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<p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Before you read, please note, this might be a biased view as it isn't centered on any research; totally my thoughts in writing, and your view might differ. You’re free to share your thoughts in the comment box.</span></p><p>That said, I recently had a conversation with a friend that got me thinking deeply. I realized something: society mirrors its economy. Whatever system a nation practices, socialism, capitalism, or a mix, eventually shapes how its people think, live, and interact.
</p><p>In secondary school, I was taught that Nigeria operates a mixed economy, a balance between government control and private enterprise. But when I look around today, that balance seems long gone. What I see now is a full-blown capitalist culture, survival of the fittest at every level.
</p><p>You can see it everywhere. Landlords now fund vigilante groups for security, even the hike of housing costs, banned goods are never truly banned. Businessmen hustle round the clock to sustain themselves without any form of state support. Even acts of “help” often come with conditions, a transaction dressed as compassion.
</p><p>And it hits harder because, by design, Nigeria was meant to be a communal society. Our roots, cultural and religious, teach us to care for one another, or at least that's what I was taught. Yet, here we are, living like islands in a sea of self-preservation.
</p><p>Maybe it’s the disillusionment. Maybe it’s the government’s uneven policies that seem to drain hope out of the average person, move by move, like a chess game where the people are the pawns.
</p><p>Still, I can’t shake the thought that maybe the problem isn’t that Nigerians don’t care. Maybe it’s that the system has pushed everyone into corners where caring feels like a luxury.
</p><p>Because when survival becomes the only goal, humanity starts to fade. And that’s the mirror our economy now holds before us.</p><p>In summary, the Latin phrase ceteris paribus (all things being equal) or some sense of equilibrium is far from the entity called Nigeria.</p><p>
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