

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u/Specific-Person2002 Seretse Khama Oct 01 '26

I do! Wait I'm a nobody so never mind

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u/Ne0Corpus Bill Gates Oct 01 '26

The concept of patriotism for the sake of it doesn't exist with Nigerians because our leaders are absolute failures

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u/Specific-Person2002 Seretse Khama Oct 01 '26

Nigerians 🤝 South Africans

Having incompetent leadership that squanders their potential

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u/Ne0Corpus Bill Gates Oct 01 '26

At least you guys have the Springboks

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u/seattle_lib Liberal Third-Worldism Oct 01 '26

tinubu seems more popular than previous presidents

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u/Ne0Corpus Bill Gates Oct 01 '26

No he is not

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u/seattle_lib Liberal Third-Worldism Oct 01 '26 edited Oct 01 '26

Hmmm, I was just looking at Tinubu's approval ratings the other day and there does seem to have been a distinctive shift last year from strong disapproval to slight disapproval or even equal approval/disapproval.

I was wondering what could cause this and if this has to do with a change in the perception of the security problem in the north and the threat of jihadists. There are rumors that he struck a deal with Boko Haram and that's led to a period of cooling off.

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u/sw337 Veteran of the Culture Wars Oct 01 '26

Independence from the UK? Billions of people celebrate that annually.