Alred C. Frett. Photo: VINO/File

The 12-day war between Israel and Iran appears to be over… This is a war that Israel started based on the assumption that she was God’s chosen People, and with America and EU as big Brothers, she would be invincible… She was very wrong, and Iran did unto her what she had been doing to Gaza and the Palestinians for years… In fact, she was being beaten so badly, that she needed America to rescue her.

Trump tried, but his mission failed, and he spent his time ridiculing the Reporters for seeing the facts and telling the Truth... However, none of that would matter to us, unless we choose to follow blindly, or refuse to see lessons in the process, and fail to prepare accordingly… We are already exposed to the effects of the Global Unrest, and as a trickledown Territory, we may become a receptacle for unwelcomed residue.

Render unto Ceasar what belongs to Ceasar:

We survive on Financial Services and Tourism, but we are already hearing of Bank and Airlines closures... Our People are feeling the effects in their shopping carts, and promises of Minimum Wage Increases will not improve the situation... In fact, this carries the same misunderstanding as the Trump’s Tariffs, whereby, the worst effects will fall squarely on the backs of those it is claiming to help.

Employers are not idiots, and when our proposed Minimum Wage is equal to that of the US, anyone should realize that this is just a ‘fool the People’ game… Employers know that the real cost of Employees is far more than mere wages... They know that the Coffee Breaks, Water Cooler Gossip Time, Bathroom Visits and other Truancies make up a large portion of what is regarded as the Employee Wage Package.

These hidden costs even resulted in the demise of Trade Unions, due to their hyper-focus on expanding employment perks... Some Companies try to avoid these by Outsourcing their Work, and it is no secret that Investors habitually follow more affordable Wages and Taxes... We are seeing this as Major Companies leave America because her perceived Wages may be 10-times higher than those of China.

After all these factors, financially irresponsible Governments still fail to realize that whenever a Salary Increase is forced on Employers, it automatically increases the Cost of Living, and becomes an incentive to reduce Employees and their Privileges.... Finding ways to avoid or minimize these incidental costs, have played a major role in the drive behind AI and Robotics, as well as the UK’s new 4-day work week.

Disrupting the Constitution:

It remains an open secret that Industrialized Governments are so convince that they can progress quicker with AI & Robotics than with Humans… Consequently, they regard imported labour as less valuable, and have started to block & deport immigrant workers... We pretend that equal Branches of Government, will ensure some degree of Empathy, but they are proving to be no more than weak interconnected Systems.

By pulling hard enough on one strand, the whole Web may unravel... We see this when the US Supreme Court joins with Trump in fracturing the Constitution by denying the Birth Rights to Immigrant Children who were born in America... We may be too far down the line to claim such rights, and we may be last to benefit from AI & Robotics, but we can at least stop ourselves from Sleepwalking in the wrong direction.

As the descendants of Slaves, our History has been founded on Labour, and we have come a long way although our ancestors were used, abused, restricted and denied for a lack of Education... We were never a stupid People, and that Chapter was closed the moment we received the opportunity... We now rank in the top percentage of Doctors and Lawyers; leaving us no excuse to be fooled and ruled.

A Fool and His Money are soon Parted:

Unfortunately, there are many things that still seem wrong, and we remain conditioned to being misled… As a non-manufacturing & low-resources Country, we should learn to live within our means, but we are quick to ‘follow fashion’, and adopt self-defeating decisions... Like other failing Countries, we seek to exist on a deficit economy with a plastic mentality; where it’s okay to spend more than we earn.

We have changed in order to join senseless trends... We demand to be paid Bi-monthly, without realizing that it makes us overspend & lose the incentive to save, and we will punish you for not wearing Seatbelts, although that has nothing to do with your driving skills, and may even pose a danger... The Police that were once our Friends, seem to be harassing and ticketing us, as if to meet their salaries or the Budget.

We are conditioned to think that Bigger is Better, when it is merely a trap of self-indulgence, and we see it in our huge 10 Bedroom Mansions, where only one room is occupied… That may be seen as personal progress for the same Masters who are trying to cancel the progress of equality, and take us back to that period when Education was openly restricted, and Health Care was only available for the Rich & Powerful.

The 12-Day War has given us a window into the arena of reality, where the impossible is now possible, and nothing should be taken for granted… The Youth may seem to have everything that we never did, but until we care enough to work against the forces of evil, they’ll be socially impoverished, and our lack of effort may be seen as condemning them to a lifetime as bad or worse than that of their Ancestors.