The Philippines is a country where the gap between the rich and poor is as wide as the Pacific ocean. No? no. worse than that actually.
See the image below, credits to a mainstream media news[?] outfit.
Typical in this setup. The elite rule this country, pass laws unintelligible to a lay person, with the obvious result which ultimately benefit those who pass them.
They divert the attention of the masses with brain-numbing moronic TV shows, idiotic sports, worthless entertainment you hear on the radio and see on TV, and more. We have been ruled for so long by these same people and we know exactly what they have to offer.
What is it? One may ask. Yes wee man on the street - It's the trampy lifestyle that you live right now. They want to keep it that way. You remain down there stiffed neck looking up to them, wasting your life away, trying your very hardest to acquire and ...well, pretend that you're at least having a bit of their lifestyle.
Yes we know there are political candidates who are Populists, meaning - their main concern is to help the man on the street better their lives. Joseph Estrada would come in mind, but you know what happened to that man. He did support the poor, giving them jobs of some sort, built tangible solid looking highways connecting remote areas of the Philippines.
It is sad, but already proven many times that a regular Filipino is easily programmed by what he sees on TV, which by the way is owned by the Uber-Rich in that country,.. who coincidentally happens to control that delapidated third world, I mean rate country. The mass media can easily sway the minds of common pinoy's opinions of just about anyone. From a hero to a scum - that's what happened to Erap in those days.
I'm afraid this is what's going to happen to Rody Duterte. That is, if he wins the upcoming presidential race.
I have no hope whatsoever that my country will ever be like rich Singapore or bad-ass Venezuela, yes poor, but able to poke the Rich in the eye [by forcefully taking over foreign/multinational corporations' assets]. Forgive me for being blunt, but I have lost hope in a Deep and meaningful nationalist spirit of a Filipino. I surmise that they would be happy to keep the status quo. In my humble opinion, I think it is correct to say that the long past Spanish conquerors, roughly 500 years ago, have dealt a permanent damage.
See the image below, credits to a mainstream media news[?] outfit.
Typical in this setup. The elite rule this country, pass laws unintelligible to a lay person, with the obvious result which ultimately benefit those who pass them.
They divert the attention of the masses with brain-numbing moronic TV shows, idiotic sports, worthless entertainment you hear on the radio and see on TV, and more. We have been ruled for so long by these same people and we know exactly what they have to offer.
What is it? One may ask. Yes wee man on the street - It's the trampy lifestyle that you live right now. They want to keep it that way. You remain down there stiffed neck looking up to them, wasting your life away, trying your very hardest to acquire and ...well, pretend that you're at least having a bit of their lifestyle.
Yes we know there are political candidates who are Populists, meaning - their main concern is to help the man on the street better their lives. Joseph Estrada would come in mind, but you know what happened to that man. He did support the poor, giving them jobs of some sort, built tangible solid looking highways connecting remote areas of the Philippines.
It is sad, but already proven many times that a regular Filipino is easily programmed by what he sees on TV, which by the way is owned by the Uber-Rich in that country,.. who coincidentally happens to control that delapidated third world, I mean rate country. The mass media can easily sway the minds of common pinoy's opinions of just about anyone. From a hero to a scum - that's what happened to Erap in those days.
I'm afraid this is what's going to happen to Rody Duterte. That is, if he wins the upcoming presidential race.
I have no hope whatsoever that my country will ever be like rich Singapore or bad-ass Venezuela, yes poor, but able to poke the Rich in the eye [by forcefully taking over foreign/multinational corporations' assets]. Forgive me for being blunt, but I have lost hope in a Deep and meaningful nationalist spirit of a Filipino. I surmise that they would be happy to keep the status quo. In my humble opinion, I think it is correct to say that the long past Spanish conquerors, roughly 500 years ago, have dealt a permanent damage.
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