Ep.4 of La Brega ‘Vieques and the Promise To Build Back Better’ discusses the aftermath and long term effects of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico. In this Podcast episode we see the disrespect and lack of care the government of the U.S. had on Puerto Rico. We start off with President Trump visiting the Island and throwing rolls of paper towels towards the hurricane victims. We also listen to how the president of Puerto Rico reached out for help and FEMA made it seem they held a grudge and did not want to help them. The president then was pressured into signing an act that would help puerto rico but even after a year of the act passed, no projects have been green-lit to be built. We end with a sad story of 13 year old girl who died because the hospital where she was did not have the necessary equipments to treat and save her. This sparked a national effort for protest about the things they were promised which they still haven’t received.
There was more things going on than what I have said but my take on this was that the attempts and empty promises to help the people of puerto rico was just a big kick to the face. Multiple empty promises for restructure and support were given with no fulfillment to the promises. For example, The 420 act was supposed to build back everything destroyed by the Hurricane but a year after they still are destroyed. The promise to build projects like hospitals are still not green-lit and its almost like a “soon” promises that never will be completed. Especially in the case with the 13 year old girl who could not receive proper care and treatment in critical condition which showed the dire situation for action in Puerto Rico.
A question I have is what good is a promise that cannot be completed and what effects does it have on the person waiting?
Making a promise and not keeping your word, causes the person to who you made the promise to lose hope over time, as they might know that the promise isn’t gonna be held. therefore the person is gonna lose hope and the trust that they had in you because of you lying to them.
there is no good in a promise that cannot be completed because, the other person starts to build there hopes up that this promise is going to be fulfilled, but with constant delays that same person starts to believe they been told nothing but lies.
Well sometimes people make promises but they keep that promises, sometimes you should never believe in a promise but sometimes you should never believe in a promise because it could come to a lie at the end of the day.
A promise that cannot be completed is of no use and is just empty words that can fill one with false hope that creates a false narrative. The effects this can have on a person is either disappointment or a feeling of independence.
A promise that cannot be completed has no use but to fill a person with a false sense of hope. The person waiting for that promise to be fulfilled simply gets discouraged and can become less trusting in both the person that made the promise and people in general.
People may be able to offer good promises. For example something that might benefit a community of people, such as helping them from damages done to the city and needing to repair it. But promises like that aren’t completed because one cannot stick true to their word. It might leave the community in a detrimental state where they most need help.
No good comes from a promise that cannot be completed because all it does to a person is it allows them to gain false hope as they wait for help instead of figuring out ways to help themselves.