Wednesday, September 1, 2010

SELECTIVE ACCULTURATION

The Phenomenon of selective acculturation is characterized by people’s imitating or aping the culture of another country that are easy, enjoyable & pleasurable.

For example Filipinos have become westernized in many ways. We have become suddenly Cocacolized, Macdonalized, Levized, Hamburgerized, etc. In addition to drinking a lot of beer (with apologies to San Mig & Lucio Tan) & smoking (I’m sorry for the makers of carcinogens and lawmakers who refuse to ban smoking, including “Dr.” Johnny Flavier, who has already become a TRAPO on this score including the BIR and of course, the biggest of them all – Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo).
We have become victims of selective acculturation-we tend to copy the westerner’s luxurious lifestyle but fail to imbibe their work ethics, industry & wisdom to save, invest and innovate.

Today about half of our people are in absolute poverty. They only produce enough, if at all, for themselves. They are not part of the economy.

No wonder Taiwan with about 20% of the Philippine population of 75M has an economy about 10x more. The land productivity of Taiwan is about 7 times of the Philippines. Its labor productivity is about 3x more than a Filipino.

These are the main reasons why the peso is very weak compared to the mighty US dollar and not simply because of Erap or Glo.

RICH COUNTRY, POOR PEOPLE. Array! SO MUCH INFORMATION, SO LITTLE APPLICATION. Arroy! If you want a Filipino to be happy give him the microphone. Aragoy!

Bakit? Our politicians keep on quarrelling. Lee Kwan Yu, how true, said “In the Philippines many have gone thru college but few are educated.”

Galit pa ang mga Tradpols. Parang hindi totoo.