Tag: tribalism

The Noble Savage needs to be Buried

August 30, 2022September 1, 2022 ChinoF 1 Comment

A lot of problems in the world today can be blamed on the “noble savage” concept. I commented in a previous article that Filipinos are bogged down by a primitivist mentality. For example, I notice in nostalgia webpages comments by some who wish they could go back and live in the 1800s or times without…

Culture, History, Religion

Modern Culture vs. Traditional culture: Why I choose the former

May 18, 2022May 19, 2022 ChinoF 16 Comments

In a previous article, I mentioned a 1990s or early 2000s cable TV advertisement which showed people of different cultures later morphing into people in black modern suits. The narrator was saying that diversity and culture are in danger because of modernization by globalization. I’m still looking for this ad, but I also still disagree…

Culture, Economy

The Right Way to “Cancel” Culture… and maybe Disease

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 ChinoF 21 Comments

“Cancel Culture” is one of the funny buzzwords of these days. It’s all about boycotting a celebrity when they say something “offensive.” It can be loosely appplied to Wokes’ destruction of statues and staging of massive riots. Perhaps even this thing where children “stand up to parents” over the ABS-CBN closure. But they don’t know…

Culture

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on The Silent Crisis: How Stigma and State Violence Exacerbated Neurodiversity in the Philippines
Yeah, Filipinos are a bunch of judgmental people. They think
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on Pet Sematary Pinoy Democracy: Why the System that Returned After 1986 Came Back Wrong
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Tony Ramos
on The Silent Crisis: How Stigma and State Violence Exacerbated Neurodiversity in the Philippines
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