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That's good! Fuck somalians!!Time for Americans to Understand an Uncomfortable Reality.⁣⁣⁣Many Americans don’t grasp this simple fact: In large swathes of the world, there is no real concept of 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗱 — especially fraud against the government. Instead, there is a widely accepted belief that getting away with whatever you can to benefit yourself and your tribe is not immoral, but virtuous.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣This isn’t theory. It’s something that has been described repeatedly by folks in the Peace Corps, U.S. military officers, diplomats, and contractors who worked firsthand in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa. They’ve told the same stories over and over.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣American officers controlling large contracts were routinely offered “gifts” — luxury watches, cash, favors — not explicitly labeled as bribes, but clearly intended to influence decisions. Others were encouraged to falsify records, inflate headcounts at dining facilities, or approve payments for work that was never done.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣The offers were often framed politely, even warmly, along the lines of 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 — because in those cultures, refusing such an offer is not seen as integrity. It is seen as an insult.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣According to those who witnessed it firsthand, when Americans refused to play along, they were treated as rude, uncooperative, or even immoral. The thinking wasn’t 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘥 — it was 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦?⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣Let this sink in — in many of these cultures, 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗗 𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗣𝗧. There is only loyalty to the tribe.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣That worldview is completely alien to Americans and much of the West. We are raised believing that institutions matter, laws apply to everyone, and integrity is non-negotiable. Those assumptions are the foundation of functioning governments and economies. Remove them, and societies collapse into the kind of economic and social chaos seen in places like… well… 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗔.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣So when people act shocked that massive fraud schemes — including the multi-billion-dollar Somali fraud cases in Minnesota — happen so easily, they’re missing the point. When you import large populations from cultures where fraud is normalized and tribal loyalty overrides law, this outcome is not an anomaly. It’s predictable.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣Introducing a fraud-based, tribal system into a society built on trust and rule of law is like introducing a lethal virus into a population with no immunity. It spreads quietly, rapidly, and destructively until the host begins to fail.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣So when Americans speak out about what’s happening in Minnesota or elsewhere — and demand accountability or deportation for offenders — it is 𝗻𝗼𝘁 “racism,” 𝗻𝗼𝘁 “bigotry,” and 𝗻𝗼𝘁 “xenophobia.” It is an effort to preserve the American tradition of lawful institutions, public trust, and national integrity.Credit: M.A. Rothman