u/PenielSamuel

Yes 😂

No sovereign nation allows illegal immigration. If you allow 1 illegal immigrant to live in your country peacefully you allow all illegal immigrants. The whole "African brothers and sisters" would not work if you put burden on other African brothers and sisters resources. And does not do Africa Benefit if you do not want to improve your nation.

Rather than slave your life away with dirt minimum jobs. Which could have been given to struggling citizens.

Heck if a illegal alien is arrested tax payer Money is spent feeding and clothing them. And if a illegal alien opens a business the business does not naturally pay tax so they never and do not benefit the economy in any way.

i have been asking myself this question for years. In Trolls, Trolls are little creatures whose whole existence revolves around happiness, music, dancing, friendship, and getting hunted by Bergens

BUT. If I spend enough time trolling people, at what point does trolling stop being something I do and become something I am? what even makes a Troll a Troll? Is it the hair? The music? Living in a tree? The cheerful personality? On what basis would you agree being a troll is? If Poppy switched bodies with a Bergen. And her personality and everything about her except the hair and size is different. Is she still a Troll? Is being a Troll something you are, or something you do? I can run without being a runner. I can lie without being a liar. I can steal once without becoming a thief. So can I troll without being a troll? Where's the line? At what point does something you repeatedly do become part of what you are? And how much trolling can i do to be somewhat of a Real troll.

(this was one of my fav shows growing up)

There are people who will get genuinely offended by this statement.

But its true. Sometimes I think we forget what a country is supposed to be. Over many generations, people build institutions, communities, infrastructure, make laws, build traditions, make and improve businesses, and a national identity. And pass it on to the next generation for them to do the same thing and so on. Thats what built so many great nations and empires.

True, Botswana has plenty of problems of its own. We have certain cultural issues we need to change, institutions that need to improve, economic problems that needs to be addressed, and social issues that we cannot simply blame on outsiders. BUT Those problems we have to confront as Batswana.

It doesn't matter how far behind we think we are compared to other countries. It doesn't matter how much work needs to be done. We cannot use our current position as an excuse to stop building ourselves as Batswana. Japan, Korea and Singapore built themselves from their own people.

We need to actually build and rebuild. Our nation from our industries, infrastructure, to even fix our country education, our skills and our culture .

We shouldn't be so focused on what foreigners are doing for us that we ignore our own failures. If someone from another nation keeps on doing something for many years and we cannot find a single Motswana to replace or learn their skilll during that time we would have failed.

At the same time, we shouldn't be afraid to discuss illegal immigration, I mention this topic all the time lol. But if you cannot genuinely find any Batswana Artisans or builders, and even replace cheap labour with technology, then we have failed as a nation.

We shouldnt be afraid to discuss population changes, foreign ownership, foreign investment, land, businesses and control of important parts of our economy. The goal shouldn't simply be to fully have foreigners come here and build Botswana for us. Where are the Batswana artisans? Where are the Batswana workers? Where are the Batswana Businessmen? ( They are there sure but is it at it's required level?)

Botswana should actually foster an environment, that helps make sure that any job a Motswana is not qualified for at the moment They should learn to be, That's how historically we managed to manage this country after the British left. They kept them long enough while training citizens to take over till they didn't need them no more.

Foreign investment is useful. Immigration can have benefits. But none of these things should come at the expense of Botswana's ability to determine its own future. (i am 100% for foreign investment But if 100 percent of our businesses and sectors are from those then we would be a host to parasites.It is difficult for the country to directly benefit and peoples chances of competing with established businesses from scratch are very low. Those businesses will just be a money mule for whoever owns them, and it would be difficult for Batswana to get experience in getting and building it's own things to compete with the world (When are we going to have strong Native businesses and sectors which are worldwide?) Most as we currently speak have incredibly little spending power.

There is nothing wrong with wanting Botswana to remain a country where Batswana have great stakes in our own economy, have citizens who can and eventually replace foreign workers, in skill we don't have. Or even in jobs we rob our minimum wage workers off, they also have families and themselves to feed. So why prioritize cheap labour from the outside? When we have thousands of Batswana who can do it? What happened to Botswana first?

The nation is called Botswana for a reason because Batswana have to come first, it doesn't have to mean right away, but we should be making an environment that makes sure that happens without any real issues.

The people who built this country before us had a responsibility to leave something behind for us citizens.We have the same responsibility for our children, children's children and children's children's children. And so on.

And like I said I have no problems with foreign businesses But if we don't have native businesses to compete with them. Then it's genuinely over for us. That is economic colonization.

We should fix our own problems, if we don't take responsibility for the future of our own country, who will?

Things like engineering, technology, research, architecture, music, film, art, and innovation all require funding and support before they can become successful industries. However, government money comes from economic activity, so if the economy is not generating enough revenue, it becomes harder to fund these areas.

If Botswana does not invest in creativity, science, and new industries, how do we diversify our economy?

But if Botswana spends heavily on these areas and they do not quickly generate returns, does that reduce the money available for other important needs?

A country cannot wait until it is rich before developing the capabilities that make it rich.

This is what i have noticed about this in detail

1. You need money to diversify the economy.

2.But the money for that investment has to come from somewhere. The government doesnt have unlimited money. Most of its money ultimately comes from economic activity, and if that economy is small and still heavily dependent on a few sectors like mining and tourism, there is little room to keep putting huge amounts of money into risky long term projects.

3.The obvious solution to invest heavily in new industries, is risky.
The government could spend millions trying to build a technology sector, creative industry, research institutions or manufacturing, and it might take years before any of that actually makes money back. And while you're waiting for those investments to pay off, the same money could have gone toward roads, schools, healthcare, water, housing, or other needs.

4. But not investing creates another problem.
   If Botswana keeps focusing only on todays problems and the industries we already have, then how are we ever supposed to build the industries that will create more wealth tomorrow? We can't keep waiting until we are rich enough to diversify, 'cause diversification is part of how we become rich in the first place

its like a Trap and The Botswana Government understands it VERY well.

Botswana is already trying to diversify its economy. We have NDP 12, the National Transformation Strategy, local procurement programmes, youth enterprise funding, and policies aimed at developing manufacturing, agriculture, tourism, ICT and the creative industries.

I must say most of what they say and are planning to do go in the right direction but there are a couple of things they just dont outright do or mention. For example, saying “develop manufacturing” isn't enough. What specific manufacturing capabilities are Botswana going to build? Which companies? What products? What technology? What export markets? What infrastructure? What skills? And What happens if the companies receiving support remain uncompetitive?

i don't disagree with the sectors NDP 12 has chosen. My concern is whether Botswana is doing enough to build the environments for those sectors to properly thrive?

But we will see really. (Welll while actually working and doing our part)

But in yalls opinion what do you think of how Botswana can escape the dilemma

There's millions of illegal immigrants and legal ones who do not adhere to western values. And yet there are people who will fight tooth and nail for them. Governments basically don't care. And you'll be called a racist and bigot for pointing it out?

IT'S NOT RACIST OR BIGOTED to say "I don't care who you are but, the future of my country should be in my own people's hands"

I notice the same with Canada too.