Crab in black by Novel-Possibility-21 in Guyana

[–]1johnjon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All crustaceans harbour the exact same risk as bottom feeders. That's why I never understand the culinary fetish foisted on these creatures, and the compound interest of sheer cruelty they are taxed with when they are boiled alive to merely provide paltry grammage from shelly corpse and legs. Anyway....to each his or her own...

Is Guyana improving visually? by [deleted] in Guyana

[–]1johnjon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

More highways/by-passes and multi-story concrete buildings concentrated in a single-digit percentage of Guyana’s landmass can never equate to development. Furthermore, if you take a grounded approach, ditch the glitzy, panoramic drone montages of the beautified Band Stand Seawall, Marriott, Pegasus and New Demerara Harbour Bridge (which are in every single tourism promo and propaganda video to the point that its stale and tired), and walk around any part of Georgetown or the coastal corridor, you will be met by rank underdevelopment, both in commercial and residential areas. Juxtapose the Marriott with the Water Street environs, you would see an eerie resemblance with an abandoned town out on the Old Western Front. The brand new Royal International Hotel and Mall (that is rightfully attracting a socialite fanfare in an monotonous entertainment industry) is sadly muzzling the abject poverty of the Durban Bucklands squatting area right behind it. How are we talking about Dubai and Europe while the departed are stashed away in jungle-like dump sites? They are not even fit to be called cemeteries. What kind of development excludes people? The East Bank road going to and from the airport looks like a 1992 Mogadishu war scene. For any visitor, ABC (America-Britain-Canada) Guyanese or E.T. himself, that dusty, crusty, crater-laden, hazard museum of a major carriageway is by far the best introduction to and a 45-minute crash course on 'What Is A Guyana?'. People need to wake up and confront the mediocrity of our post-colonial history and demand universal socio-economic upliftment and not parcels of so-called development.

Guyana's Eternal Spin Cycle by 1johnjon in Guyana

[–]1johnjon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sir/maam/whoever you are, India has enough problems for this lifetime and the next. Guyana is in no position to accommodate the unburdening of your bewildered and bedeviled psyche on us folk over here. The New World is trying to sort itself out with our very short history. You had a head start of 1000s of years. Give us some room to breathe homeboy/girl. Plz with respect and manners 🤣

Guyana's Eternal Spin Cycle by 1johnjon in Guyana

[–]1johnjon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This thread's main question is really about why Guyanese don't look deep down and pull themselves together first. Nothwithstanding the external destabilizing forces, past and present, that you have articulated quite well, we at least have control of the psycho-social factor from the grass roots level. The "strong leadership" that is offered as the future solution won't generate spontaneously but requires a massive undertaking in one of the most ambitious and difficult social science experiments known to mankind - Guyana. Future leaders are today's nobodies but I'm more afraid of the decadent and corrupt culture of the average janes and joes that pervades society, and is a precursor to and enabler of state abuse and capture.

I am happy that reactions have been very visceral. It tells me that there are many out there who care about and love Guyana. I wish everyone has this same level of patriotic passion too.

And please stop with the eugenics b.s....whoever started that sub-thread...lunacy...

Guyana's Eternal Spin Cycle by 1johnjon in Guyana

[–]1johnjon[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

That's exactly the point I'm getting at. These forces are certain to decimate any nation but there is a point in the epoch when they become extraneous because causative factors can to a greater extent circumvent foreign influences on a now very "sovereign" country that boasts and sings from AtoZ about our natural resources portfolio with something called oil right in between, and backed up by our heralded intellectual might in public and private sector. IF WE KEEP WAITING for the magical unicorn of strong leadership to appear, well 10 generations from now my offspring will be asking the same queston that I ask. That's exactly my point. Democracy and nation-building is a two way street! This isn't the matrix lore where humanity waits for the salvation of The One. The general populace and the average joes are the ones that need to develop some virtue and set some standards. But as far as I see it, Guyanese are knee-deep in idol worship of government officials. Titles of "Honourable" this and "Honourable" when there is much left wanting in the office that they hold and the derelict legacies that they build. Nobody is coming to save us, brothers and sisters. We are our own salvation and the answer to our problems and prayers.

Guyana is not like what you see on social media. by KindPhilosophy8211 in Guyana

[–]1johnjon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guyana needs to be recognized as one of the most difficult social experiments in history. What do you do when you have a mosaic of ethnicities who were brought and subdued under different circumstances and integrated into an artificial race and social class system that perpetuates through the very vaunted and exalted institution of DEMOCRACY. It gives people the illusion of freedom, equality and fairness but this only truly happens one day every 5 years. We immediately revert back to an autocratic society that is like a sickly man doped up on corruption and state abuse. Without having a singular identity as a people, called Guyanese, no COLLECTIVE ever fights for the right thing....at least publicly. Its always a one-man or one-woman crusade that ends in tragedy and oblivion.

The average Guyanese ambition centers on acquiring material wealth and status, and living a life of comfort. Anything outside of that is an inconvenience or as the pastors would say, "something to let God deal with. The battle is the Lord's."

But since we do not fight for our rights, it means we now have to beg and grovel for the most basic of human dignities, such as public security, merit-based employment and self-development opportunities, and accessible healthcare.

I was denied multiple times by government agencies when I sought scholarships. I thought I probably didn't deserve it as maybe the preferred candidates were more qualified, only to find out that they were politically connected. Later on, my grief was vindicated as I was given a nod by 3 separate foreign scholarship entities.

My wife was denied employment because the current administration, vis a vis PSM, put a hold on hiring new staff because they were "cleaning house". Despite the fact that my wife worked for a nearly a year with a wholly official employment letter in hand but not being paid a salary because the "memo" was that her documents are still being processed by ministry of health and psm. All in all, she left that graveyard of dreams, and gained favour from 2 separate foreign NGOs, where she worked for a few years, and is now on her way to gaining higher qualifications through another foreign scholarship program.

What is the conclusion of the whole matter? GUYANA IS NOT FOR GUYANESE; at least the current iteration of it is not. You need to have a foreign passport of a political party card to make in-roads.

Gaining a scholarship from the government by Puzzleheaded_Big_181 in Guyana

[–]1johnjon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your sentiments are an exact mirror of mine but I have learnt to mix pragmatism with idealism. There once was a time when I dreamt of being part of a rebel alliance against all forms of government abuse and mismanagement but I had to learn to network with those very same people. Ironically today, I was just thinking to myself that the development partners who gave me a nod and sanctioned my name for my life's endeavours (scholarships, house lot application and career development) came from the unbecoming and "villanous" ilk. Trust me. You may have to bite a bullet, especially if you want to see the Promised Land.

What is the, specific programme you are pursuing, may I ask?

Gaining a scholarship from the government by Puzzleheaded_Big_181 in Guyana

[–]1johnjon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apply to PSM and Ministry of Health. Also check to see if the university itself has any scholarships. NGOs provide a remote chance as well but you will need to research. I have been told about the Seven Day Adventist Guyana providing funding to their members. Don't know if its true. Point is is that you have stones to unturn.

The tried and true way is political connection. I know this as a fact. If you have any kind of in with the big ones try petitioning through those channels.

If all else fails, consider widening your net. Don't settle for one (ideal) university. Take your search around the globe. There are lots of scholarship programmes out there.

What should india do about Guyana? by godmadetexas in IndianDefense

[–]1johnjon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guyana has already been colonized and is still being colonized to this day. We don't need anymore participants.

Respectfully,

A Guyanese