Build not destroy
From reading the letters and stories in the daily papers in Guyana, it is obvious that Guyanese have entered the year 2014 with a new resolve to make things better for themselves. The contents of the stories suggest that Guyanese realize that, despite years of continuous growth, the economy is not working for them. The economic benefits of the successive growth years have gone to a few, even though it was the majority of Guyanese who made the sacrifice necessary to enable the economy to produce the results that it has produced in recent times. Many who are frustrated by the state of affairs are calling on their fellow Guyanese to join in being more assertive in their demands about the changes that they seek. Quite often people think of destructive militancy as a way of gaining attention and change, especially when they experience a sense of hopelessness. As these thoughts are processed, Guyanese should keep in mind the words of President Obama to the world in his first inaugural address in January of 2009, “… people will judge [us] on what [we] can build, not what [we] destroy.” Indeed, the fallout that results from overly defiant and aggressive action can do more harm than good at times as is seen today in some parts of the Arab world.
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Guyanese therefore need to look for alternative action, a constructive militancy, that gives them control over their lives and control over their government. Constructive militancy is good citizenship that calls for a different kind of participation in the economy, one in which Guyanese could