A commentary published this week cautions that a growing habit of national self-criticism and political disunity is harming Dominica’s reputation and progress, urging citizens to focus on shared goals.
A commentary published this week cautions that a growing habit of national self-criticism and political disunity is harming Dominica’s reputation and progress, urging citizens to focus on shared goals.
Shared goals. Convenient phrase. Whose goals, precisely? Because “stop criticising” and “stop noticing” are two very different instructions, and only one of them gets rebranded as patriotism. Pessimism isn’t the disease — it’s the symptom. So here is the question the commentary skips: what exactly are we being asked to stop looking at?