the river crossing theory: why some countries are still in the stone age

walk into a crowd and say some extreme shit, the ones who yell back are your guys, the ones who stay quiet are the ones who'll stab you later. that's how you find your tribe when you got nothing else. now imagine a whole country still doing this: that's why it looks brutal and bloody to the outside, why nobody understands them. its not stupidity, its a filter, every country ran this filter once. the ones across the river laugh at the ones still swimming, bro, you were in that water yesterday.

stage one is gathering your guys, stage two is opening the gates. dubai already crossed, sells pork right next to the mosque. the rest are still in the river, doing what they have to do. nothing to criticize — they'll cross or they wont. the only shame is the ones on the bank acting like they never swam.