Comments by "" (@orboakin8074) on "The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters" channel.

  1. As a Nigerian-immigrant currently working and schooling in North America, I have come to one conclusion: Social Justice, wokeness and progressivism can ONLY exist in a developed, liberal and first-world nation/region where there are very few existential threats and where the purposeless masses in urban areas have to create some form of ideology to fill the void in their lives. Imagine being offended by a field of cotton! A cash crop grown on almost every country on earth! That is why it makes no sense and destroys that society. That is also why rural westerners, non-western countries and immigrants mostly tend to hate social justice and wokeness more than the native citizens.
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  2. As a Nigerian it never ceases to amaze me when some black Americans (I know not all of them are woke) deify and prop up the worst elements of their community like this thug. There was a black woman who graduated from college and became a successful police officer and she was tragically killed by criminals but you will never hear them protest her killing or that of innocent black kids killed in gang violence. This would be like if we Nigerians were praising some of our worst corrupt politicians or Boko Haram and IPOB militants.
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  3. As a Nigerian, this video and history of Sudan makes me appreciate the fact that the British were the ones who colonized/created my country and not some other people like Arabs or the French. For all our issues, we are the richest African economy and one of the better stable ones. Most former British colonies tend to do better socioeconomically and politically compared to French ones. The British had a habit of importing and imposing their political and economic and social ideals on their colonies which tended to help them after colonialism. Yes, my country still has issues aplenty but compared to many other countries here in Africa and like Haiti, we are so much better economically and socially and politically and getting better still.
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  4. Big props to Qatar for doing this. I am no supporter of the country or of islamic theocracy but I am happy that someone is giving a big F You to the woke mob ruining sports, and their disgusting ideology.
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  5. As a Nigerian, my respect for the British in their remaining defiant and not acquiescing to the whining of lefty Argentinian politicians is immense. Respect and never give up your sovereignty over the Falklands.
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  6. I agree with you guys. Wakanda forever, aside from poor writing, pacing and world building, was just so disappointing to me on personal level. When I first immigrated to Canada from Nigeria, one of the comics that made me get into comics was Jonathan Hickman's New Avengers where T'Challa and Namor were bitter enemies but also part of the illuminati and worked to save the earth form destruction. They had a serious rivalry, an eventual battle (and WHAT A BATTLE IT WAS🤩) and reconciliation in the subsequent comics like Battle World and Secret Wars. Namor went from being an anti-hero, to a villain to a redeemed hero and T'Challa evolved as a hero and leader. It was wonderful. This movie ruined that and turned Namor into another victim-hood allegory and made Wakanda look stupid, sexist (the way they humiliate black men and men in general😖), and even more raciallly bigotted (Wakanda are disgustingly racist to everyone compared to the comics!) than the first movie. The brand of Black Panther was ruined the moment it went mainstream and woke identitarians got a hold of him. Now he is a joke.
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  7. I am Nigerian and i absolutely agree with Scott Adams. Stay away from dangerous people (urban thugs) who mean you harm! Why is this so hard for western Liberals to understand this?!
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  8. I remember when these shows were airing when I was a kid in Nigeria. My mother and father were suspicious about them and made sure I avoided watching them. It was mainly due to their Christian beliefs and I am glad they did. Now, as an adult, I was saved from becoming another stupid woke leftist millennial. I was not allowed to watch things like Harry Potter or Glee and I am glad I wasn't given what kind of fan bases they have and what they did to other milennials.
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  9. As a Nigerian, I have nothing but respect and admiration for the British. They are the whole reason my country exists in the first place and that is something I am grateful for. Happy Jubilee day and God bless the Queen and you all.
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  10. As a Nigerian, i am genuinely shocked that this is the reality in a country like the UK and much of Western and Central Europe 😢 Even here, with all our problems and social issues, it's unfathomable. We have insecurity and kidnapping but no one is ever going to say that boko haram or traffickers have a right to kidnap and terrorize people. So why a developed and first world country like the UK, allows these gro*ming gangs to do such horrible things to women and children is baffling to me.
