Jefta

My generation has this parasitic mindset, highly influenced & infected by modern media exposure. Most don’t even realize how much they are constantly being programmed through movies, music, magazines, podcasts, news outlets etc. But then again, most aren’t exposed to anything else other than. Culture and traditions are practices that worked; tried & tested. These practices ensured survival, well being & they eliminated threats to humanity peculiar to their respective environments. As in, the Aawambo practices are likely not to work in the San communities etc. These practices are passed down to the newer generations, they’re supposed to adjust & improve the system to work better with newer technologies(version 1 to version 1.2) not to eradicate the whole system. I mean, if you compare how things are now to, say 1945, you wouldn’t believe parents used to send their kids to deliver messages to their neighbors were they had to walk over 1km, like; “what? That’s slavery, can’t they just send an SMS?”, that was version 1.0. “Wait, what do you mean our grandmothers used open fires to cook a meal? 😳 That’s Slavery! periodT!” Nope, version 1.0. I however acknowledge, It’s difficult for the newer generations to understand the purposes of cultural continuity since they never experienced any of the threats that were eliminated by these practices & their predecessors also never explained why. To be fair, most of them also didn’t know why. So things like, e.g. “Never spill water at night” will never make sense to AMA-2000, They be like(in their cartoon English) “but, why? the warra is dirry”. Things like “We need to go hunting” will never make sense when they can just buy a pack of eggs from Woolworth for 399. However, nature always balances itself out, it already gave you a glimpse with Covid-19. Practices like: arranged marriages, polygamy, the recently talked about “iitalapata”, cattle posts, the ploughing of land, hunting, traditional medicines etc are all results of a solved issue. They are overshadowed by the western practices due to the fact that, that’s all we are being shown & to be honest, it looks good on TV. So their cultures will look progressive compared to our own: 2 kids, suburb home, 1 wife, a gardener, helper & a whole medicine cabinet.. like Wow! But this works well in their environments, as it should. We then adapt these practices & we feel very progressive. Somewhere down the line, our chain of commands neglected the continuity process & things are already starting to backfire, high divorce rates, high illnesses & health issues, population collapse, high mental health issues, high hormonal disorientations, high fertility issues, high food costs, over sexualized societies etc. There is nothing new under the sun, all these issues we are experiencing were once experienced and addressed. It’s inevitable that we will go back to our cultures & improve our respective versions, it’s just a question of when.