Category: Culture

This year’s EDSA “Revolution” commemoration is gonna be an awkward one

January 25, 2023 benign0 10 Comments

So February is just around the corner which means the date that the Yellowtards and communists anticipate in the same way normal people anticipate Christmas is fast approaching. The 25th of February is regarded by “historians” as the date when the so-called “revolution” that, we are told, deposed Ferdinand Marcos “altered the course” of Philippine…

Culture, History, Society

Lazy thinking and intellectual bankruptcy remain deeply rooted in the Philippines’ public discourse

January 14, 2023 benign0 2 Comments

In the Philippines, dumbed down political discourse can be seen in various forms of media, particularly in the way political issues and candidates are discussed and presented to the public. This can include the use of simplistic language and slogans, the emphasis on personal characteristics and image over policy positions, and the use of sensationalist…

Culture, Education, Society

How the Manila Air Traffic Control fiasco mirrors Filipino society

January 4, 2023 benign0 4 Comments

“Minimum viable product” is a term that’s been used and abused in the Philippines since time immemorial. It’s synonymous to a term more familiar to Filipinos: pwede na yan. Indeed, two Inquirer pieces today, pontificating on the recent Air Traffic Control “crisis” that rocked Manila’s airport, allude to it but stop short of delving into…

Culture, Development

Marcuse’s Great Refusal must itself be Refused

January 2, 2023January 5, 2023 ChinoF 2 Comments

I mentioned earlier that Neo-Marxist Herbert Marcuse is one of the greatest influences on today’s Woke movement. He is one of the Frankfurt School, which assumed Communism had not yet taken over the world because of the protection of western culture. So instead of looking at what’s so good about western culture, Marcuse instead urges…

Culture, Politics, Society

What is wrong with the Philippine Opposition?

October 13, 2022 benign0 23 Comments

Indeed, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. The old adage evidently describes what is likely to be behind the interesting behaviour of the Philippine Opposition nowadays. After a crushingly humiliating rout in this year’s national elections, the Opposition has never been quite the same. It is no longer the revered “force of good”…

Culture, Politics, Society

Humanity best give up its search for the Perfect World

October 12, 2022January 18, 2023 ChinoF 17 Comments

I recall an address some years back by a Philippine military or police spokesperson to discourage youth from joining the New People’s Army where he advised them to stop dreaming of a perfect world. I find that sound advice that I hope many people will listen to. As I have written, many ideologies and philosophies…

Civics, Culture, Government, Politics, Society

Critical Race Theory and Other Critical “Theories:” Snakes in the Grass

October 2, 2022October 2, 2022 ChinoF 8 Comments

Critical Race Theory is a hot topic these days because its purveyors claim that it is good, but we critics of it (pun not intended) say otherwise. CRT claims to address the problem of racial prejudice, which indeed is still a problem in the world. But it uses the wrong approach and in fact is…

Civics, Culture, Politics

The Marxist-Hegelian Religious Cult and Wokeness

September 23, 2022September 23, 2022 ChinoF 9 Comments

I have previously spoken of Marxism in brief as a religious cult. Perhaps it needs a more in-depth explanation since it is a very interesting and controversial subject. It will be based on the explanation provided by James Lindsay of New Discourses who in turn was informed by philosopher Eric Voegelin. Hegelian National Religion It…

Culture, Politics, Society

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