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This picture sums up what became of the EDSA Revolution’s Legacy 40 years hence. It also demonstrates the saying, “there are no permanent friends or enemies, only permanent interests.” (attributed to Lord Palmerston of the UK) Those who are noisy on social media and tend to be lumped with the “dilawan” side of politics will…
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Determinism is the idea that people’s lives are already preset and unchangeable before they are born. Their thoughts, their behavior, their likes and dislikes, and whether they are good or evil have already been determined by external forces, and their own actions cannot change anything. They cannot “change.” Some ideologies, traditions, or religions apply deterministic…
Not a day goes by without the latest news reported by “journalists” or opinion pieces issued by the Philippines’ “thought leaders” on the on-going corruption “issue” (more like the latest outrage fad) gripping the nation sailing up our screens. Most people simply scroll past these headlines according them no more than an occasional eye-roll. Names…
We’ve likely heard many people say that the solution to the Philippines’ and maybe even the world’s problems is, let’s kill all the evil people or the corrupt, who are often dubbed “fascists.” That was even broadcast personality Kara David’s birthday wish. Someone on Facebook during the pandemic said, let’s kill all the dumb people,…
What can be a more perfect leader for Filipinos than the cross-dressing Filipino showbiz star Vice Ganda. Indeed, democracy, is the system of government that just keeps on giving. If Vice Ganda at least runs for — much more, wins — the presidency, Filipinos will be given the gift of clarity around just how stupid…
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The whole trouble with woke people comes down to a simple thesis: these people have created too many options for themselves but discarded traditional social structures that channeled these options in a way the human brain could deal with. The brain, it seems, is less efficient when options are abundant. When faced with abundance, our…
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This is, after all, a society that still looks up to clowns like Vice Ganda. Is it then any surprise that the “issues” that pervade in the “national debate” are no different to the ones that trended ten — even twenty — years ago? Wars on corruption and congressional inquires are the same circuses that…
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The pic shown is a weird post, but maybe we can get something from it. I wrote before that the things that may actually fix our country are the “un-Filipino” values and practices, and that’s one reason corruption is hard to fix in this country. The rub is, the corruption we’ve been observing all this…