SONA 2023

     President Bongbong Marcos(BBM) delivered his 2nd State of the Nation Address(SONA) before the Senate and Congress. I was not expecting anything because I know the gist of what he would say, not a departure from what we have heard in the past. I was right. He didn't really talk of the rampant poverty all over the country, unemployment and economic imbalance. All he offered, not different from past leaders, are palliatives and not really addressing to the root causes of the widespread poverty, unemployment, economic imbalance between urban and rural areas and the resulting oversea diaspora in search of greener pastures.

BBM's first SONA

     No, he didn't talk about those as he is so detached from the grassroots. He talks with the political leaders from the different parts of the country who are also detached from the social reality. There is no hope I believe for a brighter future. The reality is the powerful elite of BBM versus the powerful elite of the yellows are both detached from the poor in the society, who, to them, are mere pawns to manipulate during election, and the sad part is that the poor think this is natural. Not one of them thinks they are exploited and their poverty is a result of the social structures that prevent them from progressing out of the doldrums of ignorance and extreme poverty.