My coworker and I were talking about capitalism, and she said, “The Earth is a resort for like 500 rich people, and the rest of us are just the staff.”
Now I can't unsee it.
One of the most overlooked forms of wealth is having complete ownership of your time.
Waking up and knowing nothing about your day will be decided by someone else is priceless.
Normalise the idea that a job can simply be a job, not a passion, a lifestyle, or a dream career.
I like my job. I enjoy working with my team, and I have a great boss. But at the end of the day, I’m just there to make money.
I work 9-5 in an office. Shops open from 9-5. Appointments run from 9-5. Banks close at 4 pm. Everyone is only available when I'm not. I can't go to your shop, the bank, or book anything without taking time off work. Why did we design society like this?
So it’s “misappropriation” with dismissal when people in high places do it, but it’s theft, resulting in jail time for the regular working class? I see.
We’re now experiencing the result of the generation whose parents were fed that trades were for dummies and underperforming students, that paired with harder economic situations where most male children are expected to become contributors to the household almost immediately aft-
Honestly, Bahamian men are falling WAAAAAAAAAY behind. 80%+ UB grads (2025) are women, BTVI grads are 60%+ women.
Sometimes I enter rooms for meetings or zoom calls and it’s just me and 2 other men with 8 other women. Sometimes I wonder if everyone out there moving weight.
That’s access to 124k annually, before the kickbacks from the no bid contracts from your ministry and the 250million imf loan for your ministry 😵💫 😵💫
Go back and screenshot them pre election financial declarations!