What is so "democratic" and so "Socialist" about the Demsocs?

I just saw a rally by the militant Bayan Muna. One of their banners read : " US-AQUINO Regime". Am I living in the 80's? Oh, no, this is 2011 and it reads: " US-AQUINO Regime". Is there basis for such a tag? Yes, of course. We all know that behind the propaganda of a largely elected regime shows the shadowy figures of the CIA.


It seems that only Bayan Muna or those in the re-affirmist side recognizes the relevance of continuing the struggle against the rising oppression of this capitalist, anti-people administration of President Noynoy Aquino III.


Aside from Bayan Muna, who among the Left groups continue to militate against the system? 


As far as I personally know, the Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) continues its revolutionary stance against the Aquino administration, and with substantive reason---the struggle is about the system, not the personalities behind it. 


The Socialist Revolution is a struggle against the principalities, against the system that perpetuates the cycle of poverty and oppression and the continued alienation of the broad masses of the people.


The Socialist Revolution is about transformation not from within, but from outside the system. The Socialist Revolution aims to overhaul the capitalist system and replace it with one that truly reflects the democratic aspirations of the basic masses of the People. 


The People are being deceived by the principalities of the State into believing that it is after change. They mouth this every single time. Yet, what they do is assume the role of administrators of the elite whose interests lie parenthetically opposed to the People's.


Those who once donned the Socialist cap, and now actively help these principalities in protecting the interests of their true masters--the thieving elites--are pseudo-Socialists. They have sacrificed their struggle for a few crumbs thrown by these principalities. 


What is so "democratic" in the term "democratic Socialist" when they are part of an un-democratic government? What is so Socialist about them when they now recognize the continued existence of the oppressive capitalist system? 


These people are neither democratic nor Socialist. They are now pathetic apologists for an administration that continues to show its devilish nature yet hides behind sheep's clothing.


These people are compromisers. They are worst than the lumpen--the lumpen at least has an iron will to disrupt the system that oppresses them. IN the case of these "democratic Socialists", they are dogs that wait for the crumbs of their big bellied masters.


Don't be deceived--there is nothing Socialist about demsocs and nothing democratic about their actions. They are now part of a small group of people deceived by the rhetoric which the elites created in order to preserve their rule and protect them from the rising discontent of the broad masses. 


Fact is, the very press statement of one of the coopted ones, the Akbayan, belie their true nature, as that of reformists rather than revolutionists. 

"We, from Akbayan welcome the announcement of President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III concerning the naming of our very own, Akbayan President Ronald Llamas as one of his Presidential Advisers. We are honored by this pronouncement as it proves once more the sincerity, intensity and expertise of our leaders and of our political party in working towards the fulfillment of our people’s aspiration of a democratic and people-oriented government committed to reforms."

What is so democratic about a system that perpetuates the rule of a few that spites the condition of the majority? When a group realizes that it is better to work with a few elites and dreams of infecting reform from "within", it is a dream carved out from the warped minds of Don Quixotes.

What is this so-called "democratic and people-oriented government committed to reforms? Is this the Socialist ideal? Oh, no. 

The Socialist ideal is nothing short of transformation, the kind that an average Filipino knows to be true---the total overhauling of this decrepit system of oppression and alienation. 

Let the true Socialist recognize that the indigenous Filipino aspires for a total change--not loose change. When the Filipino says "Pagbabago", he means total change, not reforms. The root word "bago", means new, not something which came out of the old, no. 

If the demsocs defend themselves and say that is a new kind of struggle, the insurrectionary kind, they are deceiving themselves.

Insurrection means disrupting the operations of the system through militancy, not cooptation. It is a tactic that employs all the means available, subverting the state from inside, but still employing revolutionary methods in achieving its primary objective--that of revolution.

Now, don't tell me that these Socdems will come rushing in and sending me defensive statements that will accuse me of trying to be as stolic as Stalin, let me be very emphatic: if you're a Socialist, be a true one, not someone who tries to be one. If you're a Socialist, be very clear about what you intend to do. You're not a Socialist that tries to defend the very system you want changed. You are not a Socialist if you think that this system is still defensible.