The storm is coming and its closer than ever before. We have no real military might not even a tank to speak of, we have no vast reserves of oil, and natural gas is a dubious reliance at best. We have no real standing in any international governing bodies and frankly we can count our embassies on foreign soil with one hand (don’t get all excited about consulates, out side of visas they are ornaments at best). So face the fact that we are nothing more than what we tell ourselves we are. We have no say in our own government (when is the last time you voted in a prime minster?), we do not have any input in the foreign policies of this nation, nor do we control the banks.
Our leaders through fate or folly have left us in a position of vulnerability, essentially at the whims of who or what ever has enough financial/political clout to do with this country as they see fit.
Has the question been asked as to the fate of Caricom, CSME in the light of the coming north American union and the strides of the EU?
Can we as a Caribbean region survive with each other?
If not, can we survive as a country truly independent? no foreign aid?
Are we willing to be tethered to a financial system that can crush us at any moment? knowing full well the current state of affairs up north?
There are a lot more questions like these that our “leaders” are unwilling to truthfully answer, unfortunately they are of the breed of being “pets” to the foreign powers. Is the need of cellphones, BMWs and plasma TVs so great that we will barter our lives away to the faceless evil over the ocean.
I say to you that with effort and determination we can as individuals and as a nation survive the coming hardships if we are willing to let go of what we were programmed to think and lust after.
Let us learn how to live on our own, let us learn to live on the very land we live on.
We can learn how to build and repair and maintain our critical systems,
we can live long healthy lives living off the fruit of our soil,
we can learn to work with our hands again.
It may not be as easy as pushing a button but it is easier than wearing a shackle chain.
