Oh na na, what's my name?: The Distinguished Gentleman

Remember, remember, the 5th of November. No, it has nothing to do with this blog. I am just fascinated by how the people cared the least on certain things important in their lives, which may affect them directly or indirectly, i.e. elections. In some cases, when there is a politician or political family who lords over a city or a province for a few decades to a century, the people would simply vote based on their last name. The Revilla/Bautista and Remulla of Cavite, the Aguilar of Las Pinas, the Leviste of Batangas, the Asistio of Caloocan and many others in different parts of the country and the world. Popularity (of artistas and athletes) is just 2nd to having a political last name. You would forever have the critical advantage in winning. Take for example close elections, when people do not know who to vote for. For most of the urban poor intellectuals, they would rather pick someone who 1). under the name of Binay or Marcos or Aquino 2) who they already seen on TV. Picking a candidate is just like picking a product at the supermarket. In general, people would pick someone with a top notch name than the one with a top notch performance.

But wait! There's more!

What is more alarming than just electing nitwits who relies on their last name are the "veterans" of politics. These veterans are the old guard dogs of the system, knowing how to do what and when to do so. They knew how to keep the public quiet and when to clap for their sake. They knew how to twist our minds without us knowing it. New politicians injected in the system are poisoned by these sly snakes, getting their confidence (as well as their votes) and introducing them to the "politicians way" of doing things. These honorable (dishonorable) gentlemen provides us with speeches that touched our hearts, mesmerize our souls and kills our body. They continue to manufacture and maintain the rotten political system we have, due to the fact that it is much MUCH comfortable controlling the lives of others.

Calm 'yo t*ts down. I got this

Can we still change? Is there something we can change? Of course there is always room for change, a change for the better. We do not need to retort into rallies or People Power or going to Mendiola screamin "MAKIBAKA! WAG SUSUKO!" We can all do this in a quiet, legal, civilized manner. All we need is that one man who could lead these exposes.