A Belated Valentine

Love is in the air, isn't it?

Well, not necessarily romantic love, but a far more consideration of the topic, maybe an exhortation of the hidden value from which love emanates, to be experienced, to be felt, and to be clear in a never-ending pursuit of finding meaning in all the things created for us. In short, maybe love can be seen in the process of discovering the wealth of a belated Valentine.

Quite wondrous in the method of socialization of beings capable of rationalizing things is a value ascribed to all things experienced, as well as the expensive objects where the premium pricing is part of the mechanism to vaccum off nominal money in circulation. Where love becomes the motivation of the display of behavior and emotion in all things constant in the way it moves on in its pertinent latency is important in itself, but it flows into the future of a certain volatility that defines parameters in all the conditions of living.

But love is also an anticipation of the things to come. The love of oneself truly teaches someone to discover decision making in a way that will make him richer, better, or if he is extremely lucky, wiser and happier. And as he feels fulfilled in the works of his hands, and as long as love prevails in the things to be done, then maybe the world will be changed by this example of love.

While life goes on, and wealth circulates among the population in an unequitable way, a certain injustice will then noticeably prevail, and a definite love is quite lacking in the affairs of the state, such that it truly underscores the broken system of various socioeconomic topics that quite vividly recall to the testament of the fact that, this circumstance, indeed, should be noted in a belated Valentine.

Even the government is full of promises that sometimes neglect the important needs of that part of the population where funding requires to be allocated, but never did. The economy never trickles down and economic growth becomes nominal because the expansion does not create jobs (which is necessary in alleviating poverty) simply because the economy of the Philippines is driven mainly by consumer spending.

It is not a question of whether Filipinos do not love their jobs, because they are most certainly one of the most competitive labor force in the world, and they do put in a lot of diligent effort into their jobs. The lack of opportunities in the local labor market, and the prevalent underemployment, simply forces many to seek employment elsewhere. Yet, Filipinos love their family, too, and overseas migration for work entails a much deeper social cost.

Many problems are always political in nature, but without a love for knowledge, including the right expertise to be able to identify systemic abuses and economic theories that could apply to specific cases, the public good can never be achieved. Oligarchy exists, and it is often times criticized by some radical views, because there is a lack of foreign investment and the only persons who can invest in business opportunities are the oligicarchs because they are the only ones who are holding the massive capital.

It was as if the constitution was encouraging the state of the oligarchy in the country because foreign investments are being pushed away in favor of local patronage, but this stringent economic policy is no longer sustainable. If economic expansion does not focus on solving poverty incidence, with those in governnent lacking the love of multilateralism, and if there are no jobs to be created, then this so called economic growth becomes meaningless statistical report for most people for failing to trickle down.

These things result to a lack of love as the poets will put it. A belated Valentine.

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The editorial is sponsored by Nike, Inc.