Ok Pinoys. Let’s be realistic. You will not succeed in stamping out corruption by changing one corrupt administration for another.
I am trying to use some lateral thinking.
Why focus on the top hierarchy when corruption can be seen so easily in the lower echelons?
When do pretexts of being business minded give way to the realization that each one of us plays out his part in the grand scheme of corruption?
When does a bible reading Pinoy who is in a privileged position stop kidding himself into believing that god would understand he is only trying to survive?
What about when a schoolteacher complains about the administration but at the same time accepts bribes to give good marks?
What about when a policeman pulls up a taxi driver for a farcical on the spot fine and still wears his uniform with pride?
It is up to every single person to disentangle himself from the web before pointing the finger.
Corruption is only relative to positioning of power. The only difference between the above examples and The Philippine administration is the price.
Until Filipinos can resist the lure of ill-gotten rewards, even in the face of poverty, there will never ever be a better Philippines.
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True true perhaps.
However, for a Filipino like me who has never bribed anyone in his life nor has ever accepted bribery, this just doesn't seat well.
Sadly, the corruption is so deeply rooted. The sad truth about this though is that most of these briberies stem from the need and desire to have a better life.
Corruption has become so ingrained in the system that has been taken as part of it.
I'd be careful though about posts like this as this may arouse the ire of the Filipinos who are now embroiled in a battle against the current government.
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