This is far from certain. The older people are more likely to put in better perspective all they have fought for all their years, now being friterred away by gross ineptitude.
The ASUU president Professor Ogunyemi brought back a poignant reminder that all they fought for in the past which brought better remunerations in the 90s have now been frittered away so that a professor of 20 years standing now earns far less than the remunerations they fought for in the 90s so that such professors now earn just a paltry $1000 a month ( thanks to forced devaluation of the national currency due to the political ineptitude of successive administrations) compared to their diasporan contemporaries, that they have to sit their own university student wards and children who are getting struggle - weary down, and convince them why they ( the older adults) have to keep up the struggle, while their children are among the students forced to sit at home.
So this demonstrates the older generation may be prone to more struggle because they no longer have much to protect.
Also, I have had to remind my American Black students who do not take their studies seriously that their older adults fought for the rights to be in college which they treat with levity by oerennial class absenteeism.
OAA
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From: Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovdepoju@gmail.com>
Date: 07/06/2021 15:09 (GMT+00:00)
To: usaafricadialogue <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Thought For Today
the older people are less likely to rebel bcs they want to protect what they have achieved
On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 at 10:56, Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:
A Nigerian writes from abroad urging rebellion in Nigeria, no problem about that, only that his family is with him abroad. Does that ring a bell as per urging rebellion in Nigeria?
I am not against rebellion, but those urging rebellion should be ready to loose as much as the other participants.
For example, if I am participating in a rebellion with a youngster of early 20s, chances are that such youngster would loose much more than myself.
I do not need further formal education, the youngster does. I am married for 29 years now with grown children, the youngster isn't. I have made appreciable advancement in my careers, the youngster does not even have a career yet.
If both of us are killed or incacerated, who, in practical and realistic manner lost more?
The youngsters can join rebellion, but should be stationed in sectors where consequences are minimal.
-Chidi Anthony Opara (CAO)
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