Former relies on his diplomas and ‘perfect attendance’ to seem ‘intelligent’ to lazy minds. My candidate, meanwhile, has the real smarts.
But it was this blog which made me finally decide.
Well, this quote, anyway.
" Truth to tell, it’s jamby madrigal and nicanor perlas who are running on platforms of CHANGE, and noynoy and the rest should be giving way to them, i.e., if we are to go by EDSA. "
Basically true.
We need an upheaval right now, which is determined towards achieving a more participatory, engaged and surgical transformation of our society. This should be fine.
Was a tough choice between Jamby and Nick for me, honestly. The deal breaker, though, was Jamby coming to the aid of Aquino and DEFENDING HIM re. Mendiola Massacre. That is highly unacceptable gesture in my book, and reeks of callous opportunism, & shows her to be nothing more than a ‘wheeler-dealer’ of some kind. Whatever progressive bona fides she has accumulated all this time has been downgraded by this single act. Worse, in the event of her win, the matrix of oligarchic power play is only upheld, and calling her bluff, in a sense, would just amount to begging for a seat at their table. Perfectly good as Jamby's intentions may be. We didn’t go so far in this journey to merely want a seat in the table.
Ultimately, what won me over is that his campaign is about going beyond and transcending all that. Because we deserve better. Than this, than these insulting set of choices they menacingly throw at us. We don't have to resign ourselves to the telenovela of the yellow bastard, or the bogus b.s. of that 'mahirap' prick, or the country-killing doctrine of those who want or think they are white.
What we need, with the risk of sounding cliched, is the new shit. A clean fucking break. A fresh perspective. A plan amd aim that screams civilization. That doesn't demean us, or talk down on us, or casts us in mendicancy. That works around our country's present limitations, instead of merely being OF them.
That w/c showcases Filipino cerebral acumen as able to produce spectacular views, ways and means to achieve holistic growth, crush the structural deadweights, and totally ascend: unfurling the Gordian knot of Semi-Feudal, Semi-Colonial formulations, which has suffocated dreams and stifled capabilities, preventing a lot of us from thinking out of its grue.
One which builds on the strength of our own ideas and common purpose.
For your consideration.
*****
Nicanor Perlas’ Platform:
Oh, and please do check this out,too. This one got me started.
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