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  11. The whole nonsense about Resident Evil 5 being racist is mainly said by woke westerners. Most of us in Africa never saw it as racist. Heck! We were actually excited for the game since the setting of Africa is perfect for survival horror. The main issue with it was the bad AI, co-op, and too much action and QTEs. It just wasn't as good Resident Evil 4.
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  12. "Pan African flag"? I am an African (Nigerian) and I can assure you that most of us in Africa have no idea what the hell that stupid symbol is but then again, these are the same folks who created a non-existent "holiday" called qwansa about Africa despite them not being African. Jesus! Black Americans, be grateful you are citizens of the greatest country on earth! You don't want to be back here cause we have so many issues now.
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  13. Thank God for this! As a Nigerian-immigrant currently in college and working part-time, I am happy that affirmative will be on the way out soon. Every job I have worked at here (from my general labor job at a cheese factory, to my med office admin job, to my current Nurse's Assistant job) I had to prove I was qualified for the position and they never regretted hiring me. Contrary to what most people imagine, it doesn't benefit people like me. I literally do not get student loans, food stamps, or any kind of welfare and I am glad for that because I will never be a beggar. I was not born in the USA and I still have to work to pay my tuition and living expenses with no assistance and earn the privilege to fully immigrate here after my studies.
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  14. Here in Nigeria, there's a lot of white South African and White Zimbabwean folks who come here for business and even farming. They integrate well and do well since they don't have to worry about some incompetent governments stealing their property. As a kid, I actually knew a white guy from Zimbabwe. His family were farmers who, unfortunately, lost their lands to Mugabe but he never had any ill will towards us other Africans and he was a cool guy. We bonded over Star Wars😊 He now lives in the UK with his family. I also met a black Zimbabwean as an adult. He was an industrial engineer but he and his wife had to flee due to political persecution by Mugabe's party since they supported the opposition. Thankfully, he emigrated to Canada where he works in the trades now.
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  15. Stuff like this makes me so grateful I am a Nigerian. Unlike SA, we didn't have any massive preexisting infrastructure or wealth built by whites. So we actually had to work hard as hell to improve and we also kept many things the British left us like capitalism, democracy, and federalism because we actually know what works. My country has many issues and load shedding too but we are far better than South Africa in many more ways and future prospects. Our electric grid, though flawed, is undergoing rapid modernisation and we never let our politicians rest on it. Our national unity is better. Our economy is larger (we literally outpaced SA as the largest economy in Africa). Our industrialization is increasing, not declining. Our political system, though flawed, is not as crippled and corrupt as South Africa and our politicians don't use the excuse of "apartheid" race to secure power. Plus, we are not known as a haven for xenophobic killings and murders. Good luck to South Africa
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  16. Remember when they called us Christians crazy for warning about this? I am glad my religious parents kept me safe from all this evil.
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  17. This story makes me appreciate my situation as a Nigerian and respect the British more. My opinion on colonialism will be more nuanced than that of most westerners. On one hand, it was brutal in some ways but on the other it did play a huge role in bringing much of Africa into the modern age via introduction of modern tech, medicine, western education, and nation building. My country literally wouldn't exist without the British. For all the issues we face, most of us wouldn't ever dream of not having a country of our own. Also, one major good it did was abolish slavery. I cannot be more thankful for the British using their naval power and economic might to suppress the slave trade in Africa. Oh, I know they partook in it for a time, themselves, but it existed here long before whites ever came to Africa. Even my own ancestors of the Edo kingdom were slavers. What makes the British different is that unlike other regional African and Arab powers, they had the cultural & religious framework, wisdom, humanity and courage to actually stop the evil of slavery even at huge cost to their economy.
