Selling out the country. It's been happening for decades. We have little/no Bahamian middle class.

I don't comprehend your writing style. But this whole situation is 'fishy'.

Bahmians are spectators to foreign business deals related to Bahamian land, environment, and resources.

Just let us know who's our new boss and give the government their cut. Same job either way for Bahamians, cleaning and serving.

We wonder why, on average, Bahamians seem disenchanted and unmotivated at work.

I don't know how families survive in the Bahamas. You have to be involved in some sort of corruption, depend on connections, handouts, catching/growing your own food, some sort of scheme, etc. There's little to no opportunity to live a middle-class life in the Bahamas through working a 9 to 5 and living an honest life.

Yes

Our justice system seems to only apply to poor people; this $1.6 billion dollar case, Peter Nygard, Sam Bankman-Fried, etc. only faced judgment because of other countries' involvement. Imagine what else is happening in our borders; while our police, DEA, defense force, courts, etc. government agencies are focused on punishing and controlling poor people

I don't know but I wouldn't be surprised if we are "independent" in a country where the former empire owns and controls most of the land, resources and economy.

Are you proposing that a system the British Empire created has nothing to do with the management of its empire and would have existed even if the empire never did? The empire that included colonies and slaves.

I agree, there are worst systems and countries out there. So is that it, we're done for the rest of time? This system conceived by an empire over 400 years ago is the best and appropriate to be applied to non-empires and countries of any size and culture.

My primary points are:
1 - thank you British for giving us independence
2 - something is deeply wrong with the Bahamas and maybe the largest employer of Bahamians (the government) has something to do with it
3 - we should consider creating/modifying the system so that power is distributed and government support/connections are less essential for Bahamians to prosper.

We were on the colony bus driven by the British then we got independence, took the keys and a few Bahamians started driving the same bus. The bus is the same, just a different driver. We don't produce fuel, parts for the bus, tires etc.and have to get this stuff from non Bahamians. So we aren't really free, we're just driving. Maybe we should get off the bus so the people can be free (free to walk, run, bike etc.).

Maybe we should do more work and not squander this independence. Dont take the easy way out by sticking with the status quo. Begging for foreign investments, aid money, IMF loans. Meanwhile some people still haven't recovered from Dorian. Some people had to fight to the death in wars for their independence/freedom. We got it without that. All we have to do now is work and do something better for today than something created over 400 years ago.

The governing system we operate under depended on and was designed to manage slaves and an empire of conquered/colonized lands which sent most of its surplus production/wealth back to the capital. Greece, credited as the founders of democracy, considered public office as a public service and paid politicians and government workers nothing/very little. The Roman empire noticed the flaws in democracy and occasionally appointed dictators to tamp down the bureaucracy and corruption. Once they achieved their goals and things were functioning reasonably again they would reinstate the government.

We're using a system designed to concentrate power and exploit and saying we're trying to do good for free people. It's like taking a whip used to punish slaves and saying we don't whip people with this whip anymore, now we use this whip to heal people, empower and improve their lives.

Thanks for allowing us to exploit ourselves. We removed British lords and installed local lords and warlords into the same system designed to govern an empire. The bureaucracy is overbearing and top-heavy, centralized in Nassau while the family islands languish. Things have regressed. In the 90s and early 2000's many family islands had at least a local nurse and clinic. And a bank. Now people are relying on gambling/number houses (unimaginable for a country that once lived according to Christian values) to do business (get and send cash). And now have to ask people for favors to get medication for them on a flight from Nassau.

We need to open our eyes to the disgrace. We are the richest country in the West Indies with a GDP per person over $30k USD but the average Bahamian isn't seeing this in their lifestyle. The money is concentrated among a few and most of that money isn't from anyone doing anything other than selling our country and environment out to foreigners. It's not like the concentrated money is because of someone's hard work or expertise making products for export.