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Crossroads, roundabouts & new elections

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Alred C. Frett. Photo: VINO/File
Alred C. Frett

The Mysteries & Effects of CoI:

We excel at avoiding the Truth and, still have the Blind leading Blind so, soon we will be caught up in Election Fever without understanding that, thanks to CoI, we have been transformed into 21st Century Slaves with Puppet Masters… Unless corrected, the present VI-UK arrangement, simply ensures that all subsequent Politicians and Governments will be no more than Slave Traders of their own People.

In ignorance, we often blamed the Queen, and now the King, but they are no more than figureheads and rubber stamps for Parliament’s Decisions, so, calling on them for Reparations may sound good but is most impractical due to their lack of real Power and the fact that, there will never be enough Monies for a meaningful distribution to the vast diaspora of Slave Descendants stretching all across the World. 

Furthermore, History depicts the tragedy of Slavery as a shared responsibility and, blaming the present Royal Family for UK’s past atrocities is no solution… Indeed, the only way they can make a positive impact or difference is by dedicating their personal time, riches and influence to the Education and Civil Rights of all Slave Descendants – Including us… Anything else would be no more than lip service. 

Following the CoI fiasco, some referred to the VI as being at a Crossroads, but our position is far more dangerous… Instead of a mere Fork in the Road, we are at a Roundabout that can take us forward, in circles or backwards to where our Forefathers brought us from… In our present situation, it is impossible for Elections to lead us to Promised Lands or Better Futures without first knowing exactly where we are. 

A Vote for He, She, You, Me or Slavery?

Instead of Agendas for progress and advancement of our People, such Elections will be, Plantation Manifestos for whom can best betray their People… Presentations may vary as facts are denied, so I make no apologies for speaking Truth about our present Step back into Colonialism, being a major leap toward Slavery… We must now determine our own worth and value, before facing the Auction Block. 

This World is no vacuum – We are all interconnected and warning signs are already present… Just as Slavery was built on the abuse of Labourers by the Corrupt and Powerful, our Labour Department and Ministry are destroying the ability of our People to work freely and fairly… So, instead of ensuring our freedom to function, they create bureaucratic impediments or deliver victimisation if we dare speak out.

Guess, I will never be a good Slave – I refused to be for sale in my Youth and, I’m too old to become a Beggar… Besides, my battles are not for me but to prevent our Youth from circling the Roundabout and becoming lost in the Wilderness… This happened to the Hebrews who were offered a Promise Land if they would leave Egypt – however, fact is, not even one of those lived to reach that Promised Land. 

Just like today, there were political distractions along the way as persons formed Idols and self-interest groups to gain an unfair advantage… We see this same mentality as restrictive Clubs and Associations create their segregated bodies… They too, use endless excuses and false promises to hide the fact that, their very existence is solely for their Members and not for you, me or the VI, and, that is wrong. 

Forced Back to being Strangers & Beggars in our Own Homes:

Leaders do know wrong from right but they regard us as Idiots – Easy to fool into rejecting Truth and accepting Blind lead Blind… Their typical way of impressing us is by secretly spending Big Dollars on themselves but broadcasting their contribution of a Dime to Society… Once fooled, we become willing Servants for Puppet Masters in a game of, House Slaves destroying Field Slaves for profit and pleasure.

This may feel strange since we were never a Country of Beggars, and, this only happened after the practices of leaders transformed our hands-up ambitions into a hand-out mentality… Sadly, neither Politicians nor Associations seem concerned about the rate at which they have turned our youth from business to beggars – Some are even bold enough to threaten us if we fail to meet their beg-demands.

History repeats itself and Life is predictable so, although you see things I say come to pass, I am no Prophet, others see these things just as well… However, I feel obliged to speak out, because the root reason for the existence of life is the survival and continuation of that specie… Mankind was no different until greed and malice corrupted our programme for living together and the policy of; All for One and One for All.

Failing this; we discard our identities, reject our values and rush to imitate America, England, Singapore and others… However, while there’s nothing wrong in learning from everyone, we have so limited ourselves to trickledown that we have forgotten how to lead… As a consequence, their mistakes become our Guidelines and, even when they discard their bad Policies, we cling to them and destroy ourselves.

 The things I say are things you already know and, yet, we hasten to our own destruction as moths to a flame… We claim to be different so we expect miracles and rescue at the last moment… We should know better, for a look at happenings across the World, makes it clear that we are all the same… The Meek shall never inherit the Earth for, ‘Dead Men tell no Tales’ and History is only written by Survivors.

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8 Responses to “ Crossroads, roundabouts & new elections”

