tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11987503.post500241134169734155..comments2023-09-28T05:38:56.877-07:00Comments on THE FILIPINO MIND: Seeking Change: Will the May 2010 Elections Deliver?Bert M. Dronahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864941770380173324noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11987503.post-76916277802127082492010-05-08T08:25:38.429-07:002010-05-08T08:25:38.429-07:00Hello Questing Spirit,
Thanks for your feedback.
...Hello Questing Spirit,<br /><br />Thanks for your feedback.<br /><br />Frankly, it would be a very long discussion before I can state a simplified, short response (my belief and "solution"): we need a nationalist revolution. <br /><br />And I invite you to read my previous postings since it is not solely culture. You can start with my opener "what we Filipinos should know."<br /><br />And as I alluded to in this current posting, we need to know ourselves: you, me and as many of fellow native Filipinos.<br /><br />True, analysis... in fact we have actually overanalyzed by some fellow Filipinos and foreigners of varying spins; but unfortunately it is only a few the so-called educated who are really aware of what's going on. And many of us are afraid of radical change, the necessary change. <br /><br />I can only suggest that we start with the late Prof.Renato Constantino writings, coupled with culture: religion, customs, habits,.etc. <br /><br />Change can only occur when a person or a society realizes his/its strengths and weaknesses, have a desire,courage and willingness to change, to do away with the weaknesses. Of course, these are easier said than done for one person; more so for a society.<br /><br />In our case, as a society, a directed education is sine-qua-non, but given past and present realities, even such education can not be expected. <br /><br />Only a nationalist and necessarily violent revolution can impose such; a revolution carried by a native populace who are consciously nationalistic and thus have chosen nationalist citizens as leaders, and latter all constantly under their watch for consistency to the aims of Filipino nationalism.<br /><br />It is not simple since we do not operate in a vacuum, more so in the now globalized society. It is much, much more difficult than say, in the premartial law years as well as during Cory's regime; where we had the best opportunities for radical changes - these were wasted opportunities.<br /><br />Given our present realities, even if today we had changes in the direction we desire here, it will probably take a generation to realize the fruits of a nationalist revolution.<br /><br />But since we Filipinos are mostly cowards and not the likes of Bonifacio, Mabini or Sakay, it may or may not happen. Thus the quotation I inserted (by Frederick Douglas).<br /><br />BertBert M. Dronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06864941770380173324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11987503.post-64802575729184910872010-05-08T04:40:22.952-07:002010-05-08T04:40:22.952-07:00Hi, I've come across your blog only just now, ...Hi, I've come across your blog only just now, and I'm glad to see a kindred spirit - and I appreciate learning from the paths you have made. Culture, not politics, is the reason for our stasis. But what concerns me now is - yes, for all the analysis on the socio-economic strata, the colonial history - what can we do now? It's like healing a damaged child - and discovering his potentials.questingspirithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09969069043376840196noreply@blogger.com