Bullets and Ballots
By:Grace Gill
Why Humans Migrate
Meaning depending on a person's situation sad or happy people move around. For example, if someone was happy where they were but got a job offer which could make their life better they will probably take the offer. Vise versa if a person is sad, scared etc. they can leave a place to go and have a better life. People migrate depending on their needs and wants in life.
My Experience
I believe the future of Guatemala will be better than when we started. I know it will not be 100% ok and that may never be achieved but you need to start with baby steps. The US may have been in it for themselves but think about it we are still trying to do what is best for Guatemala and her people. I think the poverty level will decrease not by much but it will be a lower percentage compared to the beginning of the game. I think that the Guatemalans may despise the US a little and try to blame us for everything that has happened to them but the only reason we got involved was to protect the people from destroying themselves. I think there will be a lower murder/killing rate because of the redistributed MSUs. Yes the government may still be corrupt, but not everyone there is so there will be more protection from violence, blackmail etc. The people now have some more power then before and this will ,in my opinion, appease the crowds.
Conflict
Culture
Cooperation
Connections
I believe that everything that we did in the game reflects the Enduring Understanding. We had created cultural mosaics even if we didn't know it. Our beliefs,how we wanted to run the country, and the reasons why was all part of cultural mosaics. During the peaceful period we had, everyone seemed to get along but when something good happens it needs to balance out with something bad. We saw that balance after reviewing the treaties there were many hidden items in every treaty. Deception was involved with everything anybody did. I believe that my experience proved the "Enduring Understanding" good and bad situations were balanced out between the social groups. There was a lot of migration between everyone whited caused cultural mosaics to change. I believe that the balance between conflict and cooperation was the only way to get to where we went. I do not believe it was just one factor.