Weaponized Poverty

GOVERNMENTAL, COMMUNAL, AND INDIVIDUAL APPROACH

Today’s episode is about fighting weaponized poverty.

Someone once said that when you fight corruption, it fights back. The same goes for fighting weaponized poverty.

In Nigeria, there are people who benefit greatly from poverty, and they will fight to their last breath to keep the status quo.

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Today, let’s discuss socio-economic stagnation.

This is what comes inevitably if the ruling class continues to weaponize poverty.

When I was younger, my mother used to warn us against associating with the bad gangs in society. These bad elements are called “egbe kegbe” in the Yoruba language.

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OTHER IMPACTS

Today, let’s talk about some of the fallouts from weaponized poverty.

We’ve already established that the elite can create oppressor apologists by inducing scarcity, giving out handouts, and establishing economic dependency.

These created blind loyalists are often quick to make ad-hominem attack against anyone who challenges their favorite oppressor.

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PRAY FOR THE NATION

Today’s topic takes a look at Stockholm Syndrome as an instrument of weaponized poverty.

So what is Stockholm Syndrome?

According to Healthline, Stockholm Syndrome is a psychological response that causes survivors of abuse to sympathize with their abusers.

How then can this be a weapon of poverty?

Well, let’s start with the masking of rights as favors.

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I BETTER PASS MY NEIGHBOR

This episode explores some of the ways that we as a people, are complicit in the weaponization of poverty.

Let’s begin with bribery and corruption.

Nigerians naturally like to get ahead.

Of course we do.

We are a nation of brilliant minds.

We also have a reputation of being generous.

We tend to tip when someone helps us get ahead.

You see this at airports, hospitals, or even at the passport office.

Over time, we begin to create a sense of expectation and entitlement to the recipients of these gifts and tips.

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FORGET YOUR SORROWS

This topic focuses on the use of distractions by the ruling class to shift attention away from weapons of poverty.

Distractions are also used to pacify an agitated citizenry and to prevent protests and uprisings.

Many modern and ancient civilizations use distractions to maintain the status quo, and to keep their ruling class in power.

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Today’s topic focuses on gentrification as a weapon of poverty.

I grew up in a community that had little to no road network, and a lack of clean water.

Sadly, when the ruling class eventually brought development to poor communities like mine, it came in the form of gentrification.

Investopedia defines gentrification as the transformation of a community from low value to high value, often leading to the displacement of its previous occupants.

The key word here being “displacement.”

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Today’s topic is on the use of money as a weapon of poverty.

In 2024, Nigeria and most of the world faced some of the worst inflation in history.

Therefore, mandatory monetary policies are being implemented to curb said inflation.

But how helpful are some of these monetary policies?

Many will argue that some of these policies cause more economic harm to the working class than good.

Lets look at currency devaluation.

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THE POWERS THAT BE

This topic explores some of the ways that the government might be involved in the weaponization of poverty.

It was W.E.B. Dubois, an American sociologist and pan-Africanist who proposed the concept of the Talented Tenth.

In this excerpt from his book, the Talented Tenth, he said:

“The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men. The problem of education then, among negroes, must first of all deal with the Talented Tenth; it is the problem of developing the best of this race, that they may guide the mass away from the contamination and death of the worst, within their race and other races.”

The concept of the Talented Tenth encourages elitism.

Meaning that a nation should be led by the best people within it.

This seems ideal in a democratic society, especially when elections are free and fair.

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Today’s topic focuses on the use of exclusion as a weapon of poverty.

Every opportunity has its gatekeeper.

These are the people, or systems that prevent anyone from getting it unless they meet certain criteria.

If you’re from the working class, how many times have you sought employment with a big company only to be told there’s no vacancy?

Yet, every year, they recruit new candidates through a closed network.

You see it with visa, job, and admission requirements.

But imagine if this system was rigged to favor only those who have the power to rig it and to exclude others.

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