As the saying goes “TRUTH SHALL SET US FREE”.
But why is this so? Because if one does not know the truth then he knows the wrong thing and for knowing the wrong thing, a person is called an ignorant.
Ignorance keep for a long time, one is called a slave of ignorance.
Only when a person gets to know, and accepts, the “real” truth that he is freed from ignorance.
In our own history, the nation wrongly believed that the Spaniard’s coming here is for own good. For more than 300 years, the Filipinos were kept ignorant on the real intent of the Spanish colonial power – the country reduced into a colony, a nation-slave of Spain.
It was after more than a quarter-and-three-centuries later that the Filipino Indios “woke up” from ignorance and revolted against the Spanish rule.
The first thousand Revolutionaries were then called heretics (living people whose souls are already being burned in hell) and insurrectos (lawless brigands out to topple the Spanish government).
Ironically, after the Revolution against Spain, those who fought (the heretics and insurectos) were proclaimed heroes – Andres Bonifacio, Manuel and Antonio Luna, Francisco Macabulos, Macario Sakay Gregorio Del Pilar, among thousands of others.
The real lesson in history is: the realization, or knowing the truth, that the Spaniards have then been cowering the whole nation by instilling religious fears and governance by threat of gun freed us from being enslaved.
For centuries, the Filipino people were made to blindly follow what the Spanish officials and friars say and decree.
But blind following and subservience to threat by those in the government will always end… as it is happening these days…
As the State of the Nation (SONA) is about to be delivered by the president here are a few tests of a successful administration.
A- Did the people’s life become better? NO. It got worse. Prices of all goods increased – meat, vegetables, rice, gasoline, etc., while wages did not increase. The number of poor people increased.
B- Did the economy grow? NO. It shrunk. GDP and exports went down, the value of the dollar now at its highest, job opportunities became scarce, etc.
C- Did the nation become peaceful? NO. Wars, terrorisms and dissent and divisiveness is everywhere. Heinous crimes are everyday.
D- Did the government service become better? NO. Corruption, inefficiency and abuse of power not reduced but became more apparent. Not one government crook was jailed and, worse, the plunderers were freed.
E- Was the drug problem solved? NO! Addicts and pushers are still everywhere despite the killing of more than 12,000 suspected drug personalities. The supply of drugs remained unabated.
F- Did the country gain the respect of other countries? NO. Instead, the world’s most powerful nations – European community and the US, have severely criticized and deplored the Philippine’s human rights record and, they, even stopped official development assistance and aids, foreign investments were halted and the country became the “least peaceful nation for tourists in Asia”
To think this is only within a year, WHAT MORE FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS? Imagine the effect of borrowing more than P1 Trillion to finance the DU30 projects…. most of which from China….
Again, history is calling on the Filipino nation to realize that we are again being cowered to follow blindly what the powers-that-be are saying. But what they are saying is not the truth – most are lies and fake news.
But feel not helpless. Instead, see history re-unfolds itself. Truth is about to set us all free.
Idiocy, mindless subservience and fear will end.