I have observed how some Filipinos have become so pessimistic that instead of fighting for a better Philippines, they have decided to say, "That's it! It's best the Philippines is wiped off from the face of the Earth!" type of talk. There is the tendency to become a weabo (somebody who tries hard to be Japanese but fail at it) or the American bootlickers... in short, they practice some form of colonial mentality and they tend to believe that the Philippines is the worst place on Earth.
Just think what if Lee Kuan Yew decided to say, "Goodbye Singapore." rather than try to fix it from a country that was so poor to the country it is today? When I think of what he did slowly but surely, Singapore had enjoyed the progress it has. I just think that the pessimists really need to re-think their thinking because they haven't been to places worse than the Philippines. They haven't been to Bangladesh where it floods more than it floods in Manila or they haven't been to Somalia or Ethiopia where it's much worse than the Philippines.
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