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JoeAmDiscussion Topic: Authoritarianism and the Stateless Society
Your mission if you agree to accept it . . . The real JoeAm? JoeAm will be on family vacation for two weeks, returning in early May. He drops off this blog as a voluntary mission for readers, ala “Mission Impossible”. Here’s the framing: The Philippines is an authoritarian society. Interpersonal rivalries are … Continue reading
Dump American Democracy!
The Palace, Waterside This is an exercise aimed at getting outside the box in thinking about government. It is strictly an academic exercise, not a proposal to overthrow the worthy established government of the Philippines. Indeed, it has about a snowball’s chance in Pinatubo of even being useful. So consider it fiction, Joe’s delusional ramblings, … Continue reading
Parsing Fitch
The critics of the Philippines ate another bite of hat the other day when the Fitch Rating Agency upgraded Philippine debt to investment grade. Discussion threads on the upgrade were again the habitat of the 100 percenters, broken down about 80/20, with 80% offering commendations and full credit to President Aquino, and 20% claiming all … Continue reading
A Portrait of the Philippines as a Young Nation
Every once in a while it is good to pause to try to pull together some of the varied thoughts dumped out day to day in these blogs. Rather pull chaos back into order, if you catch my drift. So let’s do a little of that. If it seems deja vu, relax; it is not … Continue reading
Psychotherapeutic Counseling for the Democratically Inclined
“Democracy is for the intelligent, because the leadership of State is placed in the hands of the People. It also works best if the People are not nuts.” JoeAm ___________ Going by the Rappler mood meter, a good many Filipinos seem to be in a rather Maude-like snit about the harsh treatment being given by … Continue reading
