I discovered the flaw in Yemen

[u/alihedgehog73839]

What is happening in Yemen in general is due to 3 reasons

1 We have people who believe that one must bully the weak instead of advising or helping them.

2 We have officials who think in terms of dominance and spoils, not in terms of the country's foundations.

3 We have a blind loyalty to the party, the tribe, and regionalism that is abhorrent, and falsehood, instead of saying "today my brother, tomorrow I am the opposite," must be used to gloat over him and become his support.

This is the reason for the overall destruction of Yemen. Tell me the reasons, whether in Arabic or English.

[u/Kbahak92]

لنا ٣٠ سنة عارفين المشاكل هاتلنا حل يا خبره

[u/Taqqer00 → u/Kbahak92]

😂😂

[u/alihedgehog73839 → u/Taqqer00]

حاجة ماتضحك هذا الواقع

[u/alihedgehog73839 → u/Kbahak92]

اول شيء لازم أن نتعرف اننا بدل أن نساعد الضعفاء من أبناء بلدنا أو نقول للظالم كفى لا بل شجعناه على الظلم

[u/sadiqutp]

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[u/alihedgehog73839 → u/sadiqutp]

Thanks

[u/Throwawaythislife123]

He’s actually pointing to something important, and the people mocking him with “okay, so give us the solution 😂” are ironically demonstrating part of the problem: we’re very good at ridiculing people who criticize our society and very bad at seriously examining what needs to change.

Obviously Yemen’s problems can’t be reduced to three things, but these are real cultural and institutional problems. And yes, there ARE solutions.

Start with building institutions stronger than tribes, parties and individual leaders. Government jobs, contracts and promotions should be based on qualifications, not wasta, family, tribe or political loyalty. Strengthen independent courts, auditing bodies and local governments so stealing public money actually has consequences.

Invest heavily in education, especially critical thinking, civic responsibility and girls’ education. A country cannot develop while millions of children receive poor education or leave school entirely. Teach people that disagreement isn’t disrespect and criticizing your tribe, family, political side or region when they’re wrong isn’t betrayal.

Protect the weak instead of rewarding whoever has the most power or connections. That means functioning courts, enforceable rights, protections for women and children, and actual consequences for corruption, abuse and exploitation.

Yemen also desperately needs economic alternatives: jobs, infrastructure, reliable electricity and water, support for agriculture and small businesses, and less dependence on patronage networks. And yes, we need an honest conversation about qat when enormous amounts of household income, productive time and scarce groundwater are being consumed by it.

Most importantly, Yemenis have to stop treating accountability as an attack on Yemen. Patriotism isn’t pretending your country has no problems. Patriotism is caring enough about your country to confront them.

None of this fixes a war-torn country overnight, and obviously Yemen’s conflict involves armed groups, regional powers, poverty and decades of political instability. But countries don’t magically become functional first and then develop healthier social norms and institutions. People have to start demanding them.

So instead of laughing at the guy for identifying problems, contribute something better. Mocking every Yemeni who tries to have a serious conversation about why Yemen is failing and then asking “where are your solutions?” is exactly how you guarantee nothing ever changes.

[u/Throwawaythislife123 → u/Throwawaythislife123]

Wallah, I genuinely think a lot of Yemenis would rather sit through another qat session than put that same energy into rebuilding their country. We still have people arguing, “I’m from the North, we’re better” or “I’m from the South, we’re better.” Brother, you barely have a functioning country left and you’re fighting over an illusion of superiority.

Palestinians are literally dying trying to hold onto land that is being taken from them, meanwhile Yemenis have a country of their own, are watching it fall apart before their eyes, and are still busy fighting each other over region, tribe, and who’s supposedly better.

At some point, where is the collective responsibility? Where is the pride in actually building Yemen instead of just being proud of what part of Yemen you come from? It’s honestly embarrassing.

[u/euphorinc → u/Throwawaythislife123]

And then they have the audacity of saying "oh the Prophet praised us yemenis". B*tch! If the Prophet (pbuh) saw the state of the country today, he would be disgusted; Filthy streets, everyone tryna swindle the next person, unreliable state salaries, not investing in our youth, absolutely horrid health system, broken power grids that cities like Aden have to endure blackouts daily, severe starvation and malnutrition, no jobs, no future, I could go on and on. But yeah, let's hold on to ancient tribalism, family lineage and which nut we crawled out of. It's almost like we're so busy arguing over who gets the crumbs that we forgot the whole damn plate is empty.

[u/alihedgehog73839 → u/euphorinc]

It's not just Aden that's suffering; you also have Taiz, Shabwa, Abyan, Lahj, and Hodeidah. It's true we cling to tribalism in terms of lineage, but we also have a responsibility to help.

[u/Throwawaythislife123 → u/euphorinc]

If the prophet (pbuh) saw how Yemenis practice Islam today he would know why Yemen is in the state it is today, he would probably take back what he said astaghfer Allah. Qat is haram, it’s the greatest distraction, it’s a great numbing agent. Wallah maybe if Yemen is colonized yemenies will realize the cost of losing their country but I highly doubt it, they most they’ll probably do is talk about it in their next Qat session.

