Tag: collectivism
Philippine society is living off unearned pride bought with false achievement
Groupthink for the sake of “stability”? That might work if you are a Germany or Japan — or even a China or South Korea. But this is the Philippines. Filipinos …
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A collective outcome rather than the majority will: Why Filipinos fail at common decency
At the coffee shop where I routinely get my morning fix, customers mill around the counter in a way that often makes it difficult to distinguish those who are (a) …
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So A Republican and a Democrat Walked Out of a Bar
“A Republican and a Democrat walked out of a bar after a drinking session and came across a homeless person begging outside the door. The Republican gave the homeless person …
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Stop Drinking the Obama Kool-Aid!
Let me start with a nice funny story to lighten things up a bit before I get down to some serious stuff. This story was forwarded to me by a …
Read MoreAre Filipinos individualist, collectivist, or just a bunch of moochers?
Labels are now the “in†thing among so-called “intellectuals†of the Philippine blogosphere. Some Filipinos who are actively participating in debates are suddenly identifying themselves as either libertarian, conservative, progressive, …
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