the mighty "what if" scenario

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2stepz_ahead
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edited June 2010 in R & R (Religion and Race)
what if black people in america could work together or at least unite for a common cause of bettering ourselves and the internal conflicts and tribal wars in africa wasnt like it was.
lets say the brains of the the black american and nigerians worked together to help lead the manpower of the war readiness and labor force of the millions of other africans.

how far could we go on this planet, being that most resources are in africa and those resources can be used to build a military that could compete with the US and build an economy that would dwarf the current world powers

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  • QB - 4th Edition
    QB - 4th Edition Banned Users Posts: 2,298 ✭✭
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    black ppl can take ? OVER but ? is................ ?
  • Dupac
    Dupac Members, Writer Posts: 68,365 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    all the rich black folk in america invest in building a car factory that developes cars that runs on an alternative fuel designed by all the top black engineers, marketed by all the top black advertisers and ship the alternative fuel from africa..

    change the whole game
  • QB - 4th Edition
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    dusouljah wrote: »
    all the rich black folk in america invest in building a car factory that developes cars that runs on an alternative fuel designed by all the top black engineers, marketed by all the top black advertisers and ship the alternative fuel from africa..

    change the whole game

    yeah thats a great idea DU, but i think it wud be too much ego and envy and jealousy and ppl worrying about how much somebody else makin, what someone elses position is and all that other ? instead of worrying about their own
  • Ol Jay's
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    yeah thats a great idea DU, but i think it wud be too much ego and envy and jealousy and ppl worrying about how much somebody else makin, what someone elses position is and all that other ? instead of worrying about their own

    you said a mouth full
  • 2stepz_ahead
    2stepz_ahead Guests, Members, Writer, Content Producer Posts: 32,324 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    What if drugs were never made?.. The good ones and bad

    well then the ? era would have never been...and the movement would have continued
    jimi hendricks would still be alive
    we wouldnt have an american gangsta or scarface movie and jay z would be famous
  • iAMNOVA
    iAMNOVA Members Posts: 2,493 ✭✭
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    then u would see some REAL racism come out
  • Swiffness!
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    pralims wrote: »
    well then the ? era would have never been...and the movement would have continued
    jimi hendricks would still be alive
    we wouldnt have an american gangsta or scarface movie and jay z would be famous

    man, Miles Davis wanted to work with Hendrix bad.....could you imagine what that would sound like?

    its like thinking about how Biggie coulda been spittin over early Neptunes/Timbaland beats
  • Swiffness!
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    pralims wrote: »
    what if black people in america could work together or at least unite for a common cause of bettering ourselves and the internal conflicts and tribal wars in africa wasnt like it was.
    lets say the brains of the the black american and nigerians worked together to help lead the manpower of the war readiness and labor force of the millions of other africans.

    how far could we go on this planet, being that most resources are in africa and those resources can be used to build a military that could compete with the US and build an economy that would dwarf the current world powers

    I'm resigned to the fact that it'll probably be 200 years before Africa even approaches its true potential.......maybe 300+ if they never find a AIDS vaccine
  • musicology1985
    musicology1985 Members Posts: 4,632 ✭✭
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    iAMNOVA wrote: »
    then u would see some REAL racism come out

    this is the key & this is what our people are truly afraid of.

    when united, this is when we are attacked on a mass level. right now they just picking us apart.
  • TheCATthatdidntDIE
    TheCATthatdidntDIE Members Posts: 918
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    answer to the what if scenario. if africa became just as powerful as the american empire then they would be just as unhappy with as we are with our country, and another third powerful nation would form. and so on and so forth because idiots keep thinking they can actually make a utopia. utopia exists only to become dystopias through out time. Africa would destroy america like rome killed carthage, or perhaps we would simply go the way of greece. welcome to the vicious cycle of people making the same mistakes over and over again. and i have to laugh at the t/s because this kind of thinking doesnt encourage change, it just encourages cowardice. run away from america because you dont have the spine to try and change it...smh
  • musicology1985
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    ether-i-am wrote: »
    Who? Who's picking us apart? Who are "THEY"? How are we being picked apart? Have you been personnaly picked apart?

    African & black diaspora leaders who tried to stand up against the machine have been picked off for the most part.

    we haven't had a real good fight against this beast since Toussaint Louverture in Haiti, Shaka Zulu in early 1800's, the Mahdi of Sudan in the 1880's & Menelik of Abyssinia in that same time period.
  • DarcSkies777
    DarcSkies777 Members Posts: 5,600 ✭✭✭
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    One thing I hate more than whites in general is ? in general.

    YOu cant even get most black people to admit there is a race problem let alone work together to combat it.

    THings would be much better for us if there was some sort of common purpose.
  • musicology1985
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    One thing I hate more than whites in general is ? in general.

    YOu cant even get most black people to admit there is a race problem let alone work together to combat it.

    THings would be much better for us if there was some sort of common purpose.

    this is the core issue right here. but black people know it's true in their subconscious but we have been traumatized by assassination. once the hits and wrongful imprisonments start poppin' off we usually scatter. this ? is really war. no play play ? at all.
  • DarcSkies777
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    The thing about the assassinations is you arent supposed to follow a person but the ideals of the collective group.

    Cuz when that person is gone the movement dies with them.
  • musicology1985
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    The thing about the assassinations is you arent supposed to follow a person but the ideals of the collective group.

    Cuz when that person is gone the movement dies with them.

    it's not about the person. THEY WILL ASSASSINATE THE WHOLE GROUP IF NEED BE.

    these muthufuckas done came at the black man so hard that in recent decades (1970's til present) we ain't even seen how turn't up it could get. we just try to forget (peep G&S for a great example. this is how the majority of our people are in real life as well.) AID's, ? , ? , heroin & malnutrition are a slow but effective form of biological and chemical warfare.

    they control the money supply, precious minerals & majority of farmland so they can send economic hitmen. an economic hitmen can offer a deal (job, payoff or connect.) if u reject? be prepared to fight til the death or lose freedom. furthermore, most of our people LOOOVE MATERIALISM SO THEY TAKING THAT PAPER AND CHILLIN.' no questions asked. they will also defend who gave them that paper by any means necessary. this is the "spell of kingu."

    bartering & self defense (legal & physical) are two important keys to dodging the white man's wraith.

    we also need to be able to provide our own health care in large groups along with building contacts with Africa and other places with large black populations.

    the white man just be playing with them Arabs. their real war is & always has been with us. if we get to the point of eradicating inner strife? we have to be prepared to sacrifice everything over and over and over for future generations.
  • janklow
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    Swiffness! wrote: »
    man, Miles Davis wanted to work with Hendrix bad.....could you imagine what that would sound like?
    its like thinking about how Biggie coulda been spittin over early Neptunes/Timbaland beats
    honestly, neither of these really seem like good ideas. and that's not even to say that the first three names you mentioned aren't awesome artists in their own right.