New Onion

Quick post – but one thing I’ve been noticing is the apparent cultural affinity for image – be it the guy with no house, no savings, but a really nice car with all the accessories, a “pastor” who uses his government contract to buy personal luxuries, and now a “Stem Cell” clinic that appears to be something far less ethical.

The problem with an image is that it doesn’t fool the people who don’t need to fake it.

Increasingly Bermuda is being polarized between those who are swayed by the gift of the gab and those who know better. As someone whose “normal” dress varies from expensive suits to steel toed boots I can certainly say that a great many people in Bermuda are swayed by that fancy suit, probably because they are unfamiliar with the snake oil salesmen of the USA and the whole success culture that sacrifices ethics and competence for the quick bling.

Bermuda is the easiest country in the world to become rich… but more on “How to become a guaranteed millionaire in 50 years or less” in another post.