Don't be silly, the GOM is HUGE. And it is in our backyard. In our back yard. It's not a promise; it's a reality. It's in front of us and behind us. Any mirror you care to use works.
I know that.
The future is about promises, and promises are often broken.
Venezuela was once very promising, Mexico too. Argentina, ditto. Ever hear of the dog's breakfast they made of YPF? Will Brazil follow its neighbors' path? Has it learned its lessons? We'll see, only time will tell.
Argentina, Venezuela and Mexico all mismanaged their resources horribly thanks to corruption, stupidity and lack of Virtuous Victorian Scottish- Anglo-Celtic Values.
I'd say that the dice are loaded against Brazil but, as I said, only time will tell. The problem is that, like its last World Cup team, it thinks that it is a golden nation while in fact it is more full of 'promise' than gumption and hard work, and, like its last World Cup team, may well as a reesult get eliminated, go back to the hyperinflation days.
Brazilians need to stick to soccer, carnavale, samba and pole climbing. vbg.
They also need to ditch this hypernationalistic fervor you exemplify as it is the foundation for ruin. |
