Comments on: A condensed history of the rich http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/03/27/a-condensed-history-of-the-rich/ Twisted by Jessica Zafra - Pumping irony since 1994 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:12:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: dementia http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/03/27/a-condensed-history-of-the-rich/#comment-35457 dementia Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:46:21 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/03/27/a-condensed-history-of-the-rich/#comment-35457 This is depressing. Is there no future for our country? I want a Philippines with good governance, where crime rates are low, with just salaries for all, with free health care and education is at par with the education in first world countries. I might be dreaming Utopia but at least I can still dream. This is depressing. Is there no future for our country? I want a Philippines with good governance, where crime rates are low, with just salaries for all, with free health care and education is at par with the education in first world countries. I might be dreaming Utopia but at least I can still dream.

]]> By: volume-addict http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/03/27/a-condensed-history-of-the-rich/#comment-35427 volume-addict Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:48:22 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/03/27/a-condensed-history-of-the-rich/#comment-35427 That realization after reading this piece totally hit me. It's depressing to think that class warfare continues to dominate the social and political landscape in The Philippines. Why are our people still stuck in 19th century Europe? That realization after reading this piece totally hit me. It’s depressing to think that class warfare continues to dominate the social and political landscape in The Philippines. Why are our people still stuck in 19th century Europe?

]]> By: selluloid http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/03/27/a-condensed-history-of-the-rich/#comment-35415 selluloid Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:49:19 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/03/27/a-condensed-history-of-the-rich/#comment-35415 hi! i'm really sick of this set-up. it's so old and cliche. all of us can bitch about it, how it's so effed up. and really, it makes me sad that my beloved philippines is like this: riddled with injustice, with the undeserving rich, who appear to be as uncivilized as their unfortunate counterparts, getting the upper hand. question is: what can we do about it? hi!

i’m really sick of this set-up. it’s so old and cliche.

all of us can bitch about it, how it’s so effed up.

and really, it makes me sad that my beloved philippines is like this: riddled with injustice, with the undeserving rich, who appear to be as uncivilized as their unfortunate counterparts, getting the upper hand.

question is: what can we do about it?

]]> By: franzi j. http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/03/27/a-condensed-history-of-the-rich/#comment-35414 franzi j. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:39:10 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/03/27/a-condensed-history-of-the-rich/#comment-35414 We are a democratic state being ruled by monarchs (or oligarchs, whichever you prefer). Democracy is supposed to be the rule of the mob, and truly, the mob is the Philippines (sounds like Connie Nielsen in Gladiator, "the mob is Rome"). The monarchs must ensure their stronghold to power by entering into politics to protect their empire. Hence the convenient marriage between power and politics. This is the aquarium that we have been swimming on for the past hundred years or so, and I don't think the water's gonna be changed anytime soon. We are a democratic state being ruled by monarchs (or oligarchs, whichever you prefer). Democracy is supposed to be the rule of the mob, and truly, the mob is the Philippines (sounds like Connie Nielsen in Gladiator, “the mob is Rome”). The monarchs must ensure their stronghold to power by entering into politics to protect their empire. Hence the convenient marriage between power and politics. This is the aquarium that we have been swimming on for the past hundred years or so, and I don’t think the water’s gonna be changed anytime soon.

]]> By: jeg http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/03/27/a-condensed-history-of-the-rich/#comment-35410 jeg Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:37:44 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/03/27/a-condensed-history-of-the-rich/#comment-35410 Our 'high society' is so middle class. We even call them bourgeois (burgis). It's like Carlos Celdran said, our high society came from merchants and farmers. They still have the sensibilities of the burgis. Our ‘high society’ is so middle class. We even call them bourgeois (burgis). It’s like Carlos Celdran said, our high society came from merchants and farmers. They still have the sensibilities of the burgis.

]]> By: sparks http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/03/27/a-condensed-history-of-the-rich/#comment-35407 sparks Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:23:38 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/03/27/a-condensed-history-of-the-rich/#comment-35407 My friend from Colombia and I bitch about our countries all the time. Our histories and complexes are so similar. Our class formations are also frighteningly similar. Another Latin American friend calls us Latin Asians. Now if only we can do away with the Latin - and hook up with the Asia Pacific capitalist dynamo coming. I've had enough of the 19th century. I'm sick of it. My friend from Colombia and I bitch about our countries all the time. Our histories and complexes are so similar. Our class formations are also frighteningly similar. Another Latin American friend calls us Latin Asians. Now if only we can do away with the Latin - and hook up with the Asia Pacific capitalist dynamo coming. I’ve had enough of the 19th century. I’m sick of it.

]]> By: jediknight http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/03/27/a-condensed-history-of-the-rich/#comment-35404 jediknight Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:01:57 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/03/27/a-condensed-history-of-the-rich/#comment-35404 And their descendants strut about, acting as if the world owes them something. The idea of an elite class in a third world country such as ours is, to me, ludicrous; it's like insisting one wears gold-studded shoes when one's feet are riddled with scabies. Or wearing a leather jacket in the tropics. Pathetic, and sad. Yet funny too, in a way. Does that make sense? And... oh yes. Are society pages in our newspapers really necessary? In a mad world, only the mad are sane. And their descendants strut about, acting as if the world owes them something. The idea of an elite class in a third world country such as ours is, to me, ludicrous; it’s like insisting one wears gold-studded shoes when one’s feet are riddled with scabies.
Or wearing a leather jacket in the tropics.
Pathetic, and sad. Yet funny too, in a way. Does that make sense?
And… oh yes. Are society pages in our newspapers really necessary?
In a mad world, only the mad are sane.

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