Globalization is some kind of an "in" thing nowadays, together with corporate social responsibility, climate change and terrorism. Despite the massive influx of news and events about Globalization, what is it for the Filipino people?
I do not claim to speak in behalf of all the Filipino people but the sad reality is we ain't going nowhere with or without Globalization so to speak. The predicaments faced by the average Filipino does not dwell much on global issues, not even local issues. The vast majority of the Filipinos, have only one goal in life: to survive. People would say that understanding Globalization is like looking at the bigger picture in the grand scheme of things, but the fact of the matter is most Filipinos just want to get by with their poverty struck lives. Whatever bad news they arrive at, they instantaneously dismiss it and continue on to work, feed their kids, send them to school (if permissible) and hopefully by one magic moment get away from the impoverished status.
What has caused this mentality? I do not know for sure. Colonialization? The Cyclical Loop of Corrupt Government Officials? The low wage rate? The seemingly hopeless lives that they have been living for the most part in their lives? It may be one of these or even all. I believe that the Filipinos need to have an overhaul of mindset. This could be propelled by the government officials, if and only if, for the love of Christ they stop from being corrupt and for once show the people that they are doing things that really matter then the mindset of the People may be cynical but nonetheless, hope is still there. The vast majority of the Filipino People should start empowering themselves and go away with the "Lagi nalang akong Api" attitude. What numbers are we talking about here? If the millions and millions of poor Filipino people start on empowering themselves and changing their mindset on things then probably we could become a much developed country.
I believe that the crisis that we are facing is all internally generated. It seems that we have lost hope in ourselves which is why we get abused and exploited. We have succumbed into that dream of having to do that one thing that would propel us to the top of the world, but reality bites, we just got to do what we got to do.
The solution does not lie in the concept of Globalization, for whats its worth, it may be a detriment to our development but either way, the solution is in our hands, not even, its all in our heads; within our minds and our thoughts.
Just my two cents.
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