"Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool."--Ralph Waldo Emerson
Re Dr. Agca's essay on fraternities at the state university in Diliman
If his beloved University of the Philippines is a failure as member in the trinity of change--the school, the family, the church, not necessarily in that order--do the rest follow the domino effect? If this is so, will it explain the widespread poverty and lawmakers as the biggest thieves of state funds?
They say that the country is no longer the sick man of Asia. Does this claim match reality on the ground? Can one explain the squalor and beggary in Manila, which is supposed to be a model in development in Las Islas de los Ladrones?
And what about this dysfunctional Filipino culture where criminals are voted into powerful offices? Like the convicted economic plunderer they call "Erap." Where dynasties rule with impunity. Like the Binays--father, son, wife, daughters-- and amass mind-boggling wealth.
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