We talk of scamps, criminals and suspicious, degenerate characters so much. In the national media we find so little to inspire us, motivate us, lift our spirits. Guyanese around the world look at their nation, and feel grave sadness.
Whatever degenerate soul we became as a Guyanese people, our national social space filled with strife, dissent, cuss outs, accusations and lawsuits and scandals and character assassinations and maligning of reputations, the Guyanese nation today stands at a sad crossroad. We suspect everyone of being a scamp. We look at our leaders, in Government, business and Parliament, with grave suspicion.
We face the future talking of negative, dark things.
Is this the way we are as a people?
Guyanese today harbour a degenerate social space, despite our blessed natural landscape and peaceful resourcefulness. We don’t see and feel how great a blessing this country is, in the grand scheme of a broken world. Instead we see ourselves as pitiable, degraded, victims, lost in a wilderness of strife and verbal fights.
Now the sugar workers stay home in protest strikes, and the Opposition takes to the streets and villages in national public protest, which, hopefully, do not descend to violence.
Government failed to work to secure its democratic soul, with local government elections on hold for upwards
