Fun fact about Somaliland: despite it not being recognized by most of the world (Israel kinda does but only because they wanted to do shit opposite Yemen) and being seen as a “breakaway state”, it’s actually richer, more stable, safer, and more developed than the Country it broke away from: Somalia.
Art of the deal
Submitted 9 hours ago by Gonzako@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 hours ago
Aarkon@discuss.tchncs.de 8 hours ago
I’ve got no data to prove or disprove this gut feeling of mine, but aren’t most separatist movements motivated like this?
lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
Abbiistabbii reminding us that the things the governments tell us about anti-state movements (like the idea that without their government there is no law or morals) aren’t exactly true, they’re only a biased perspective from those scared of losing power over the public. Fwiw I don’t think any group is ‘bad’ just because they got together and separated from state control, I think it’s great that can still happen.
Agent641@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Motivated by it, yes, often. Successful at it? Rarely.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
That’s a samsung
MasterNerd@lemmy.zip 37 minutes ago
That’s his phone, not the phone he’s trading for. Idk why he needs another phone but there are plenty of possible reasons
jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
Thing is, you could use the AK to simply take the iPhone.
Hupf@feddit.org 2 hours ago
Are you crazy? There’s police nearby.
LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
The fool, once you have the AK you just rob them at gunpoint for the iPhone
canniest_tod@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Yes. That Somali AK is undoubtedly full auto and the gobermint won’t let me buy one commercially because apparently we live in soviet russia… which is where AKs come from.
Don’t hassle me about this.
Siegfried@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Somali Gobermint is refreshing AF
jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
That’s some trigger discipline even on the magazine.
aviationeast@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Depending on where you are at, might be the safest choice. Bring an extra and make nuco the deal includes the bullets.
Gonzako@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
The way I see it is youre not getting past the airport with an AK. So an iphone for renting an AK isnt a good deal
EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
You can ship it to yourself quite easily if you follow customs regs.
Easier if you sneak it in with cargo that just gets tossed on a truck as soon as it comes in. That’s cheaper but riskier though.
Ulvain@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
That’s a great deal - most people would agree to trade their phone for a single bullet
KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 59 minutes ago
I do the deal then immediately rob him with my new gun, by this action he will realize I’m American and we’ll pivot to doing dance videos on tiktok