letter to Dr Ward

Hey Dr. Ward,


Its Dunngar from a few weeks ago. Just found your email address amongst my stuff. I got back to Florida a few weeks ago. I have been looking for work, but haven't been very successful at it. The main reason i returned to Florida was because I am completely out of money. That place I was supposed to work at in Jaco didn't exist.. instead it was at Escazu with some guy who was trying to take advantage of people for very little to no money.


Anyway, i was able to check out some other places in Costa Rica, met a lot of people, and even found a potential place to live for very little money *40 dollars/month*, should i choose to return in the near future.


I'll say this as per Costa Rica. The country really does not have itself together, and in fact i think it is breaking down into something nobody wants any part of. Firstly, it is extremely expensive.. the crime rate does not help its appeal. Its refusal to work with individuals seeking to help develop the country is obnoxious to say the least. They would rather have US corporations come in and dump money into the laps of the government and elites, in exchange for low wage workers who spend their day handling customer service calls. It essentially dumbs down the populations' potential in various skills and trades. It is no doubt related to the inability for the infrastructure to catch up with the rest of the world, which includes dirt roads and low speed internet traffic, and limited wireless communications. While the people haven't a clue of what they are capable of, the disparity between rich and poor is absurd, and the country seems to be heading backward rather than forwards, in a variety of ways.


I am not confident in Costa Rica, and I would not live there now that I know what it is about. The kind of person I am would enable me to get the word out to the populace that they should be able to call more shots, and dump the current leadership... but that of course is illegal for a foreigner to do, and people would think I have political interest in the matter.. and i'm not going to let myself be accused of being some kind of propagandist.. so I prefer to keep my mouth shut. Activism only goes so far... of course we all know what happens to people when they really make an impact on peoples lives.. they usually end up dead.


Anyway.. the Panama opportunity you offered... I consider it still on the table, but my current bank balance is just hovering above 100 dollars at this point. I am going to attempt to use whatever means of disposal I have from the computer to make some more money. The real shame for my generation is that people cannot just get a job whenever they'd like one. Even after years of education, *in my case being 5 years of schooling*, you may pay your dues for a few years and you still end up getting disrespected by these corporations in the end. To them you're just a number like everyone else, and getting called amongst a list of numbers for a job interview is like winning the lottery... actually getting the job is like winning it twice. There is no opportunity in America if you do not own land or have connections. Whether it be a time of recession or a time of prosperity, corporations will still own everything, and we are supposed to just accept it and be obedient workers if we want to climb the corporate latter.. forgetting that at any time they could just throw you in the pool of sharks whenever they want to save a little money for their billionare king CEO.
People are getting tired of this cycle, and with nearly 20 percent of the working population out of work, many of them are becoming aware to the truth of how America is run, how it is not dissimilar to the age of feudalism, and how people are stuck within a certain bracket to which they are expected to never jump out of.


Our lives exist to what end? If we are supposed to serve other peoples interest by being a member of society, but society does nothing to make life easier for those without jobs, does not this capitalist system prove to be a failure? If we observe China, we see a workable fascist government where everyone is busy doing something... sometimes with workers living in the factory with bunk beds stacked 3 or 4 beds high, busy providing cheap labor for exports all over the world. They may not be the happiest people, having less money and no freedom, but at least they have something to do with their lives, and have less to worry about. It actually proves that fascist capitalistic societies thrive off of the consumer driven "free economies", essentially bleeding dry the wealth of nations without them realizing it, because of the debt trend Americans let themselves be shuffled into. They sell their lives away without even realizing it, and they are so ignorant that they can not even figure out this healthcare problem. Are peoples minds so incredibly distorted that they do not question authority, and start to take their worst enemies' point of view (people who profit on their misery and insurance funds), before they would come up with a plan that works? Of course, because we only have a two party system which people believe they are apart of and control, only politicians are allowed to draft the course of healthcare, and therefore allow one or more ways to bureaucratically prosper from. Then again, it always comes back to the old question... are ordinary Americans even capable of critical thinking and designing a healthcare system that would be beneficial to all Americans who need treatment and routine check ups. The answer is, people are not informed enough to make these decisions because they do not know the big picture or the complexities behind the system of healthcare, nor will they be given a chance to know. And because of this, it will once again be left up to people who serve their own interest and the corporate interest, before the populations' interest. This is why democracy is a distant memory, if ever we had the knowledge of what it was or from whence it came, it is a word spoken of on a daily basis that has reflect the truth of the system of America.
I sincerely hope people come to this realization and find a better way to live, and start a new. This way of life is clearly not working out for the majority, and there must be a multitude of theoretical systems to choose from that are way better than the current political theory. While I have selected Anarchism as my personal preference, for its simplicity and non-emphasis on law, police, military or government.. its emphasis is however focussed on community structure, family life, education for every age, hard work is rewarded with communal recognition, celebration for new inventions, mutal aid and trade amongst communities near and far, etc.


Anyway, that is what is on my mind so far... and it is my mission in life to be a crusader of change. I have no desire to be militant, because I am opposed to all forms of violence... but I will fight to survive if my life was on the line. We're not at the point of societal destruction just yet, but I sense that the repression of so many for so long... ordinary people who have had so many turn their backs on them.. these people can only be pushed so far until they start an uprising. If that is to happen, the first thing I would do is attempt to relocate temporarily. If I was incapable of doing that, then I would assess the situation and attempt to survive however i could. This breakdown of society may not seem evident at this particular time.. but I believe it is actually inevitable. There are signals that i get from lots of people that something may go down... but it is usually not spoken about regularly.. lots of people hide behind the internet to express their feelings.. this is where I am picking up this rhetoric. Anyway, we shall see. I am interested in what you have to say about this theory of mine.