Twenty Five Lessons at EDSA

EDSA 1

1. Never allow one man or his family to monopolize thievery in government. Stealing should be institutionalized and a monopoly of the elites. One man's greed should never be allowed. Greed is shared.


2. Power should not be monopolized by just one man. There should be a sharing of power among unequals.


3. It is not enough that you have an honest president. An honest president cannot really go against a corrupted system.


4. It is not enough that a president is honest when his relatives are not.


5. This country should not be ruled by just one strongman. There should be many strongmen and many warlords.


6. A revolution without bloodshed precipitates violence afterwards.


7. Do not allow elites to hijack a legitimate People's revolt.


8. CSR or Corporate Social Responsibilities are not EDSA revolts.


9. Doing little things for the country will not change the system. It just lulls the people to complacency.


10. A non-violent revolution always perpetuate a continuing cycle of violence.


11. Those who say that they led EDSA are the same ones to blame for the failed experiment.


12. EDSA is not 25 years old. EDSA ended the minute the traditional elites ascended to power.


13. Revolutions are processes, never two week affairs. 


14. The people's thirst for change is dissimilar with the elite's hunger for power.


15. EDSA is a compromise among the elites.


16. EDSA saw the birth of hundreds of Marcos' "mini-mes".


17. EDSA prevented the true expression of the masses towards change. EDSA was hijacked by lesser gods, who think of themselves as successors of the dictator.


18. EDSA ended the minute the people went home and left the government under the control of the greedy.


19. Yes, freedom was regained at EDSA---the freedom of the elites to once again, enslave the Filipino People. During Martial Law, there was only one family who oppresses everybody. Now, there are 18,000 families trying to get a slice of the loot.


20. "Bakla ang dilawang pagbabago"


21. Generals steal from soldiers. Soldiers steal from the people. The people give both the soldier and the general their share of the loot. While the elites wait for their share of the loot.


22. The only change EDSA went thru was painting the town "yellow" instead of "red".


23. EDSA: from the dictatorship of one to a tyranny of the many.


24. EDSA: from galunggong to Lucky me noodles.


25. EDSA: from 65 centavo fare to 7.50 pesos.