"For strategic and diplomatic reasons unknown to the writer, the US government has tolerated Cuba’s dictators.
A Minnis dictatorship would be immediately crushed by the American military. I am not a water boy for this FNM administration."
Wow! Tolerated? Crushed?

"Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely" Lord Acton. This applies most everywhere.

It is amazing how people so forget that Pindling was worst than this with his regime.

But back then we at least had some vestiges of the system of law and order our colonial masters left for us. Not so today.

I guess you don't know what took place under Pindling. Maybe you didn't realize that the so called system you refer too that allows you have to tear down Minnis today was not even allowed under a Pindling system. But oh how we forget.

Give me a break! I was able to threaten SLOP with a lawsuit in the late 70's and he was only too happy to settle the matter before it got to court for fear of some very awkward things being revealed to the public in a discovery process.

The Bahamas will become whatever the IMF, WHO, US and World Bank tell it to become. The borrower is servant to the lender.

The author of this piece assumes a lot of things and also forgot to mention the 'ethnic cleansing' that is now reportedly being perpetrated by both sides in Ethiopia. Back to the point. A simple search dictionary defines {Dictator definition - a person exercising absolute power} so am not sure who is insulting who by suggesting that Minnis is NOT already a dictator. Yes, I do agree that the US would probably not tolerate another authoritarian government on its doorstep but so long as we all lay down and allow Minnis to be a dictator, there is little reason for anyone to do anything to alter the current situation

The Covid19 pandemic didnot expose our 242Government as a dictatorship .......... The Pindling regime created this 1973 Constitution that gave Pindling dictator-like powers from DAY ONE.

And Bahamians do not seem to be interested in changing it any time soon ........

Power sweet. Minnis holding on to Finance. and Kwasi is minister of State for finance... I guess he'll take the blame if anything goes wrong. We're doomed

The U.S. will not do anything to help us. They have stood by and watched this whole movie for the last 40 years. They are aware of our issues, the invasion taking place in Abaco, our justice system, our numbered voting ballots etc. They have the same thing over there, a pathetically unfair justice system (no lawyer? no justice), and as for ballots ... well that is now open for all who open their eyes, and they have invaders as well. The President has even been unable to deal with TikTok which is a Chinese app siphoning personal data from Americans. Even a high percentage of Americans support the App and don't want it to be banned.

It seems that both in the USA, the Bahamas, and in many places around the world, communism is preparing for a heyday. The people seem to be preferring it. This is generally what happens when the people become aware of the VAST difference in incomes and living standards between the "haves" and the "have-nots" which exists worldwide today. Bezos, Gates and the like (thousands of them who never get named) are running the show. Americans know they can't see their Congressman in person. Companies pay people to tow the line outside the Capitol Building on those days, until they get near the front and then the reps from the big companies step in and go to the meetings.

Money talks. Why would it even be worthy of mention during an election, of which Party or candidate is raising the most money? You see numerous reports about this. Of course the people know that many are persuaded by ads on television and those ads cost money. More money = more ads = more persuasion = likely win.

Now the poor are preparing to accept the minimum table scraps that Communism provides because at least under that system they will get bread if they stand in the bread line. Under the current system, without any money you get none. Witness the long lines of cars in Nassau the other day to get to the stadium for food. Bread lines. Soup kitchens. These are the poor that the new rich rulers will be ruling over. I hope they can proud of themselves at the next Interplanetary Council Meeting. They probably will be. No shame, while other planets galaxy wide are flourishing with new high living standards for their citizens.

SHUT UP ignorant how is tiktok stealing data

It is indeed time to shut up. The Chinese will be giving you orders from this point forward. Trump Lost. Xi won.

Amazing how people who claim the Bahamas is becoming a dictatorship can so freely express their views in public, even about the so called dictator.

You have people like 'Sparky' who for months have been calling the PM everything but a child of god , using any profanity imaginable and daring all and sundry to arrest him. Those of us
who are old enough, know that could never happen under a Pindling regime.

'Sparky' had best behave himself. lol

USA AINT GONE LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THAT !! CORRECT ...