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It turns into a general rant about kinship societies - which again, are hardly unique to Africa, and aren’t hobbling economic development in other places, which means the author’s core thesis is likely untrue.

I mean, if we’re treating anecdotes as facts - my grandfather - British - used to send most of his pay packet from the navy back to support his mother and his grandmother - and one can hardly argue that the U.K. hasn’t seen economic development.

Shit, I was 19 years old, supporting my mother, my great aunt, and my sister. A few decades on, retired millionaire. It put me in such dire straits that I was forced to work several jobs and then start businesses in my spare time until one stuck. Best thing that ever happened to me.

Ain’t nothing wrong with helping others.

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Societies which have the Clan, the family as the biggest institution building unit, are crippling societies they are part of wherever they go.

Family units can not build nations. Only societies that can build meta-families can. You will never be part of the institution of Saud if you are not born into it.