Dear Editor,
We live with so much fear and willingness to compromise on fundamental principles, instead of living with the purpose to improve the lives of the marginalized, so that when we leave this existence on earth, our time here would be reflected on as a legacy of good deeds. We sell our souls and the souls of the descendants of our ancestors for money and/or status. Are we so temporal, materialistic and stunted of mental aptitude that living with ambition and avoiding greed is insufficient for a good life?
The two greatest virtues are courage and giving, while the two greatest vices are cowardice and ingratitude. The purpose of life ought to embrace these virtues. Merely accumulating wealth for fame and glory, epitomizes greed, for insofar as you accumulate wealth beyond a level that allows you to live a comfortable and contented life, the excesses you accumulate in monies, assets and property are really a form of greed and selfishness that does no good for humanity and eliminates the virtue of giving and sharing. There will never be a utopia on this earth, however when the poverty class is the largest class in any nation, we have serious governance problems and it represents the cowardice and ingratitude of those who are in a position to uplift the poverty class.
The time will come, must come when the poverty class will organize and stand their ground against being economically disempowered, however they need leaders and leadership from any class that are fearless and who live a life of purpose to meaningfully contribute to alleviating poverty. With the consciousness that life is now and we should not look to the distant future to cure the current ills of society. It seems to me that we have to mobilize as a race within a multiracial environment to favourably change the disadvantaged state of most of the descendants of our ancestors. No other group is going to initiate this and certainly their contribution will invariably only come, when forceful demands are made for them to share the power and wealth.
When we have a National Security Advisor to the President of Guyana stating that the opposition mission is to “Disrupt the economy, destabilize the country, and destroy public buildings and public infrastructure.” We are in a bad place and action is needed now by the Opposition Leaders and their supporters to counter the innuendos and insinuations of the statement made by the National Security Advisor. We know that our fight has to be unified locally and internationally, because if we wait on this governing administration to uplift the lives of the poverty class, we will be digging our own graves. A country cannot be governed in a multi-racial manner, when the poverty rate of one group is double the poverty rate of any other race group, it simply means that the governance is not multi-racial but instead the governing administration is implementing racist policies, projects and programs.
I have no doubt the oil windfall that has been bestowed on Guyana in the form of over ten billion barrels via the grace of God and Providence is the wealth we have to share and allocate to significantly improve the livelihood of all Guyanese, especially those living in poverty. And to showcase a Guyana, where every single racial group has equity in prosperity and live with human dignity that will stand as a model to the world.
Sincerely,
Nigel Hinds
