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Yes we do but sometimes, we never learn from the lessons of the past. Good afternoon Joeam. Hello guys.
Good early evening, arlene.
Sometimes not, that’s true. This was the additional thought that came to my mind, that I posted elsewhere:
The President’s contrived letter aside, today, in a flash back in history, we can see clearly on which side of the Marcos-Freedom divide the President stands. And his self-dealing supporters like Roque and all the trolls . . . and those of no real principle, like Angara.
It means “learn the lesson, because it is right before your eyes.”
Yep, and that message by Duterte, I feel it is not sincere.
Not when he is scheduled to be in Cebu with Imee Marcos today.
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Good night, Arlene. ð
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Good night too Edgar, goodnight everyone.
You live, you learn.
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1. The word entered my mind from nowhere â âthanatocracy.â And I wondered if there was such a term.
2. Google provides two meanings:
2.1. âNominal governance by a dead person, through posthumous holding of an official position of authority, or by popular veneration and lasting influence of a personal ideology.â
2.2. âThe enactment of mass and organized killing as an official policy of a state.â
3. Both definitions apply to the country.
3.1. The second definition fits the current administration of Duterte.
3.2. The first definition splits the country into two: Ferdinand Marcos supporters vs. Ninoy Aquino supporters.
3.3. The supporters of the first are for one-man rule. The supporters of the second for constitutional democracy.
4. We thought that the death of Ninoy ended the need for one-man rule. Yet here we are, 35 years later, having reanimated the need with greater vigor, electing a darker persona than Marcos that has resulted in the untimely death of thousands.
5. The dream of constitutional democracy has been reawakened but it is a dream that edges into the realm of nightmares. There are threats aplenty from within and from without.
6. There is a core of woke people currently outnumbered by the rabid crowd who worship Thanatos, the Greek god of death. We, the people, must turn to Eros, the god of love.
6.1. In Freudian psychology, Thanatos is self-destruction — the death drive — whereas Eros is the life force.
6.2. From a thanatocracy, we must strive for a true republic that enhances the life force — the vitality and the joy of living.
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Thanatos is a horrible god to follow, I agree. I have mixed feelings about Eros being a life force, because ‘love’ to me, too often, means passive acceptance, spending the day turning one’s cheek. And it is predominantly emotional. There is a different positive force, I think, and I have no idea as to the god-icon, but it is good works. That is, the rational deployment of our brains to be the architect of policies that are healthy and durable through all kinds of natural and manmade crises. It can choose whether prosperity is a goal, or smiting back at Thanatos, or defending against global warming. It is not passive or emotional, it is driving forward.
Death is the brother of sleep, so that also applies to those sleeping the noodle house.
And the liar is brother to the thief.
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And the thief is brother to the murderer.
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And the wheeler-dealer is daughter to the @!$&*%#^.
“Richard Heydarian, an author, columnist and academic who specializes in politics, said the Marcos family wanted to stay relevant nationally and in a political culture where loyalties easily shift, Sara Duterte was now widely seen as a figure worth rallying behind.
“People around (Rodrigo) Duterte are looking for a new center of gravity. They see signs of an exhausted president and see there could be some kind of succession that can protect their interests,” he said.
“He has a very shallow network of politicians, he’s not at his peak. He just has to hold on as long as he can.””
https://m.investing.com/news/world-news/as-philippines-duterte-starts-to-flag-his-daughter-reaches-out-to-a-marcos-1579219?ampMode=1
Then add the Villars to the mix.
https://www.msn.com/en-ph/kids/other/sara-duterte%E2%80%99s-hugpong-ng-pagbabago-forges-alliance-with-cynthia-villar-imee-marcos/ar-BBLRqWW?li=AAb280R
Thannatos sounds like Thanos.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanos
Ah, Thanos and his infinity stones. PRD has a few more to collect: BBM, Cha-cha, Federalism, Politburo…
Salamat po, Ninoy!
The Filipino is still worth fighting for.
The Filipino may be empty-handed but not empty-headed.
History in the making. Is the Trump Presidency in its death throes?
“This is the week we know, with increasing certainty, that we are entering the last phase of the Trump Presidency. This doesnât feel like a prophecy; it feels like a simple statement of the apparent truth.”
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/michael-cohen-and-the-end-stage-of-the-trump-presidency?mbid=social_twitter
This may interest Irineo.
Habito describes how an anthropologist dissects our disunity.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/115526/roots-of-our-disunity
This is basically the same as what Francis postulated, that the highest level of mental organisation is still the clan/barangay.
Or my statement about ‘kami muna’ echoes what the article says about every stranger being either potential enemy or victim.
Thanks for that.