I understand. I know there is a problem and that government is corrupt and all the rest. BUT does that mean that we can't even try to do something about it? We can't be optimistic about maybe working out the problem? Drugs are not a one way street. look at NYC it was able to turn itself around.
As a Dominican I am all for trying to solve problems. We shouldn't try at all? As Dominican we are vested in the success of the country. other people may feel that DR can go to hell in a hand basket without even trying to save it.
I remember when people used to complain about traffic in SD, then they built the tunnels and the elevados. There was SO much criticism. Oh, they are going to all apart, oh they don't solve anything. Hipolito even won on the promise that he was going to destroy them and plant yuca instead. can anybody even imagine SD without them now? how about the metro? they said it couldn't be done, it was going to cave in fall apart. We have a metro today. What about the curfew? oh nothing is going to happen it's going to be the same. crime is down.
Any time there is a new initiative people put it down. they say it's not going to work. then it does. I believe not in the Dominican government but in the Dominican people. Call me corny, optimistic, or whatever else.
I know that our country can do anything it is sets out to do.
Its interesting that you "don't believe in the government", and yet every example you used were government initiatives. :cheeky:
As a general rule of thumb, most of the stuff most people believe is incorrect due to a lack of access to accurate information. There is more fluff than content to much of what is believed.
Now, what you are asking is impossible to do in this website. Been there, done that, and we're still in the same spot. If there is one thing I'm pessimistic about is the idea of making pessimists see everything through a more positive perspective. For all I know, they much just have brains wired differently. Who knows!
Regarding the topic, the government
is much more committed to fighting this problem (and most other problems), it is
not as corrupted as many think it is,
and signs of this are pretty abundant.
The
"problem" is that once people have a preconceived notion of something (or some place), they will be much more attuned towards the evidence that supports their already established
opinion.
There are more
good people in government than bad one's. Start searching for proof of this and soon enough, you'll see it.
-NALs