Barbados, it is Time to Awaken from the Sugarcoated Lies

Too many Barbadians have become far too gullible, too easily swayed by sugarcoated words from deceivers in high places. 

They listen to speeches crafted to sound sweet, but underneath lies the venom of deception. 

The sad truth is this, many cannot yet discern the difference between genuine leadership and manipulative rhetoric. 

They have been dumbed down to the point of forgetting that they already hold the real power and authority, the power to stop what is wrong, to move what must be moved, to remove the corrupt, and to put in place leaders who truly care for the people.

It is only when the people wake up from this bewildered, docile mindset, when they finally unite and move as one for a cause, that true progress will come. 

At this stage, the people should no longer be pacified by crumbs of change, free trinkets, staged handouts, or flashy promises. 

Those are distractions, not solutions, the people deserve freedom, comfort, and a dignified life, not a life of survival under the crushing weight of inflated costs and unfair systems.

A wage increase means nothing if it is used as a weapon against the people. 

Merchants cry “unfairness” whenever the government adjusts wages, yet it is they who perpetuate the unfairness. 

They raise prices at will, robbing the people daily under the excuse of “cost adjustments.” 

But the reality is clear, most of them buy in bulk, reap massive profits, and could easily lower prices to match the people’s pockets, but greed wins every time.

And where is the Price Control Office? It appears to be on a lifetime vacation, conveniently ignoring the blatant robbery happening right before their eyes. 

While officers remain silent, merchants and decision-makers grow richer, and the people grow poorer. 

It is treasonous, yes, treasonous, for any official or leader to sit in office and say one thing to the people while doing absolutely nothing for them. 

Leadership without the people’s best interest at heart is not leadership, it is exploitation.

Without a nation, there are no people to rule, without the people, there is no government to be formed, no seats to be filled, and no grand speeches to deliver. 

Those in power must remember: they stand where they stand only because of the people. 

And when the people finally wake up to the truth, when they see through the sugarcoated lies, no amount of deception, trinkets, or false promises will be enough to keep them down.

Barbados stands at a crossroads: remain bewitched by words, or rise in unity and demand what is rightfully theirs, justice, fairness, and a life worth living.