Silence

Silence. Silence deafening is all you'll hear in a dictatorship. People afraid to breathe for the fear it's illegal to do so. Silence. Silence is how evil starts to grow and triumph. Silence. Silence is the friend of the wicked.

Today. Youth is more preoccupied with showbiz and online games. Their silence is bought with entertainment. The day that diversion goes is the day they wake up to realize all the freedom they enjoy have been taken from them one by one.

Apathy. Apathy is the food of silence. Without it, silence would break into whispers, and whispers into noises. A full day without apathy will turn that noise into shouts.

Pessimism. The wife of Apathy. They go hand in hand together. You will not see Apathy wherein Pessimism is nowhere. Pessimism strengthens Apathy and makes him prouder to be himself.

Dictator. A ruler who is so weak he/she can only rule by force.

Freedom. A thing only appreciated when it is taken from you.

Reason. You want people to praise you, you do laudable things.

Folly. You don't want people to criticize you, you jail the critics.

Reason. You want economic stability, you broaden free trade, not restrict it.

Folly. You want economic gains, you chase away investors by exhibiting Marcosian and Orweillian tendencies and excuse yourselves by saying you're doing it all for the good of the economy. (Bah, humbug!)

Reason. Our country is an agricultural economy. Therefore we must preserve our natural resources.

Folly. Our salvation lies in pandering our natural resources to foreign miners. Don't worry, they'll pay us in millions. (and after they've used up everything, don't worry, we fools who allowed it to happen would be dead by then and won't suffer the consequences) (this is reason: why can't they enact a law wherein it'll require executives of mining companies to situate their homes and their families right at the path of whatever natural disaster might happen at the cause of their  mining? For that matter, why not include that of logging companies as well?)

Reason. I will fight now while I still can. While the curtain hasn't yet fallen. While there is still daylight that allows me to. I will fight now 'coz tomorrow I might already wake up in chains.

Folly. Oh, let Gloria do her thing. She will never declare martial law anyway. (she doesn't have to. She controls the military, the supreme court, congress. Thank God for little miracles senate is being their usual selfish selves and jz fighting for their lives) I'll jz wait and see what happens and if it bad comes to worse, we'll be able to mobilize won't we? I mean, we did before haven't we?

Reason. Yeah, we were able to mobilize after how many x-years of martial law?

Folly. But they're only taking away the nuisance people. Those fucking reds, those noisy squatters, those know-it all professors, those unprofessional journalists. I'm not one of them. What do I have to fear?

Reason. (I read something like this somewhere. I've modified it 'coz I can't remember the exact lines. The nazis were arresting everyone) The other day, they knocked on a Jewish neighbor's door and arrested him. I did nothing, for he was a Jew. Yesterday, they knocked on a Christian neighbor's door, and arrested him too. I did nothing, for he was a Christian. Today, they knocked on an Aryan neighbor's door and arrested him. I did nothing, for he was Aryan. I was Aryan too. But I was better. I was an Aryan Nazi. So I did nothing. Tomorrow, I know they will knock on my door and arrest me. But I will do nothing. 'Coz I'm just Nazi.

Reason. So few of it is going around I decided to sprinkle some.