yeah, we are screwed.

There have been a lot of moments in my life where I’ve felt empty and confused. However, after the Central Committee the Py20-21 Central Committee Meeting #12: Update on the negotiations with the Netherlands and the third tranche liquidity support,I’ve never felt so hopeless about Sint Maarten. It has really opened my eyes more to the crazy realities that are going to plague us. 

And dawg, we are screwed! 

I know it doesn’t sound very uplifting to say such, but after all the speeches and conversations throughout the year, we have to come and accept the fact that if we take the money we shaft, if we don’t take the money, we shaft. Once again, neocolonialism is up 100 points and it’s only in the first quarter, again. I usually take this time to sit down and break down everything and find ways on how our country’s leaders can help navigate this situation, but I am tired. I’ve lost hope in all of our systems. 

However, my name is Kamilah Gumbs and all I do is overthink. In this overthinking process, I’ve reflected on the various conversations I’ve had with friends and various Twitter discourses. What we man ga do, is bring back this “community” that everyone, especially our parents and grandparents love to boast about and how they reminisce on how things used to be. If I’m being completely honest, I am starting to believe that this grand “we feed everybody, we got you” community is just an over-exaggeration of the fact that most families just lived next to each other so they created this bond. Because of this, it has become our brand but always question why we do not have this community today? (and I do not want to hear it’s the young people’s fault because who are the ones who raised us?). 

We have to bring back or create this community that we always boast about. This is literally the only solution I see. We got to pour in and support us. We have to come together and say we are going to make sure x, y, and z will be able to survive this month, no matter what’s happening in their lives. So yes let’s pour back into our communities and stop hoarding the money in your Koffers, and yes I’m watching all you big money people. 

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