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  18. Personal responsibility/accountability, accepting reality and self-improvement are the kryptonite of western women😌😌😌
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  19. Congrats to Chileans! Augusto Pinochet was a cold blooded man who deserves criticism but one thing he deserves eternal praise for was how he crushed the left, corrupt public bureaucrats and marxists in Chile and prevented them from ruining Chile like they had done to most of South America. The fact that the constitution he enacted is still largely in place proves that Chileans are wise enough to not let their country be destroyed like the rest of South America.
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  20. The societal backlash to the t-rans, progressive marxist and broader alfabet movement is going to be something massive and I am glad I will be alive to see it!
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  21. As a Nigerian-immigrant currently working and schooling in North America, I have come to one conclusion: Social Justice, wokeness and progressivism can ONLY exist in a developed, liberal and first-world nation/region where there are very few existential threats and where the purposeless masses in urban areas have to create some form of ideology to fill the void in their lives. That is why it makes no sense and destroys that society. That is also why rural westerners, non-western countries and immigrants mostly tend to hate social justice and wokeness more than the native citizens.
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  22. The sociocultural pendulum is gonna swing back HARD in the near future.
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  23. Thank God that some justice is being served. RIP to the innocent kids who this monster k*lled. My condolences from Nigeria. I know it means nothing but any where kids are harmed , we need to emphatize. I still can't understand why the UK government let this happen, along with the gr*oming gangs. I would imagine a first world country would prevent this.
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  24. As a Nigerian, thanks for making this video. You covered the points objectively. It is surprising to me how many westerners and even some Africans actually think we in west Africa support this coup. We are appalled by it and we know how it will lead to insecurity and increased social and economic problems for us.
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  25. Any country that literally allows a section of its vulnerable population to be repeatedly abused and refuses to punish the perpetrators due to fears of racism deserves to fail.
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  26.  @neglectfulsausage7689  oh, I do. I respect great black people like Thomas Sowell and Randal King jr. And so many others who are not part of the woke victimhood cult.
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  27. Really sad and unforgivable what these women and girls have suffered. Truly hard to believe that a western country lets their own citizens be abused like this. Glad my mother and father pulled me and my sister out of the U.K in 2006 while we were toddlers and took us back to Nigeria. For all the issues and problems we have in my country, the fact that our police force DOES NOT sanction the abuse and assault of women and children is something I am proud of.
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  28. As a Nigerian, my opinion on colonialism will be more nuanced than that of most westerners. On one hand, it was brutal in some ways but on the other it did play a huge role in bringing much of Africa into the modern age via introduction of modern tech, medicine, western education, and nation building. Also, one major good it did was abolish slavery. I cannot be more thankful for the British using their naval power and economic might to suppress the slave trade in Africa. Oh, I know they partook in it for a time, themselves, but it existed here long before whites ever came to Africa. Even my own ancestors of the Edo kingdom were slavers. What makes the British different is that unlike other regional African and Arab powers, they had the cultural & religious framework, wisdom, humanity and courage to actually stop the evil of slavery even at huge cost to their economy. God bless them.
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  29. As a Nigerian i want to express my condolences to the Queen's family and the people of the UK. One thing that many of us in Africa cannot deny is that slavery was ended by the British during the era of colonialism they were involved with. Heck! My own ancestors were slavers and also enslaved by other Africans and this stopped thanks to the British. Plus, despite what most assume, we Africans absolutely value the positives brought here because of colonialism like modern medicine, technology, western education systems, nation building (as imperfect as it is, it's better than what was there before), better economic and social systems (capitalism and liberalism) As a Nigerian, one thing that makes me happy is how most of the people in my country did not use the death of Queen Elizabeth as some excuse to insult or whine about grievances. Most of us just expressed our condolences. The fact is that many of us bear no ill will to her or the British monarchy. Conversely, there were many statements and hot-takes from the usual suspects who just wanted to push their stupid victimhood ideology at the expense of the Queen's passing.
