22/06/2025
Before you mock the so-called “lower class,” take a moment to reflect.
To the influencers and content creators who constantly ridicule struggling people—calling them smelly, lazy, broke, or “undateable”—let’s set the record straight:
Your fame and fortune are built on the very people you insult.
It’s not the wealthy who are watching your rants and comedy skits—they’re busy running businesses, attending meetings across continents, and living lives far removed from your content.
It’s the hustlers in the villages, the mama mbogas, mjengo workers, unemployed graduates, makangas, single mothers, and night guards—those scraping by—who are using borrowed data to stream your videos, tune in to your lives, and drive up your views. They’re the ones keeping your numbers (and your earnings) up.
And when you share your M-PESA paybill in moments of “emergency,” hoping for support, ask yourself—has Equity Bank or Safaricom ever sent you money?
No. It’s those same people you laugh at who send you 100 or 200 shillings—not because they have extra, but because they know what it means to struggle. They give not from wealth, but from empathy and lived experience.
And let’s be real—it’s not them taking loans to impress strangers online. That’s you. You’re the one flexing on credit and chasing clout.
Yes, everyone has the right to choose who they date. But mocking others for their hardship? That’s cruelty, not preference.
You may feel on top today, but life has a way of flipping the script. None of us controls our destiny completely.
So the next time you feel superior, pause.
Because often, it’s the very people you look down on who are quietly holding you up.
And as a Tindiret proverb goes:
“Sometimes, you don’t know the hand that feeds you—until you cut it.”
Disclaimer: These are just my thoughts. No hard feelings, bana.
— Captain Kemboi