Tough to change a culture
I don't think it's hit bottom, but I don't see it getting as bad as Argentina did either. I don't KNOW this, it's just my hunch, my feel, my deepest hope.
Common sense would be to hit the road and high tail it out of here. I see more people leaving every day that can, and no new people coming in. My school alone has lost at least a dozen students and faculty since June, with 3 more very dear ones leaving after the beginning of the year. My best friends are leaving as well.
I was thinking how CC keeps posting about buying pesos and I thought to myself, "hey self, what will he be thinking in a year from now if it's at 70-1".
Then I noticed today he's buying US$ at 42. So even the funny ones don't know, and perhaps looking to leave also? If the unthinkable happens in May, I'm leaving - from the North Coast mind you.
My greatest hope is that someone (the next government) will take up their boots and invest in education and hold on for dear life. It would certainly turn out some value in "capital investment" more than investing in power companies.
They may get grilled and have to endure some harsh, and perhaps violent criticism from those that have to work really hard and suffer to make its return felt, but in a decade that "someone" will be on the level of a national (and perhaps international) hero.
My skin crawls to hear people (some close to me) call Dominicans stupid, I really despise that word. Ignorant to levels beyond comprehension yes, but stupid? No, hardly.
However, getting back to apathy, the general population just doesn't give a shit about anything but beer, baseball and bitching.
I think I'm now officially 2/3's Dominican.