http://jmcstrategies.com strategies for a developing world... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:50:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://jmcstrategies.com/reflections/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Henry Hogarth Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:04:50 +0000 http://jmcstrategies.com/reflections/#comment-97 I completely share this overview of our paralleled societies, having come to the same conclusions myself. But then, now what? WE must move beyond this divide and the divisive attitudes held on both sides of it, of course. One blockage point is our perception of the Western powers' preventing our progress by the policies which they apply when dealing with the Haitian State. WE have so lost our combativeness that our governments go along with them, rather than argue against them. WE still prefer to ask Westerners for development money-which we steal or waste- rather than take the necessary measures to expand our economy by paying fair wages, lending at equitable rates to another 20% of new entrepreneurs unknown/unrecognized by the established 2%... WE still cannot accept that Creole should be the language used throughout the education and legal systems. Worst of all problems: there is no WE I completely share this overview of our paralleled societies, having come to the same conclusions myself. But then, now what? WE must move beyond this divide and the divisive attitudes held on both sides of it, of course.
One blockage point is our perception of the Western powers' preventing our progress by the policies which they apply when dealing with the Haitian State. WE have so lost our combativeness that our governments go along with them, rather than argue against them.
WE still prefer to ask Westerners for development money-which we steal or waste- rather than take the necessary measures to expand our economy by paying fair wages, lending at equitable rates to another 20% of new entrepreneurs unknown/unrecognized by the established 2%...
WE still cannot accept that Creole should be the language used throughout the education and legal systems.
Worst of all problems: there is no WE

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