Do we need to legislate change? That's how people view the current situation---we need to enact laws that fully satisfy the needs of the people. When people are happy, then, it follows that change has already affected the entire nation politic.
I think there's nothing wrong with the proposition of legislating change except that few people follow those kinds of legislation. For example, we have excellent environmental laws but it seems that few people follow them. We have laws that promote freedom of expression and political liberties but the State, by itself, either suppress them or use these laws to dilute those freedoms.
The thing about legislating change is if its too radical or too modern for the tastes of the Filipino, it either goes to the dustbin or people dilute its effects. Or worst, not follow it at all. The Constitution and the Family Code of the Philippines promote stronger family ties by discouraging separation, but check present data and you'll see how Filipinos have the most highly rated divorce or separation rates in Asia. We have laws that ban political dynasties but look at our roster of legislators and public executives. They are either sons, daughters, wives, paramours, cousins, nephews or nieces of political strongmen.
Besides, change legislation are just palliatives, enough to satiate the present distresses while keeping the status quo happily entrenched in their age-old niches. It is excellent in the short-term but disastrous in the long haul. For example, we have laws that bans political dynasties yet those who are supposed to implement it are the primary code breakers.
If we are to continue making laws that serve as palliatives, we dein solve the root causes of our misery. The traditional structural defects that promote this kind of system will persist and eventually destroy us should we refuse to change.
We need a total change in the philosophical world view of Filipinos. The perennial future shock problem of the Filipino is the root cause of change atrophy and we must address that through a socio-cultural transformation. That transformation should be personal.
We need a cultural Long March that must spring from the loins of New Media. This future shock problem can be addressed swiftly and decisively through consciousness changing methods via the New Media. There is no other means feasible except this.
The Revolutionist, that is the Intellectual Entrepreneur should further invest his time and money to lead this Long March. This Long March should be undertaken by taking the technological innovations available for us now and transform these tools into revolutionary weapons. The weapons of the Revolutionist are transformatory. The weapons are destructive forces against traditionalism and Republicanism that harms the entire body politic.
BY destroying petit bourgeois consciousness and promoting complete proletarian culture, we further speed up the process of proletarization. Only then can we mobilize the broad masses towards revolutionary victory.
AS we speak, this process is making excellent progress, especially in New Media. If we are to just hit 10% of the 44 million Filipinos going online everyday, revolutionary victory should be fully complete within one or two years.
i'm wondering:
ReplyDeletewill our government officials change their ways just because the public is clamoring for it?
will older generations heed calls for personal change as well?
can we teach old dogs new tricks?
can these so called movements for change and their followers ensure that after the 2010 elections the philippines would become a better country?
out of 10 people who sign up with these so-called movements for change how many of them pay their their taxes correctly and truly observe traffic rules and regulations to the letter?
if all ordinary citizens of this country suddenly decide to follow our laws to the letter, will all government officials and state workers do the same?
if i pledge to reject graft and corruption, am i really putting a stop to graft and corruption?
is there anyone out there who can truly say he/she is incapable of corruption?
just wondering.
well, betterphilippines, those are excellent questions that needs excellent answers.
ReplyDeletepeople always clamour for something better. and I believe that people will change if we or some other movements change their mindsets.
i'm sure that those who sign up with these "so-called movements for change" are duty-bound and law-abiding citizens for where it not, they would not be able to realize right from wrong. I mean, those who want change do so because they have a fair sense of what's right and what's wrong.
on corruption, the only way for us to stop that is simply change the way we look at things and try to minimize our concept of property. meaning, we need to realize that properties belonging to government belongs to everybody---that if you get one single cent from the public coffers, you are stealing money from yourself.
"on corruption, the only way for us to stop that is simply change the way we look at things and try to minimize our concept of property. meaning, we need to realize that properties belonging to government belongs to everybody---that if you get one single cent from the public coffers, you are stealing money from yourself."
ReplyDeleteif only the evildoers in the government would even bother to listen to our pleas.
if only it were this easy to stop grafters and corruptors.
if i may add, relatives of incumbent officials should not even attempt to get involved in government deals out of simple delicadeza.
just my opinion