Olu of Ibadan 𓃵 retweetledi

One of the most ridiculous statements young people say today is, “won bi mi sinu oselu ni.” Really? You were raised by parents who followed crooked politicians everywhere, and now you wear that as if it were a badge of honour. What you are actually celebrating is a legacy of corruption, a life built on crumbs, and a family culture that normalized shameful loyalty to failed leaders.
Your parents were the ones chasing politicians up and down, singing at campaign rallies, collecting bags of rice and beans, and calling it political dividends. They were not building a better society; they were enabling the very system that kept them poor and dependent. So when you say, “Won bi e sinu Oselu,” what you are really admitting is that you have chosen the same follow-follow path. You have no desire to challenge the system. You have no interest in change. You are simply continuing the same cycle you were born into.
That is the tragedy. You were raised inside a crooked system, taught to admire crumbs, and now you defend that dysfunction as if it were wisdom. But being born into corruption is not an excuse to become its next generation of loyal servants. If anything, it should be the reason to break the cycle, not glorify it.
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