Forced Poverty
Street vendor, Banilad, Cebu, Philippines (via)
Is it enough for us to work for a better life? What does it mean to work, if all you do is stay in the status quo? Or worse, lose the the little that you had to begin with?
I look all around me, but cannot see the promises, or even the boast of economic increase that our politicians bombard us with. The election is about giving voice to the people, and making them heard… Or is it?
Nowadays, it’s all about power. How you can gain it and/or how you can keep it.
Propaganda never put food in the table for the poor, and it certainly won’t do that in the future.
We’ve become so numb that we cannot see, that our daily jeepney rides pass through some of the most poor neighborhoods in the world.
I give praise to those, who persevere, in spite of a climate of forced poverty, with no help, but their faith. I say forced, because without a helping hand, there is no recourse but to stay in the status quo, living a life, where uncertainty is certain.
tags: (none)The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich. Consequently, the modern poor are not pitied…but written off as trash. The twentieth-century consumer economy has produced the first culture for which a beggar is a reminder of nothing. ~John Berger
I know what you mean Nick. I see them, but sometimes I’m immune to the poverty that is around. Damn Gloria for the widening gap of the poor and the rich.
It really is sad how the distorted priorities of this administration as led to more desperation. The strength that these poor souls have should be the driving force for a society were the rich are humble and the poor respected.
Just take a look at how these trapos treat our people. They would rather approve the Anti-Terror Bill and the new franchise of PAGCOR than rush the approval of the SB 2263 and HB 6035.
These bills intend to drastically lower the cost of medicine thereby giving our poor a fighting chance to combat disease. Now isn’t this a good example of how callous this administration is?
Yes, I heard about the lost cause of these bills, pushed aside for the Anti-Terror Bill, that will probably be used for intimidation purposes during the election
Schumey, I read the reports on the rushed sessions in Congress. There were a few bills that were long overdue, but I feel, that there were a few that could’ve waited and need not have been rushed. I think, I saw one that was about researching the effectiveness of Science and Technology here in The Philippines… which, clearly, could’ve been delayed, and put aside for more pressing bills…
We certainly support the anti-terror bill, as this will be a step forward in the fight against terror, but this rushed session, fails to address key components that are too vague, and I’m afraid, will infringe on the rights of The Filipino People, including those who are running against the Administration..
Nick,
I too am wary of the Security Act of 2007. The leave to a despotic regime like GMA’s to interpret what constitutes terrorism would certainly abused. I join you in your apprehension. Now we won’t know when we who speak of the ills of this government be arrested. Its very reckless of congress to approve this bill without taking the abusive provisions into consideration.
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