I believe so much in the bro code and this might be because I believe people are the real value or asset we have. Why? They're movable, they have thoughts, they're flexible, they're expandable and they grow in knowledge over time. There are no assets with such qualities that cannot be compromised with time, change, or trends. But people can choose to be uncompromisable, irrespective of the incentive.
They can choose to stand with the people they are endeared to even if it means losing incentives that might better their lives. In reality, losing money hurts, but losing good and loyal people hurts more. This is because good people are evolutional assets, with them we can make more, without them, we cannot. In fact, we lose the value, love, loyalty, and attributional qualities of growth they bring.
This is quite dissimilar to bad people.
When we lose bad people, we're lifted, happy to be spared of the baggage they bring especially if they were treacherous, and when we lose them or chase them away, we grow exponentially in that area, where they were Achilles heels to us. It's important to understand the standing of people because if people can't refute standing against us, there's a chance they can do so if or when they're incentivized to do so.
The "enemy of my enemy" concept is what I believe so much in, this is because if people I love or value wouldn't see an enemy where I see one, it means they can dine with these people against me, subconsciously or consciously. There are grey areas, but there are aspects of life where it's just black or white. A choice is often inevitable when it comes to loyalty.
Money is a big incentive, and because we're humans it's quite difficult to withstand the incentive to betray others,
.......especially if the price of that betrayal seems financially life-changing. When Hive was almost born, people had to pick sides, and those who wouldn't stand with hive or were indecisive were considered enemies of the new republic of hive. This is because we needed numbers.
The more people who were willing to withstand Justin Sun, the more the need for a new revolution. If a lot of people were unwilling to fight Sun, hive might have been created, but the chain might have not flourished as it did at the initial stage, which was the most crucial stage.
In fact, during the hostile takeover, alliances were formed between unfamiliar people due to the concept of "the enemy of my enemy", anyone who revolted against Justin Sun was seen as a true believer, and this is because these people choose, freedom, community, decentralized over money and puppetry.
Alliances and bonds are created through loyalty and this is why I completely abhor or kill situation-ships where people would deem it normal to dine with those I deem to be treacherous or toxic because they stand to gain monetary or non-monetary incentives.
When I was younger, business people had associations where they made decisions on things like the selling price of their product, and anyone who still went ahead to sell lower or higher was considered the black sheep of the association, hence, they cannot be trusted or seen as a viable member of such market community.
In reality, everyone has a bit of envy, greed, fear, jealousy, and a whole lot of other sentimental stuff, but every day, people train themselves to attain some level of immunity against some of these animalistic natures. Man's default nature is tainted.
Back in the days, of the slave trade era, people would exchange their family members, for exotic drinks, and some would betray their friends to have a piece of mirror, but because we've begun to advance as humans, we've begun to realize that, while there are animalistic tendencies to us, we do not need to succumb to these because of materialism, or the prospect of wealth, because this is the biggest incentive.
In Conclusion
At the end of the day, I want to believe that, loyalty builds alliances, when people are divided in their ideologies, it allows for indecisiveness, which can lead to exploitation. This is one of the reasons why Nigerian is one of the wealthiest nations in the world, yet the standard of living of her citizens is amongst the poorest in the world. People are indecisive as a result of bigotry, religion, tribalism, or money, while they forget what matters most; good governance and a working system.
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