Share glad tidings of a personal achievement with those you think are friends and pay attention. If not most, some of them soon become so wanting in spirit, mammering for words of approbation, like: "ah.. so.. eh.. ye e yeeeah" - like, dammit dude, the word is congrats. And it's not like they stammer or something.
This shit goes as far as corporate Gambia and other national circles. So, I say our retardation as a nation isn't entirely the fault of political leadership... yeah mon, not even Jammeh; the shitstem that he was able to create was a consequence of a collective mentality: you know, apathy and selective empathy engineered by 'enyaan' (envious notice and feelings).
We say we are a nation of believers, but do we practice the prescribed love for others as we'd for ourselves? We say we are open-minded yet we pretend to like our dislikes just to hurt another person's feeling. We claim ethics but we violate the golden rules.
Some of us are so myopic; we act as if our perceived hierarchy will change if others do better. So, we can wish each other well, but soon act so fucking weird and ungenerous the moment we see the next man doing as good as we think we are.
If you ask me, and you can disbelieve if you like, until we purify our hearts, we wouldn't go far (Gambia du dem). Yes, individuals may thrive like it's evidently the case, but collectively, we wouldn't get outta this shitpit with mentalities as dark as that. Happy independence day, still.
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