Self-Economy Empowerment or Exclusive Conspicuous Consumer

In contemporary times where multitudes of Afrikan souls remain adrift of their own self-determined economic flourishing, have mainstream trappings become an addiction of self-economy denial and abandonment? The lure of (say) foreign designer labels and particular types of motor vehicles can be overtly conspicuous as symbols that can appear as though they reflect opulence. Of course, in rooted economic terms, products produced by the ‘economic’ functioning of others are intended to empower those from whom the goods are produced. Well, surely then it is also true that the consumer also benefits because of whatever advantages are deemed important from the acquisition. Or,  is there a little more to this?

If Afrikan souls are void of their own flourishing economy, then (amongst much else) there can be lack in producing stuffs of self-economy empowerment. Further, the Afrikan can be left in the economy-null position confined exclusively to a state of consumer in relation to the economy of others. This would be a lopsided picture to state the least in which Afrikan souls unnaturally produce not that which empowers themselves and cannot then opt to acquire their own (say) luxury vehicles.

See, lodged on the fringe outskirts of someone else’s economy as an exclusive consumer and acquiring goods and services from that economy is not the same as acquisition from within. For example, the European person buying a brand new Italian sports car, whatever the aesthetics may appear to be, is actually investing in the benefit of that European economy. The Afrikan soul buying that same Italian sports car, is also making an investment for the benefit of that European economy. Of course, void of rooted economic functioning and not producing (say) a sports car of self, the option to invest in self-economy in this way is non-existent.  In this state, if the Afrikan seeks to acquire such goods, in relation to self-economy, the Afrikan is non-investing and may then operate exclusively as consumer to others.    

Albeit the sports car example may not be specifically relevant to every Afrikan soul, yet illustratively this can be applied to a wide range of consumer activity from food stuffs to hair products and accessories. So, the importance of self-economy restoration and empowerment is vital and every upright step towards self-economy recovery is a contributory step in the thrust for the recovery of pinnacle civilisation.  In other words, for the Afrikan a flourishing self-economy is key for their natural norm of flourishing civilisation. Safeguarding against contaminants of ill, self-destructive wrongdoings and the like for upright thrust of civilisation is also important for civilisation’s thrust of self-economy.

Ujamaa Kiburi Siku is a wonderful part of the spiritual-cultural observance calendar of the Universal Royal Afrikan Nation. It takes place in the first week of June marking the time of significant occurrence both on the continent of Afrika and in the diaspora concerning Afrikan economy. Ujamaa Kiburi Siku as with the other observances on the Afrikan cultural calendar is just that – an observance. Therefore, wherever the Afrikan is whether at home, at a community gathering or elsewhere it can be observed.

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