Article: In Defense Of Showbiztocracy?
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In Defense Of Showbiztocracy?
Just before the 2004 Presidential elections, when the FPJ?s-going-to-run hype was still at hype, my hyper-observant self managed to grasp what many of my fellow middle-classers have been yakking about: Migration as soon as FPJ sits his hind end on the presidential chair. So many have dreaded that day when the so-called non-discerning masses of Filipino people would triumph in electing such a showbiz creature (okay, may he rest in peace). Many have feared that democracy would soon be media-slash-showbiztocracy.
There are a lot of actors-turned-into-politicians in the present Philippine government. And I argue that their presence in politics is not really highly injurious or destructive to the country?s democratization. Their high profileness or attention-catching beings make...
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