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  30. These woke westerners genuinely disgust me, as an immigrant😕 Why do they just assume all of us foreigners don't want to assimilate into the places we enter?! I'm a Nigerian and I am currently working in Newfoundland, Canada after finally graduating from college. I had to work hard to get embraced by the traditional communities and culture here and thankfully, i succeeded. I didn't try to force anyone to change their culture for me! I now work as a nurse and make frequent house calls and the locals trust me deeply. I hang out with local farners and frequently engage in hunting trips and fishing trips with friends, etc. why do these woje westerners just only focus on terrible kinds of !mmigrants who cause problems?!
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  31.  @jfprizzy  simple answer: Avoid the dangerous ones. It's not rocket science 😂 Also, you really want to tell me this is a race thing, and not a culture thing? I dare you to travel to Botswana and Albania and tell me which one is safer for you as a white person.
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  32. One thing people need to understand about Canada is that in the eastern part (mainly in Ontario, Quebec, and the others) where trudeau and his "liberal" party mainly occupy, is steeped in leftist elitist "nationalism" in their attempts to distinguish themselves from America and their British liberal heritage. Thus, they have a natural disdain for the more blue-collar middle class and western Canada. That is also why the majority of his supporters, especially in the media and academia, were okay with his idiotic and illegal actions towards the truckers and any Canadians who voiced opposition to his economic and social policies before and during the pandemic. It's also why he foolishly assumed all EU members would be in support of him during this conference.
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  33. Botswana is a perfect example of what South Africa could have been. They are next to South Africa and have less land and resources but they had better leadership, especially in Seretse Khama. And they kept the systems and policies the British left and even modified them with their culture and are now among the most politically stable, with good infrastructure, security, and economically stable nations in Africa.
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  34.  @Yar355  yeah, and who colonized the country first and for centuries before the Anglos came?
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  35. On the topic of clans/tribes, one thing I, as a Nigerian, am grateful for western civilization and Christianity is how it led to the breaking of the clan structure. Christianity banned cousin marriage in much of Europe and this forced people to intermingle more with others and develop the high-trust liberal social structure the west is known for. This is also somewhat manifesting itself in some of Africa; particularly where the British colonized. Im ny country, tribalism is still an ever-present issue but nationalism and a secular national identity are gradually taking shape here. Our tribes are still important but not as deadly adamant as ut used to be. So, yeah, thanks for that Britian❤
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  36.  @MrVafflis  My main issues with Harry Potter, now as an adult, are that the author kept frequently retconning her own canon for social justice brownie points and this kills any interest in the plot for me because what will stop her from simply pulling a last jedi and making everything pointless? I like stories with set plots and consistency. Second issue is the small but loud segment of the fanbase. I have never seen a more unhealthily obsessive and vitriolic fanbase since the Steven Universe fanbase or reylos. The way they turned on J.K. Rowling for simply saying that biological sex is real or the way that they literally apply Harry Potter topics to real life in cringe ways makes it seem clear that they are seriously immature mentally.
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  37. Stuff like this makes me so grateful I am a Nigerian. Unlike SA, we didn't have any massive preexisting infrastructure or wealth built by whites. So we actually had to work hard as hell to improve and we also kept many things the British left us like capitalism, democracy, and federalism because we actually know what works. My country has many issues and load shedding too but we are far better than South Africa in many more ways and future prospects. Our electric grid, though flawed, is undergoing rapid modernisation and we never let our politicians rest on it. Our national unity is better. Our economy is larger (we literally outpaced SA as the largest economy in Africa). Our industrialization is increasing, not declining. Our political system, though flawed, is not as crippled and corrupt as South Africa and our politicians don't use the excuse of "apartheid" race to secure power. Plus, we are not known as a haven for xenophobic killings and murders. Good luck to South Africa
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  38. As a Nigerian, I am just surprised but also happy that you westerners actually arrested this one given how soft your cou tries are on crime.
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  39.  @ReformedSauron  that is genuine heart breaking to hear.
