short term, long term...

My Tito Danny, one of my mom's friend s abroad saw my prior entry and commented on it... "I feel Trillanes' frustration but he must also know the consequences of what he did..." This is what he said to my mom upon reading my blog about the Makati incident last Thursday. I know that many Filipinos see the act as a bad thing simply because it is bad for the economy, which is trying to rise up in this present times. Some even said that the economy is already stable and acts like this will destroy such stability in the economy. But do we really believe that the economy is doing good? That the lives of the Filipino people are getting better? You guys might want to rethink that. They say that an action like this would scare the investors away, making our country drop million levels away from being included in the list of countries who have good economy. That is not completely true, though investors help in giving jobs to the people in our country, they do not really help in making a small country progress rather they make it look this way while they are trying to suck everything from the said poor country. This is just one of the sick part of the thing called CAPITALISM. Capitalism is a principle whereas the institutions do not care for the people, all it cares about is how to make things better for themselves. Imagine a country running in this kind of economic policy combined with a corrupt administration, do you think that anything will be left for the people? This is the current state that we have now in this poor country, the so called economy that is getting better is not the economy of the masses, it is the economy of the elites the ones who run and own the companies that try to tell us that they are here to make our lives better. Most if not all of these companies are after their own good and they don't care if you die of hunger because they are not the ones dying anyway. Same with the government, they have to protect the interests of these big companies because it is either they own shares from the companies or the companies are top contributors in their campaigns. Don't you ever wonder why these business organizations are not taking a stand on the issue about Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo even when there are so many issues of graft and corruption have been coming out against this so called leader? Compared when issues of graft and corrupt practices came out against Erap Estrada, they immediately made a move against the ex-action star "people of the masses" for the simple fact that they were concerned that Joseph Estrada might, in time protect the interest of the masses and not of the big businesses. With GMA, they are assured that it will serve the interest of the elites even if she continues her corrupt practices it will barely affect them because their interests are all served by this ELITIST, FASCIST, IMPERIALIST president of the nation. The economy that will be affected that the people are so concerned about is not theirs, will never be theirs unless changes are made. the people are thinking short term rather than long term. The people are afraid that they wont have much for today rather than being concerned that the younger will be left with none. Would you rather make a stand now and have changes or settle for mediocre and not have anything in the future? I have this feeling that people were thinking, "I can't join and support them because I know how ruthless this administration is and they can do whatever they want with me if i support these men..." The thing is, we are in this slump because we think like that, we don't have the balls to stand up against something oppressive, or even if we were able to gather the strength to fight once the battle is won we forget about what we have fought for. With what happened last Thursday, we need to be reminded that there are people who don't forget what they are fighting for. Those people particularly General Lim and Senator Trillanes have been inside the prison for a cause that we should all be sharing and despite its being unsuccessful for the first time, they did not give up on the cause and tried again. What's sad about it is that they had faith on us, that we would know what to do once a call for a liberation from oppressive government was done, but all we did was disappoint them. The people proved these men wrong, these men who had complete faith in the integrity, intelligence and responsibility of the Filipino people that they were fighting for. All it took for the people's integrity, intelligence and responsibility to go away was fear and short term outlook on the present situation of Filipinos. The next time you drive your car, ride a public transportation or even while walking on the street of your office, try to look around you and see if the lives of the people (the ones sweeping the streets, the vendors, the parking boys) have gotten any better even if yours were. Do the people even bother asking why the lives of the masses are not getting any better when the so called leaders have a fantastic, wonderful life and still even bother to steal from the people. If we don't act now, then when? Think of this scenario, you have something to eat on your plate now, but in the future even a plate, your kid might not be able to have. The actions of the people last Thursday show that they want a a plate and a food on that plate as well not just for them but for the future ones. COURAGE and LONG-TERM GOAL is the key, let us go and make our stand... now! "The people should not be afraid of the government, the government should be afraid of the people..."-V FOR VENDETTA