Foreign Dominance in PNG: Will We Profit From the Global Economy Or Be Impoverished By It?
By TECHE JACOB It was amazing to see hundreds of people on PNG Blogs Facebook page give their thumbs up to the recent article about Bemobile CEO Ramamurthy. More people than ever seem angry at how people from other cultures treat us. Foreign investors are dictating ‘take it or leave it’ terms to our government and basically calling the shots. Yet we happily reap benefits from the growing Asian invasion. Let me ask you, what is most important: Our sovereignty and self respect, or the greater material benefits we get by having foreigners and foreign investment dominate us? The Clash Between Land-less Versus Land Rich Societies The article about BeMobile’s new CEO and allegations of racism didn’t get to the root issues, which is the reason for these kinds of clashes. They occur between 2 very different societies: In the Type 1 society, the average person has access to much wealth (promoted by personal access to land and resources). They have more personal freedom in m