Spineless Politics

When the Greeks invented politiks, they did it for good reason--it was to do good to their fellow men. A selected few were chosen to rule the polis. These men were elected for their intelligence. Eventually, property became a factor. As the polis evolved into a more developed entity, politics became more of a career for these chosen few.

The history of Philippine politics is no different. When the Americans gave us the power of self-rule, a few were given the power to rule us. They were chosen for their subservience to foreign interests, mainly of the Americans. One flaw however was that the Americans did not fully create a formidable elite that would ensure the perpetuation of power. Since Filipinos' have this misinterpretation of democracy, demands to further open opportunities for any one to come into power affected the Philippine polity. Now, every Tom, Dick and Harry can elect himself into office with just his popularity as a ticket to politics.

Now, we see idiots and dumb-witted men and women ascending the halls of Congress. We see our political system being populated by ill-equipped Pinoys who use their monies and influence just to have that title of "Congressmen". We see generals playing footsies with these dumb fools for one reason--money.

No one among our present leaders have the vision and the will to lead this country into greatness. Everyone's vision is to carve his own political niche and generate millions of pesos worth of personal revenues for his family and his clan to feast on. Those who have the vision succumb to intense pressures from the system to conform.

This generation of pseudo leaders should be cursed by God for abandoning the cause of the weak, the poor, the widows and the orphans. The generation of FVR, JDV and Macapagal-Arroyo should be cursed for letting the people down. I was misled by JDV into believing that he already changed. I was terribly wrong. He remains as dirty as he was when he was just starting in politics.

These people can't claim to leave any legacy. They don't have any. They see themselves as "honorable" yet they do despicable things to the detriment of the people they vowed to serve. They have prostituted democracy and created a terrible system that we, the people, are cursed to live in.