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Nairobians and their class differences.....

So I like wearing power branded shoes sold by bata, some like weinbreinners and there are people who u really don't understand that wear sketchers. This is the most basic way of describing the different levels that we have in Nairobi, by levels I mean classes. There are those who treat crocs like something you wear around the yard while others may have it as a Sunday best. Don' t ask me if i have actually seen this but I'm sure it happens regularly.  Class isn't a new thing , from the aristocracy all the way to the caste system in India the classes have been clearly defined for millennia. I have a personal theory about this, with such a large population and there being such a powerful hunger to survive, people decided to try and define their difference between themselves and the others. When we first existed, the human race had such a low population that we required each other to survive. People may have existed like the bushmen of south africa where there were units of

Nairobians need to understand how they are controlled .....

I am quite sure that this applies to all people and not just Nairobians but since they are the only people I know ,I am better off bringing that up. The other day I was listening to a Ted talk about whether we believe our decisions are our own. The speaker had a really valid point in that a company can give you three choices; one that is good ,the next that is bad and the third that would be otherwise the best. Due to the presence of the bad deal, most people would chose the the best deal which essentially makes the company more money and gives the purchaser products that they may other wise not use. This applies to a lot of things that we are manipulated into doing or using. All this can be termed into simple good marketing but when your very routines and ability to perform is under manipulation then it becomes a major problem.  I grew up in three different places but they were all at most 15 minutes from my primary school so I essentially saw the same things within a long period of t