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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
They do have a vast, incredibly complex spy network around the world (the War Dogs), so it's possible the War Dogs run some kind of shell corporation international trade to give the royal family the wealth to get around international countries.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."Assuming nearly everything the Border Tribe does is visible to the public, they likely would've made a stir in the scientific community by being able to domesticate rhinos and ride them in combat, something history has no verifiable record of as achievable
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Maybe they are simply using a lot of shell corporations to trade with the outside world. Officially Wakanda remains a poor country that occasionally sells some fine quality textiles that should take the backward country they appear to be a whole year and not a couple of hours to produce, but they may own a lot of companies across the world that sell trade in various "standard" goods that Wakandan tech allows to produce just as easily (only this time they pretend they were produced somewhere else). And Vibranium seems to allow a level of technology that allows them to live in a self-sufficient way.
As for Shuri being aware of memes, I don't think it would be too hard for her to hack the Internet. She probably even has a small server somewhere that performs regular backups of the whole Internet every night.
Whatever your favourite work is, there is a Vocal Minority that considers it the Worst. Whatever. Ever!.I'm reminded that Christopher Priest in his Deathstroke comic introduced Matthew Bland the Red Lion who is essentially Black Panther but evil.
And he is evil, being a huge racist who regularly engages in ethnic genocide to keep his precious country under heel.
Whats scary is probably a sizable sect of Wakanda's population would most likely love to have him as a leader over T'Challa.
Edited by slimcoder on Apr 23rd 2021 at 1:17:26 AM
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."I feel like we're conflating "wealthy" with "self-sufficient". Wakanda doesn't need the world's money if it can produce everything it needs for itself. You only need to trade if you, well, need to trade. It is clear that Wakanda doesn't.
I don't really want to get into the scientific issues around their giant shield, such as thermodynamics. It would be impossible to conceal the infrared output from satellites, for one thing. But as long as they can make everything then need or want using their own technology, they're fine.
Calling them wealthy or not then becomes a matter of semantics. Their standard of living is clearly extremely high as judged by the availability of food, housing, medical care, etc. If there is no established exchange rate between Wakandan currency and, say, dollars, then "per-capita GDP" is a meaningless figure.
Edited by Fighteer on Apr 23rd 2021 at 6:32:41 AM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Well, they are self-sufficient, but also wealthy, since T'Challa was able to buy buildings left and right without a second thought. So even if they are a completely autonomous Hidden Elf Village they still have enough money to be wealthy by the standards of the rest of the world.
Then again, maybe the Wakandan royalty has been simply making wise financial investments over the years. It is not unheard of after all to have the royal family of even a poor country to be very wealthy.
Whatever your favourite work is, there is a Vocal Minority that considers it the Worst. Whatever. Ever!.In the comics, T'Challa also traveled abroad for his schooling, which is why in the comics he's an Omnidisciplinary Scientist.
Disgusted, but not surprised![]()
That would make significant sense. Wakanda obviously has an international diplomatic presence as evidenced by its seat at the U.N., so it's reasonable to expect that its royal family would engage in some trading and have access to some wealth.
Edited by Fighteer on Apr 23rd 2021 at 6:55:16 AM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Man's got a Ph D from Oxford.
He's technically a doctor of something.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."I can understand. Getting your papers published can be a gruesome ordeal your don't want to see your favourite hero going through.
Whatever your favourite work is, there is a Vocal Minority that considers it the Worst. Whatever. Ever!.Even as far back as T’Challa’s first Avengers stint he much preferred teaching to being an Avenger or kinging
Although often it seems he prefers anything to kinging
Forever liveblogging the Avengers@slimcoder The idea that T'Challa prefers being a scientist over being a hero was introduced in the Coates run which has been... controversial to say the least due to introducing stuff like chieftains abusing their power and civil unrest in Wakanda. Some also see T'Challa choosing science over his throne or superheroing as contradicting previous continuity and causing Badass Decay.

In other continuities like animated series, Wakanda actually did export some Vibranium to the rest of the world. It's how T'Challa paid for his university education abroad.
Disgusted, but not surprised