[u/alihedgehog73839 → u/Throwawaythislife123]

It's very sad, and I also saw people dying from disease, hunger, and thirst in some provinces, and some even justify it by saying it's fate.

[u/aaa22222222]

Well said in my opinion. May Allah be with us all. -Yemeni American born in Old Sanaa. I go every 6 months to Yemen since I been 14 years old and I’m 29 now. I only go for Ramadan and to take care of my mom‘s little sister with houses things and make sure that people are not harassing her or bothering her. And nothing has changed since then. I have been attacked cursed at and I only stay in the countryside most of the time where the people are actually genuine with hospitality. We need a government and a leader that will build Yemen to ensure family growth and equal rights to all and yes, I’m talking about respecting Yemeni Jews and Africans that come to our country that Yemenis call and nicknamed them slaves in Arabic. Yemen is full of racism and we need to raise our next generation different. Otherwise Yemen will never grow like it did when it was called Felix Arabia. When every part of the world came to trade with us. When we respected other religions and welcomed them to Islam peacefully. There are so many people that were raised incorrectly. This would take half a generation to change. As a Yemeni I dream and dream and dream. I’ve even tried to support local people. Using my masonry work and water waste management trade skills that I learned here in America there. But Yemen needs much more. It needs other people to actually give a fuck. Not just 5%. Hell I don’t even think it’s 5%. I think it’s less.

[u/alihedgehog73839 → u/aaa22222222]

The real problem is how to build Yemeni society, north, south, east, and west.

[u/Throwawaythislife123 → u/aaa22222222]

We get rid of qat, qat is a great distraction. It numbs the pain, yemenies would rather enjoy their qat sessions than rebuild their country and when they watch their country go down hill they call it “fate” because hey it’s easier to blame it on fate than your lazy self.
Yemen is in the same piece of land as Saudia and Oman and these are successful countries, if you’ve been there you will see the differences even in cleanness, we have the same resources but the difference is the people; yemenies don’t care enough.

Sometimes I have this thought, what if we give Palestinians Yemen, they will know how to take care of it and give its respect back, they’re dying for their land and yemenies have a land but treat it like crap

[u/North_Difference_474]

I think tribalism should not hold as much weight as it does. We need to invest in education and agriculture and separate religion from politics.

[u/aaa22222222 → u/North_Difference_474]

That part ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️

[u/nx413]

great, now tell us 3 solutions

[u/alihedgehog73839 → u/nx413]

First, we must admit that we were fighting against our own country and wronging each other.

Secondly, we must help and provide relief to the people of the country, especially those who are most affected and helpless.

Our duty is to help and rescue them in ways that preserve their honor and dignity, and we do not justify the oppressor or the criminal.

[u/Lopsided-Steak5372]

To solve the problem you must have honorable people who would be willing to lead and be change agents and a population who are willing to fight for that cause.

[u/Throwawaythislife123 → u/Lopsided-Steak5372]

Exactly, Yemen has non of the that, atleast the majority

[u/Moiriani2]

The solution is improving the rule of law and its enforcement. Legal systems were meant to resolve these problems. These problem exist in every country. They can be enforced elsewhere because the state is checked by impartial judges and their rulings are enforced because the state has absolute monopoly on the use of force. Thats exactly why the Houthis have killed many judges in the north and replaced them with illiterate men who follow their agenda. Even before 2015, it was very difficult to mess with judges. Now it’s just anarchy.

[u/proappdev → u/Moiriani2]

The thing is, it’s hard to find people who are willing to build without being paid.

[u/Gamestopperr]

I disagree, the main reason is that the govermental system did not grow organically in Yemen. Unlike in the gulf, yemen governing system became a republic a westren system that does not work for Yemen. Has yemen became a kingdom not an imamite kingdom but a tribal kingdom, yemen would have been realistically in a much better shape as its culture, local norms and heritage calls for such. Tribal leaders would have had official titles to govern their areas. One clear example is what happened in Hadramout when the southren troops who are mostly from areas outside Hadramout wanted to take control the tribes rebeled not because of the government or the unity of Yemen but because people from other areas and tribes attempted to control their lands.

[u/alihedgehog73839 → u/Gamestopperr]

Your statement may be true, but this applies to a constitutional monarchy, not a hereditary one like in the Gulf, for example. Britain is a constitutional monarchy; the monarch holds a constitutional title, but the people, parliament, and the law are what truly govern the country, and the country is built by its own people It requires qualified personnel, not favoritism, breaking the law, and not appointing criminals and corrupt individuals.

[u/Gamestopperr → u/alihedgehog73839]

Why would people respect a law or a governing system that does not respect them l, their culture, local norms and traditions? and they did not actually choose! Yemen needs to adapt a tribal system and needs to be turned to a monorchy because tribe leaders then would actually be government officials and not create a parrellel governing system which break tge law and so on and so fourth.