Crisis? Financial meltdown? Global panic? Who, we?? No way! We, in the Third World have been in crisis mode way too long we hardly know what other kind of life there is! Yeah, thanks to our perennial indebtedness…
I’m not speaking from left field, geez, no! I’ve been engulfed by the capitalist world way too long to have any pretensions at progressiveness. Just happen to own a bit of common sense to understand what all this mess is pointing to.
If America is shuddering over the possible loss of homes, come over! Marvel at the many homeless people we have. If you worry about not being able to afford health care, a sizable steak on the dining table, or gasoline for the car, be our guest! Walk around Timog Avenue, dine at an open resto… watch the kids swoop down on the left-overs on your plate.
So the Madam President is right. The Philippines will not cower in fear over this crisis. It’s our way of life!
If I see anything good about this crisis, it’s the way it would open people’s eyes to the resident evil in our systems, the false sense of security we’ve surrounded ourselves with, the loose fiber of globalization that our leaders tried to sew some nice patchwork on…
Time for the First World to experience what their poor brothers have known for centuries. Time for the Third World to strut their stuff. What stuff?!
The will to survive! The Faith and gratitude… over nothing much!
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