Social and political criticisms
Free dom has acquired a new meaning; so has "land of the free" in a national anthem. It is more like the free of Chris Anderson.
Many citizens see that it is their right to expect to get free from the state. The state is compelled to borrow massively to finance this culture of "free" entitlement. State has to borrow massively to give free livelihood, food and the like to its citizen. Result?
In the PHL, the free culture forces many politicians to have jueteng and many fund raising projects to fund/finance the need of their constituents for free. So you cant really abolish PDAF or jueteng. No legislation can do that.
I saw how overpowering this idea of "free " is . The homemaker did not arrive this morning to do the laundry, because she has to fall in line for a free from the LGU for the flood victims. She missed a handsome pay for the day in favor of a measly free goods!
Unless our citizens subscribe to the mental model asked for by fmr President JFK "Ask not what your country can do for you, not what your country can for you."
It is not about freedom, it is about responsibility
