Christopher D. Lowe
I’ve been thinking about all these trade agreements, U.N. protocols, compliance requirements and thought a silly thing:
Why don’t we, the Bahamas, comply but without signing anything? Ostensibly, this is the aim right? To have all the nations of the world agree to do things in a fairly standard way that will not cause any conflict between nations and promote world peace, combat global starvation etc. Go ahead and implement all of the requirements that will keep us off of blacklists, sanctions, international fraud and crime watch lists, trafficking of all types deemed inappropriate or must we lose our potential for self determination in the process?
From what I see, there are serious questions with all of these mechanizations, these bureaucratic Idiosyncrasies in that they effectively place various nations constitutions under the authority of entities without territories. Think U.N. OECD, WTO, CARICOM etc. The same could be said of the EU if not running definitely affecting the affairs and policies of sovereign Nations which have willingly signed up for extra-national jurisprudence, just as we seemingly salivate at the prospect of “joining the club.” Well, I don’t, but obviously some in positions of authority do.
Which brings me to another thought quite startling:
Could it be that, as much as our own authorities’ micro manage and thwart our best efforts to lead peaceful, productive lives, they actually wish to be administered by some higher authority themselves? Told what to do, how to do it, the reasons they should have for doing it voluntarily? Notwithstanding that they have placed us in a terrible position as a Nation not only fiscally but ethically, and perhaps worst of all functionally, and notwithstanding they are in no position with our debtors to argue with any instructions given by our unseen phantom rulers, and notwithstanding that even though they sign up they do not administer or fully perform the required procedures, could it be that simple?
Are we that bereft of initiative or self worth?
Are we destined to forever be a colony of someone else?
