Lockdown or no lockdown Filipinos remain helpless against COVID-19
The Philippines is not a nation of people who take the initiative to do the right thing. We are talking here of the land of the jeepney and a society …
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The world will not wait for the Philippines to recover from COVID-19
“Humanity” and all the goodness around empathy and charity sound nice on paper but, eventually, people and the rest of the world with clear pathways to the future move on. …
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The best solution to combat COVID-19 is to NOT be poor
I used to hate the term “bahala na”. This single two-word term encapsulates the whole trouble with the Philippines — a society of people who habitually hope for the best …
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Rather than complain about the government COVID-19 lockdown, Filipinos should learn to be RESOURCEFUL
So-called “political analyst” Antonio Contreras’s position on the matter of the ongoing impact of the government’s lockdown on Filipino lives fails to take into account an inconvenient reality of modern …
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A grim scenario for the Philippines as the COVID-19 pandemic runs its course
The scenarios playing out as we move further into uncharted social territory as the COVID-19 pandemic ravages Philippine society seems to be gravitating to just two — worse and worst. …
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The COVID-19 pandemic did not “expose” the class divide. It’s always been there in plain sight!
People are now lamenting the sad social divide supposedly laid bare as the COVID-19 pandemic ravages Philippine society. This comes across as mere quaint virtue signalling within the current context …
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The Fallacy of “Special Problems”
The wokes tend to see certain social problems as “special problems.” It’s based on the idea that certain problems deserve more attention than others. For example, poverty in a slum …
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What “Wokes” Fail to Get about Poverty
The “woke” social justice warriors do what they do because their assumptions about poverty and suffering on earth are wrong. My impression is that they are like the vegan “activist” …
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