The May 2013 Mid-Term General Elections are on the way. Politicians will be making their pitch. Note that these Pinoy politicians will still be ranting about corruption – as if they are not corrupt; they will be ranting about joblessness – as if they do not support legislation which keeps jobs out; they will be ranting about hunger – as if they are not the cause of hunger.
As it stands, the parties don’t have distinct ideological differences – LP or UNA they are all the same national socialist scum. And by the way In the 1940s, the Germans had a similar party – one that was also nationalist and socialist. The German party’s name was Nationalsozialismus – English: “National Socialism” – it was more widely known as the Nazi party.
Come to think of it – the appeals to “Pinoy pride” have shades of the same Nazi thinking. Since the Nazis already have the franchise on an Aryan race, the Filipinos are hell-bent on finding an ancient equivalent. And in the absence of finding one – the Pinoy Nazis are relegated to promoting singers, beauty queens, and boxers as the epitomes of the Pinoy master race – obviously they can’t promote domestic helpers – nor can they promote the Pinoy politicians who are a woefully despicable bunch of stinking plunderers.
That these nationalist socialist parties are able to garner votes says a lot about the Philippine voters. The inconvenient conclusion is that most Filipino voters are Pinoy neo-nazis. Thank goodness – the Philippines obviously does not have the capacity to invade Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, or Vietnam because if it had the capability, chances are it would follow the footsteps which led to Japan’s entry to World War II.
Pinoy Big Brother Isn’t Just a TV Show
The socialist streak is easy to spot among Filipino voters. The typical Pinoy voter is not concerned about open economies after all Pinoy Big Brother/Big Sister is there to provide cradle to grave welfare. Congressmen will dip into the pork barrel for each citizen’s child birth expenses, child care expenses, school expenses, food allowances, hospitalization expenses, beauty pageant expenses, office party expenses, and burial expenses. The programs of the Philippine welfare state are conveniently hidden in the pork barrel. The latest welfare programs are the CCT subsidy and the RH programs.
What this also means is that most Filipinos vote for a leader who will run their lives, who will do the thinking for them, who will provide for their welfare from cradle to grave. For short, the Filipinos have abrogated their right to run their lives based on the pursuit of their personal happiness. Under such circumstances it is not surprising that Filipino leaders have totalitarian tendencies – because the electorate expects them to be totalitarian in the first place.
Socialism also provides Filipinos a quick escape from taking responsibility for their decisions and their life. If something goes wrong – they can always blame the state. The Filipinos have no inkling on what it means to live, to have a life. Why? Because Filipinos expect government to provide them a life. And what a life it has been that government has provided for them- one of unabated corruption, joblessness, poverty, and hunger – no matter the administration.
Pinoy Racism
Believe you me, the politicians get thunderous applause when they make references to “lahing kayumanggi”, “dugong Pilipino” – the Filipino race.
If you think the German Nazis had a monopoly on racism, think again. The German Nazis used the jews as a scapegoat, the Filipinos have the Chinese, the Indians aka “bombays”, any foreigner for that matter who does not have a brown skin color – as scapegoats, a fall guy, the cause of Filipino misery. Never mind that there is no such thing as “pure Filipino”. Or that the human genome project has established the fact that modern human sapiens had its roots in a mitochondrial Eve coming out of Africa.
Protected Businesses – Unprotected Consumers
Filipinos also don’t have a clue on how their misguided nationalism has backfired on the economy – and their personal economy. By protecting Filipino businesses from competition, Filipino consumers have been suckered into giving up their hard earned money to pay for electric companies that have perennial power outages, water companies that have perpetual water shortages, telephone companies that have regular network blow outs.
Just like beauty – nationalism is skin deep
The problem with nationalism and racism is that it isolates people from the rest of humanity – it creates artificial boundaries. Being Filipino is not an excuse to exclude other nationalities from providing jobs and services to Filipinos.
It does not make sense that we tolerate the abuses of Filipino companies just because they are Filipinos.
What if the countries were there are OFWs close their doors on foreigners just like we do? Recall how the Filipinos reacted to the nationalization of jobs in Saudi Arabia. We keep foreigners out of the Philippines – and then when we are given the same treatment we cry foul.You know what that makes Filipinos look like? A bunch of hypocrites that’s what.
A hell ran by Filipinos is not acceptable – what we need is heaven ran by human beings regardless of nationality.
The Filipino Norm – Bend Over for Tyrants
Visit the barrios, the squatter areas, the barbershop – and the idea that resonates among Filipino voters is that the Philippines needs an iron hand, a benevolent dictator.
It seems Filipinos have yet to learn the evils of tyranny, have forgotten what tyranny means or perhaps, they have so gotten used to living in tyranny that they no longer know what freedom means.
When Filipinos finally know who they are as persons – and be comfortable with their persons – their likes, dislikes, their dreams, their aspirations, their achievements – and not on a collectively defined set of standards of what it means to be “Filipino” – freedom will get a second wind. Isn’t it rather paradoxical that the fate of the “greater good” lies in the freedom of individuals to innovate, create, and follow their dreams.
Filipinos should cease being “Filipinos” as defined by the state or the self-proclaimed elite, instead we ought to become more than just Filipinos – a human being, a person.
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