It is neither profound nor enigmatic, much less novel nor
mystical. As the word “democracy” is well-known and often
invoked, the term “democrazy” is neither that rare to hear nor really difficult to
understand. Here then is the long and
short of these terminologies with the realities they mean and imply, based on
noble ideals as well as premised on ground realities existing in the Country
specially on the onset of the present regime.
Democracy as even but elementary school students are
repeatedly taught and reminded means the government of the people, by the
people and for the people. Sovereignty
resides in the people who are thus served by their government officials by
providing them with their public welfare, by assuring their common good. History is the witness of how people live or
die for democracy, how they struggle and fight for freedom.
Democrazy in substance means the government of public
officials and for public officials. The
people – never mind. Make them pay for
the luxurious living - the
self-indulgence, the insatiable greed and many vices of public officials. Divest the people of their hard-earned money
by all conceivable kinds of taxes from their birth to their death. And let them take care of their own
selves. Their public officials have
other priorities.
Poverty and democracy do not go hand-in-hand. Misery and democracy are antithetical. Otherwise, the following absurd phenomena
would become ignominious
conclusions. Never mind if people
are poor and miserable, provided they
are “free”. It is alright when people have no houses to
live in, no work to buy food and clothing for their families on condition only
that they are “free”. It is okay if they eventually get sick and
die. They are “free”!
By the way, another symptomatic feature of democrazy is the
intriguing as well as disgusting so-called “Survey” supposedly repeatedly done by alleged
infallible experts with the well-predictable and much-repeated conclusion: The
Philippines is enjoying a fast and amazing socio-economic development. The President of the Philippines is repeatedly receiving high approval
ratings. The People of the Philippines
should jump for joy.
It is certainly not without disgust and sarcasm when people
say they cannot but admit that freedom reigns in the Country. People are freely robbed, maimed and killed
even. They are freely taken advantage of
by greedy local and foreign capitalists.
They are freely exported and exploited
as goods for national gain or profit.
They are freely fooled by their
government such as by raising pigs, engulfing pork, being porkish in mind and
spirit.