On the 13th of March in 1979, the People's Revolutionary Government (PRG) was proclaimed in Grenada after the Marxist-Leninist New Jewel Movement overthrew the state in a socialist revolution, with Maurice Bishop serving as Prime Minister.
After coming into power, Bishop stated the goals of the NJM: "We definitely have a stake in seeking the creation of a new international economic order which would assist in ensuring economic justice for the oppressed and exploited peoples of the world, and in ensuring that the resources of the sea are used for the benefit of all the people of the world and not for a tiny minority of profiteers".
The new government developed an ambitious social program, initiating a literacy campaign, expanding education programs, worker protections, and establishing farmers' cooperatives.
During the PRG's reign, unemployment was reduced from 49% to 14%, the ratio of doctors per person increased from 1/4000 to 1/3,000, the infant mortality rate was reduced, and the literacy rate increased from 85% to 90%. In addition, laws guaranteeing equal pay for equal work for women were passed, and mothers were guaranteed three months' maternity leave.
The government suspended the constitution of the previous regime, ruling by decree until a factional conflict broke out, ultimately leading to Maurice Bishop's assassination. President Ronald Reagan launched an invasion of Grenada a few weeks later, on October 25th, 1983.
"We have attempted to show in this Manifesto what is possible. We have demonstrated beyond doubt that there is no reason why we should continue to live in such poverty, misery, suffering, dependence and exploitation...The new society must not only speak of Democracy, but must practise it in all its aspects. We must stress the policy of 'Self-Reliance' and 'Self-Sufficiency' undertaken co-operatively, and reject the easy approaches offered by aid and foreign assistance. We will have to recognise that our most important resource is our people."
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Grenada’s Revolution History :hammer-sickle:
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Grenada: The Future Coming Towards Us (1983) :red-fist:
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Maurice Bishop Speech – In Nobody’s Backyard (13 April 1979)
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Saw a TikTok complaining about the lines at an amusement park
I’ve never been to one. Are you telling me that they don’t have a maximum capacity based on all the resources available? That sounds extremely dumb to me but I’m definitely not surprised considering the fact that they’re private
No they just make you wait in lines, some (I know Disney used to do this but they may not anymore idk) will sell passes that let you skip the lines.
But if you know exactly how long a ride is and how many people can ride at once, wouldn’t it make sense to take that into account when admitting people to the park? I’m guessing that some rides are more popular than others, but still.
It seems like capitalists looooooove planning except when it comes to planning for consumers
Nah they're gonna admit as many people as they're legally allowed by like fire codes (or maybe more fuck it who cares) to get all that $$$
It used to be that you would reserve tickets for certain rides at certain times of day and build an itinerary based on that. But then Disney
realized it was more profitable to ditch that and use fast pass to squeeze even more cash out of people and create artificial scarcity.
Defunctland covers this in his videos on Disney, it used to be a lot fairer to guests before they started rapidly expanding and "modernizing"
lmao of fucking course
I’m at a point in my life where I’m almost a grumpy leftist (ten years removed from watching the DMC fuck Bernie), but the more I keep learning about the inefficiency of recreational life juxtaposed with the dystopian efficiency of many careers (which provide value to no one other than shareholders), the more I keep hoping that it’s going to click for everyone else.
I’m probably shortening my life caring about this very stupid song and dance but whatever