PESSIMISM AND PERDITION

23 September 2025
Tuesday post Mass Protest 

My general pessimism is not without cause. For over ten years, I had also served in government (in a technical capacity and up to middle management level) ~ where I found out that even daring and radical policy and legal reforms are not enough to turn the tide of our steady degradation into perdition (hurting the lowly and poor masses the most).
 
Which is why I had said again and again that laws, policies and principles for reform aren't nearly enough ~ because these things don't operate themselves. People have to implement them ~ either properly, erroneously, or even deliberately not at all! And then implementing these is one thing; actually complying with or following them is another. Our society is generally lacking at both sides of that spectrum. You know what I'm talking about ~ we've lived practically our whole lives observing the lackadaisical manner our entire system goes about our governance ~ from the national down to the local (and even to grassroots/barangay) levels.
 
But it isn't that I just worked in government previously ~ I had personally overseen and directly facilitated the enactment of eight [8] high priority economic and social reforms, plus other related laws coming under my ambit of influence and technical oversight as director for policy reforms and advocacy under the Social Reform Council then, one of the precursor agencies to the current National Anti-Poverty Commission. One of which I had personally drafted (RA 8425) ~ that PFVR had immediately certified as an urgent bill, therefore expeditiously passed by Congress toward the end of his administration.
 
So you could see where I'm coming from when I voice my pessimism in my frustrations about our country and situation. The only way we can truly achieve advancement and proper development is through the attainment of real justice (rule of law) and social reforms (strengthening of our patriotic duties and responsibilities) ~ to enable a just peace and for the chance to work miracles and sustainable support to our own prosperity happening to our people. Prosperity only for the few is unacceptable ~ that only means our democracy isn't functioning as it should be (i.e., for the greater good of the greatest number).
 
Corruption is our worst 'disease' ~ but a deeply flawed political system, plus a weak or no political will at all to take it down/eliminate it totally, added to that generally loud but fractious (and therefore ineffective) denouncements of it ~ only constitute a 'cure' that is practically worse than the disease. It has even enabled corruption to "metastasize" throughout our whole society, in general . . .
 
I rest my (jaded and frustrated) case. 🤪😂😜
 
#PagMayTime

Admin:
It's always TALK Caloy. Taman ra sa dila ug sa balita. Kung ni Rado Gatchalian pa, "corruption sa tawo gagikan mismo kesehoda ug politiko ka ug dili." Way reform ma implement hangtud dili ma eradicate ang favouritism, nepotism, connectionism, kumpadre system... 

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