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  40. @TheGamesEmporium I hear ya! I first started playing Res Evil 4 as a kid in Nigeria and loved it. Then, I got Res Evil 5. It was okay but not as good as 4. The "racism" nonsense genuinely confused me cause it made no sense. It's in Africa. Of course there would be black people. These woke idiots just want to be offended by everything😮‍💨
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  41.  @Godskidsug  I don't blame you. It's sad and infuriating. Here in Nigeria m, we are still trying to find and rescue a group of school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram and "married off" to them. Hardly anyone wanted this to happen to those girls. I am just shocked that any developed country would willingly let gr*oming gangs get away with this. I hope the new attention leads to change
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  42.  @SeeLasSee  Regarding our population growth issue, It is a double-edged sword. On one hand, it means we have a healthy replacement level and a large young and largely literate population that can be attractive for industries to use our cheap labor. That being said, due to the ineptitude of our current government, infrastructure still lags behind and this continues to hinder our economic development and growth. So our large population is becoming a burden. Seriously, i cannot stress how important sane and sensible leadership is for any country, especially developing ones.
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  43. In my youth, I was close to becoming a new atheist but my Christian upbringing and actually talking to them, stopped me. I found them all so toxic and delusional. As a Nigerian Catholic, I will never understand why any westerner, especially an old guy like Dawkins, would hate on the sociocultural system that helped make their part of their world so great.
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  44. 2:45 Speaking as a guy who is relatively new to anime, I can assure you that this whole phenomenon of alfabet westerners transitioning and "being anime fans" is not nearly as widespread as you think and mainly involves people who would have transitioned or embraced degenerate lifestyles either way. Anime and manga, though having progressive themes, is anything but woke or progressive by western standards and it actually has a more normie fanbase than people imagine because the entertainment is not woke and actively avoids identity politics. Heck! I am a 27 year old guy, a college grad who works in as a nurse's assistant and I got into anime and manga in 2020 because I got so sick of woke entertainment. Also, given how many woke westerners frequently harass and attack manga artists and writers for their art or stories (usually involving sexy female characters or strong male characters) it shows that the wokescum hate anime and manga.
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  45. RIP to those innocent children this monster k*lled. My condolences from Nigeria. I know it doesn't mean much but I can't stand any situation where children are harmed. I hope this monster gets seriously punished for what he did.
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  46. I am old enough to remember when the UN used to condemn child marriages and fgm in my country, Nigeria. Now, as I turn 28, they are advocating for sexualization of children and gender reassignment surgery?!😐😐 What happened to the west?!
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  47. Honestly, I agree with you. I used to enjoy him cause I saw him as the blue-collar average joe type of conservative who was a contrast to Ben's elitist air. I even defended his stupid takes on anime (i really love watching anime) but it is clear he is just a grifter. Imagine a conservative attacking the arts, especially non-woke arts and media! You would think they would try and encourage more people there to side with them against the radical left. Matt Walsh and the Daily Wire are just declining deservedly.
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  48.  @Yar355  Um, You do know that the country of Sudan used to be the Christian kingdom of Nubia/Kush before Arab invasions and eventual conquest, right? Why do you think a good portion of the African tribes there remained Christian and split to form South Sudan?
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  49. I am a Nigerian millennial and I love British literature, especially the classics. When I was a kid my dad would buy VHS tapes of animated adaptations of stories like Treasure Island, Around the World in 80 days, Robin Hood, The Black Arrow, Ivanhoe, and even Jungle Book. I even had to read Shakespeare in primary and secondary school but I loved it. I am currently reading The Jungle Book by Kipling and am loving it. Why do you British people hate your own art and literature like this? It's beautiful and even inspired many fo the great writers and poets in my own country.
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  50. BASED and God bless you for being a rarity in the west-A good father. You and my dad are basically the same. Even as I am 27 and his first-born and son, he is still tough on me and never hesitates to criticize me when he needs to.
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