We complain already that we are treated like second class citizens in our own country and we see people from outside being allowed/authorized by our two governments to do things that we are fully capable of doing. Yet, it seems as if all we do is complain without taking any assertive action.
What will we do when both of those govenments will one day be in the hands of people who have no ancestral ties to this island? It is a fact that many people are here only for what they are getting.
We know that the members of both our governments "sweeten the pot" for outsiders who are eligible to vote in order to ensure that they are elected. However, that is sowing the wind, and the day MUST come when we will have to face the whirlwind. What do we do then? What will our children and grandchildren be able to do? How will be respond?
If our own are treating us like second class citizens while they are in power, what will happen when they are forced out of power? They will have given the outsiders the example of how to treat us!
Maybe those in power now have already feathered their nests, whether here or abroad and it will not really matter to them who is in power.
But what about those of us who have nowhere else to go? Or those who are old and sick and have no one to care for them?
And how far in the future do we think this day is? There are on this island at least 5 groups which are seconds away from being able to take over.
People, wake up, it's later than you think!
It's good to finally be getting an uncensored French st martin opinion. It's easy to move to St Maarten, and to pretend to be some expert. It's another thing to be born here and know the true culture in and out. I'm actually learning a lot about French St Martin from your blog, I like!
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