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Some Filipinos go into the desert drinking the sand, knowing it is sand but still drink it. Not because they don’t know any better but because they can’t think past tomorrow. There is only now. Tomorrow is another problem.

Zion Ryan Cruz, @zryanverse

Focus on the youth, the kids. Don’t waste your energy on the oldies who won’t listen. The dynastic powers played the long game. We should too.

Kristoffer Pasion, @indiohistorian

Is it the fate of the Filipino as a people to sacrifice our blood for freedom from colonizers only to end up choosing to be chained by our own countrymen?

JR Santiago, @oslecjunior

May we, who were already alive at that time, remind those who may have forgotten, and tell those who were still too young to remember (or weren’t born yet), why Susan Roces told Gloria MacapagalArroyo: “You have stolen the presidency, not once, but twice!”

@ronaldgem

When members of the same family vie for positions in government, the seeds of corruption are planted. The boundaries between home and public office are blurred. Family loyalty trumps public accountability. #StopPoliticalDynasty

Dan Santos, @DanSantos8

It is only when we acknowledge the hardships of others to be good employees that we are able to apply mercy in a manner that is fair to all. @tomicapacible