tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11987503.post5069632524032197412..comments2023-09-28T05:38:56.877-07:00Comments on THE FILIPINO MIND: Our Filipino Politics - Republic of the Oligarchic Few (Beyond the 2010 Elections)Bert M. Dronahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864941770380173324noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11987503.post-89324506709179451842010-05-19T12:01:03.691-07:002010-05-19T12:01:03.691-07:00NeoFilipino,
Thanks for the feedback.
I do not k...NeoFilipino,<br /><br />Thanks for the feedback.<br /><br />I do not know your age,but frankly in the 1960s and early 1970s, the middle class identified with the Marcos dictatorship since the latter implemented its short-term peace and order, of course for its selfish reasons. The middle class with most of the oligarchy played to the tune of the dictatorship given the typical disgust for the truly poor/masa. Ss the middle class aspire to join the upper classes, even join the oligarchy.<br /><br />It is only after years of declining prosperity for these two classes did they woke up and started aligning with the poor who were/are always the expendable victims. Then when Benigno got murdered, these classes went for Cory of out naivete, sentimentality and dislike for true and radical changes (read Frederick Douglas quotation so apt for most of us).<br /><br />I do not think and believe that the middle class or any other class has an exclusive ownership for radical and fundamental changes for the common good. <br /><br />All classes must be welcomed though we can expect again some in the middle class but most of the poor to bear the brunt and effort of the national struggle.<br /><br />BertBert M. Dronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06864941770380173324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11987503.post-46214765254618834872010-05-17T10:31:57.554-07:002010-05-17T10:31:57.554-07:00Re:
The greater tragedy of oligarchic power and...Re: <br /><br />The greater tragedy of oligarchic power and politics is if the hoi polloi -- the poor victims themselves -- fight and kill one another while the exploiting classes playfully swap musical chairs in an elite game we call elections.<br /><br /><br />The reality is that it is not "IF". The tragedy lies in "FOR AS LONG AS" the majority of the descendants of the INDIOS circa 1571 among the different classes of slaves, i.e., "Aliping Mandirigma", "Aliping Saguiguilid", and "Aliping Namamahay", will fail to regain their own true consciousness, individually and collectively, by discarding the myths, the lies, the illusions and the delusions that were hammered into their psyche by "The Sword and The Cross" and which were slammed down further and spread all over the 7,107 islands through the copy-cat version of the US Public School System.<br /><br /><br />The reality is that by themselves the present and future generations of the Pinoy "hoi polloi" or MASA can never free themselves from the insidious, nefarious, and vicious cycle of bondage that their ancestors among the INDIOS allowed themselves to be subjected and shackled.<br /><br /><br />The reality is that the "trigger" can only come from a "core group" from among the "Middle Class" who are simply sick and tired of watching the "Grand Zarzuela con Moro Moro" that was launched on 04 July 1946.<br /><br /><br />The reality is that power is never given up, never granted, but must always be taken, not just figuratively but literally, or re-taken by those who would have given up by sheer default.<br /><br /><br />There is still hope for the present generations of the Pinoy MASA and the Middle Class. All it takes is for a "core group" within the Middle Class, imbued with Patriotism, Integrity, and Excellence, who will be ready and willing to kill in order to free themselves and the rest of the Middle Class and the Pinoy MASA.<br /><br /><br />The reality is that changing the political destiny of the marginalized majority of the inhabitants of the 7,107 islands can only have a "fighting chance" through armed uprising, and liberating each barangay of the more than 42,000 barangays spread all over the 7,107 islands from the stranglehold of the "Ruling Elite".NEO FILIPINOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12375048894472408671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11987503.post-59233314151963673152010-05-17T05:52:09.852-07:002010-05-17T05:52:09.852-07:00Kit,
Thanks for your feedback and I can only rest...Kit,<br /><br />Thanks for your feedback and I can only restate my response in a previous post:<br /><br />True, analysis... in fact we have actually been 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 for nationalism is sine-qua-non, but given past and present realities, even such education can not be expected (IMF/WB, since the time Marcos started obtaining loans, has imposed conditions including our educational system (less humanities/liberal arts, more on vocational. <br /><br />Given our subservient regimes, 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 two best opportunities for radical changes - but these were greatly wasted opportunities.<br /><br />And for the sake of discussion, given our present realities, even if today we had changes in the direction we desire here, it will probably take at least 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 />I hope I will be proven wrong.<br /><br />BertBert M. Dronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06864941770380173324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11987503.post-83951542621566185742010-05-16T22:49:04.067-07:002010-05-16T22:49:04.067-07:00Perhaps the question Bert is whether the majority ...Perhaps the question Bert is whether the majority of Filipinos bother to care to knowing about nationalism, love of country and/or the common good?<br /><br />Seems the brainwashing effect of mass media and our educational system has succeeded in producing self-centeredness as a common trait among Filipinos nowadays.<br /><br />Most are focused on self gratification or just too busy trying to survive because of poverty that there is no room to being educated to love our country, be aware of such as thing as working for a common good nor even care for our neighbors who have now grown alienated from one another in their walled up lives among our "educated" Filipinos.<br /><br />Quote unquote kasi mukhang marami--rami ang magaasta mal-edukado kahit na may mga Phd.<br /><br />Someone in this emailing list sometime back (forgotten who) mentioned the need for behavior modification as what is needed to create such ove of country and for Filipinos to work for a common good in order to achieved positive societal transformation in the Philippines. <br /><br />This leads us to the question on how this can be done?<br /><br /><br />KitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com