Systemic Mentality has failed Guyana

Jul 11, 2022 Letters

Dear Editor,

In white ruled countries, minority groups protest what is known a systemic discrimination, this is a practice done to non-white people and the gay and lesbian community, going on so long, it has become the accepted normal, even the perpetrators and victims at times don’t know it is discrimination as it has become a normalised systemic mentality.
The current carnage being tolerated in Guyana’s oil, mining, forestry, agriculture, and daily social life, was caused, by the handing over of Guyana’s wealth to foreign interest by both the PNC and PPP, yet citizens continue to defend and support the two political parties as being more important than the well-being of themselves, their families and Guyana as a whole, they won’t protest for their rightful share from the vast wealth of Guyana, as party allegiance is more important, these citizens would rather stay poor and turn to begging and crime, risking death or imprisonment, such is the systemic mentality.
The business community in Guyana, gets less concessions than the foreign businessmen, pays taxes and duties unlike the exempted foreigners and yet they stay silent, no other country’s business community would accept this but Guyana’s, such is the systemic mentality.
The recent cruise ship job fair drew thousands of enthusiastic hopeful Guyanese, whom instead of fighting for their fair share of Guyana’s wealth and become pampered guests on the cruise ships, they instead have chosen to become bellhops, kitchen staff, servers, janitors, and maids living below deck away from the fun and risk seasickness and other diseases, such is the systemic mentality.
The diaspora instead of uniting and protest for Guyana’s cause, waste time in online chat forums, hiding behind their keyboards and smartphones posting comments as if the 1964 riots is still going on, such is the systemic mentality.
The parliamentarians who sold out Guyana’s wealth, how much did they sell it out for? Past leaders of other countries who sold out their country’s wealth valued less than Guyana’s, owns mansions on the French Rivera and other nice places in Europe, owing luxury yachts and luxury cars, our corrupt leaders are still in Guyana pushing white elephant projects for kickbacks, as once in government, just be corrupt and give away the wealth, whether it makes sense or not, such is the systemic mentality.
This systemic mentality in Guyana have now contributed to, wrong triumphing right, hate triumphing love, divisiveness triumphing inclusiveness, corruption triumphing accountability, secrecy triumphing transparency, lies triumphing truth, stupidity triumphing sensibility, arrogance triumphing respect, crime triumphing justice, evil triumphing good, selfishness triumphing compassion, and this list can go on and on.
The poor and vulnerable of Guyanese whom are victims of daily injustice in Guyana, seem to have resigned themselves to acceptance of this injustice, instead of protesting for what is rightfully theirs, they go about struggling to make a living, waiting on elections to vote and watch the election scoreboard, hoping their party wins, meanwhile Guyana gets drilled, carved, sliced, and diced and the leaders preach nonsense whenever questioned on Guyana’s wealth and environment as, the leaders are allowed to destroy Guyana with no consequences whatsoever, which is exactly what they do regularly, such is the systemic mentality.
Glenn Lall on his one of his recent show said he wants to go to the jungle and live with the animals, as he can’t stand the insanity anymore, sorry Glenn, at the current rate of destruction even the jungle and the animals will be destroyed too, you will have to find another place for your sanctity.

R. David

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