Looking back to the pages of history our country had written since its First Republic era is a comprehensive view how its citizens have been managed by our leaders. Citizens of different generations have their own version of development and progress, and the version of politics, as well.
But what is always prevailing is the invisible arms of the capitalists that are somehow manipulating the strings in a puppet show. The leaders who are the frontrunners are unwittingly swinging with the tones until the show is over. Hundreds or even thousands of laws have occupied tha pages of our legislative diaries but it seems that same old issues keep on haunting the lives of the general populace. I remember when I was still in the elementary grades, my mother used to be the BSPO and was very active attending conferences on family planning. Another administrations come and go, the same program but of different mode, or let say, the same brand but of different cover. It means, the same problem is being addressed since from the very beginning and yet the same problem keeps on recurring. Family planning is also a huge business, right?
Let us be specific with our economy. Prices of commodities are skyrocketing because these capitalists can easlily sway the economy with their "billion dollars" assests and influences behind the incumbents. They say, "gas the government and run it like you own it." And what is the government had done to its major "functioning institutions" other than selling them to privitization? Our our governance had been the arena for corruption, a lasting legacy our colonizers have left keeping the majority of the people in the endless mudness of poverty. Capitalists on the other hand are enjoying both the privileges and powers not even an ordinary citizen can avail. The truth is, our government and economy are run not by our elected incumbents but by these tycoons behind them.
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