  • asura (28/09/2022, 11:56) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
    another good read brother frett
  • Native Senior Citizen of the British Virgin Islands (28/09/2022, 13:56) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
    Mr. Alred Frett, some of what you have written in this article is true. The bigger problems that have cause, and are continuing causing problems is not the white slave masters issue, and you will want us to accept, but our own disunity among ourselves, our unrelenting lust for material possessions, at the expense of the weak economical one among us.
    Remember that probably most, I believe, of the items that have made you financially rich (medical items manufacturers and used, including medical drugs) are is white people origin, but you lust after more because it benefits your main aim.
    You seem to have a problem with white, but when they come to your medical clinic, skin colour, and white supremacist slave master is not an issue.
    Believe me or don't, I have nothing against you, but in my honest opinion, I believe that you are a black skin racist, because you do not write about the many black racist minded black skin, slave master minded persons among, politicians included. In my opinion, you need urgent Spiritual help. This help is presently available. Humble yourself.
  • @ NATIVE SENIOR CITIZEN (28/09/2022, 15:58) Like (0) Dislike (2) Reply
    THAT BWAS WONDERFULLY PUT , AND LIKE YOU , I DO LIKE TO READ HIS WRITINGS , AND WHICH I HAVE COMMENTED ON SOME PARTS WHICH I THINK ARE WRITTEN IN PARABLES , AND HAVE ASKED HIM TO BREAK IT BDOWN SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND CLEARLY WHERE HE'S COMING FROM ( OR OVERSTAND HIS MESSAGE
  • Just saying (28/09/2022, 16:11) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    We need an election
  • E. Leonard (28/09/2022, 21:14) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    Good read. And I provides the following commentary. The Magna Carta of 1215 under King John was the forerunner of the rule of law in England, ie, the monarch and court were not above the law. The Glorious Revolution of 1688 under the reign of William of Orange and his wife Mary brought further changes, ie, the UK transitioned from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy, increasing the power and influence of Parliament. And though the power and influence of the monarchy may have been diminished under the Glorious Revolution, it still has weighs and influence, ie, the power of assent. Bills passed by Parliament don’t become law until assented to by the crown. Nonetheless, the last time the crown didn’t assent to a bill passed by Parliament was in 1708 under Queen Anne. Though the crown may not be engaged in the direct sausage making process of crafting bills, it still has the power of persuasion, court of public opinion, etc. Consequently, it has the influence, weight, and moral obligation if it genuinely believe that slavery and colonialism were evil and atrocious to issue a simple apology. It can use its influence to advocate for reparation programmes to make whole those who were dehumanized , exploited, expropriated, brutalized, discriminated against, disadvantaged, etc.
    • Common Sense (30/09/2022, 19:09) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      Your grasp of history is to be commended, the Anglo Saxon got to where they are today through trial and error, hopefully learning from their mistakes as they went along. However, few if any of the critics of slavery do the same amount of research on the subject that you have done on UK history, and, that is unfortunate. It is a fact that every slave shipped across the Atlantic was a slave before they boarded those atrocious vessels, they were cast into slavery by their own people, every one of them. That does not excuse those that traded in slavery, but, let’s account accurately as to where all the blame lays as there is plenty of blame to go around. The Western world traded in the misery of slavery, but, it did not cast those unfortunates into their state of slavery.
      • E. Leonard (03/10/2022, 21:46) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
        @Common Sense, I’m doing a dangerous thing by assuming you were referencing my above comment. OK. Slavery started before the Slave trade and transport of captured Africans to the supposed New World as slaves. Slavery existed in biblical times, Ancient world, etc. During these times for example, slavery was a means to a job, to pay a debt, etc. At the end of the contract and for the most part, the enslaved return to their freedom, etc. African slavery was a horse of any different color. It was a vicious, exploited, dehumanizing, tragic, human atrocity. It was the greatest forced human migration of a people from one continent to another. It built empires, European countries’ economies and wealth. During the the 14th and 15th Centuries, Europe, especially Western Europe, was in a highly depressed state, riddled with poverty, famine, diseases, etc. The Slave trade and slavery drove the change in its economic growth, etc. Who was responsible for slavery?

        A contract has some basic requirements, ie, offer, acceptance, consideration, legality, etc. West Africans, in the 14th and 15th centuries, had a narrow sense of group identity and community. Their identity was driven by tribalism, not skin pigmentation and racial identity. Tribalism created inter-group animosity and rivalry. In the inter-group battles, opposite combatants were captured and enslaved. Tribalism created a weakness, a vulnerability, for others, ie, European traders to exploit, dividing and conquering tribes. Tribal chiefs often exchanged slaves with traders. The practice increased and accelerated with the slavery trade and slavery. Through the doctrine of unequal exchange as Thomas Sowel, an economist, labeled it, massive human capital was displaced from Africa through slavery, in addition to natural and mineral wealth. The traders offered bottom dragging, low value trinkets for human capital, natural and mineral resources. Did Columbus also brought and offer trinkets too to the indigenous people?

        Indeed, the European traders made an offer for captured Africans and the tribal chiefs accepted. Nevertheless, this does not give credence to the vile, vicious, atrocious, disparaging, dehumanizing, extractive, etc, institution of slavery. Consequently, it is way past time for the UK and other engagers in the slave trade and slavery to offer an apology and to establish programmes to make slaves and their descendants whole.
  • @ mr E (30/09/2022, 07:56) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    MY RESPECT TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE ON HISTORY / NOW WHE ARE YOU GOING TO ENLIGHTEN US ON OUR CULTURAL HISTORY ( WHEN WAS THIS ISLAND PEOPLE BEGAN AND WHAT WAS THE REASON OR PURPOSE OF LOOKIND DOWN ON OUR OWN CARIBBEAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS WITH THAT LABEL / SARCASTIC MENTALITY / AFTER ALL WE ARE ALL OF THE SAME ANCESTRY , PLEASE SHED SOME LIGHT ON THAT PART OF OUR HISTORY , THAT I HAVE BEGGED YOU TO TELL US ABOUT FOR SOME TIME NOW , BUT YOU SEEMS TO BE HAVING SELECTIVE AMNESIA ON CERTAIN HISTORY


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