@Zeal16 2 May 2022 more from that month

Fight to the Last (First Installment)

Disclaimer: This piece contains serious issues about the Philippine politics at the moment. The Philippines is a third world country in the Southeast Asia known for its tropical weather and hospitable people. It was colonized by Spanish, Americans, and Japanese. This archipelagic country is home for over 100 million Filipinos. It's people is known to be hardworking. However, despite of all the hardwork, why is the Philippines still crawls due to poverty? Allow me to enumerate several reasons why. Unestablished Boundaries Filipinos are very permissive. It is rooted in its culture that instills in the mind of every child that saying "no" and establishing boundaries is bad and offensive. It is also the case in its politics. If the elders in the family supports a certain candidate, you as the kid in the family must do the same with no question asked. No challenging of the elders' wisdom will be allowed. If you do so, just like me, you will branded as disobedient and will be an outcast. Accepting not even the Bare Minimum Since most Filipinos grew up poor, we are very appreciative of anything given to us. It can be good or bad. Allow me to elaborate. It is good to be grateful of any help that is given to us, because it means that a big hearted person, institution and/or organization would like to help alleviate your situation. However, when it comes to Philippine politics, many Filipinos do not require the best from its next public servants. Whoever is popular, regardless of how they became known, they vote for them. Moreover, it is too glaring that Filipinos entrust their lives for the next six years to politicians who do not know the real problems of the country and the people. Apparently, who are not the best for the office. If you read this at this time, I hope as you wake up tomorrow, you will start to reflect on your boundaries and standards not only of the public servants but most specially of the people you let into your life.