Comments by "leapdrive" (@leapdrive) on "Why the Philippines Constitutional Change Failed" video.

  1. Definitely no to Federalism. Creating the 12- development regions will create 12 - powerful families who will run each region. When these families start to create alliances and enmities with each other, what the Philippines will have is feudalism of the Middle Age. On the other hand, when they all work as one making sure all political positions are run by only their own families, what you’ll have is - Communism. The status quo is still better. Despite the current political system looking less efficient, it’s in this type of system that you’ll find better check-and-balances. It’s best to take the issues one at a time and incorporate them independently from one another and giving it an interim period so it can be revoked if the intended consequence is not met to the full satisfaction of all parties involved.
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  2. What offices will replace the Senate?
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  3.  @mr.stickguy6841  , does it work for the UK?
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  4.  @Dranirlies  , those countries you mentioned are mostly depopulating and getting bankrupted except for Malaysia (and a couple of minor countries I’m not familiar with) which is being left behind by the Philippines economically. Malaysia’s gdp is being inflated artificially to show that they’re keeping up with the Philippines. To make comparisons with the Philippines which is a country who will be doing better sooner than those examples given, is not showing good examples to justify Federalism being better. Besides, my take on a Philippine Federalism (a reduction from some 100+ represented provinces vs only 12 development zones) are based on Philippine cultural/societal dynamics unique only to a specific country. In other words, what may work for one, may not work for another.
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  5.  @Dranirlies  , I’m saying those countries in Europe had their good days, but have now been taken over by commies and Nazis are now controlled by the same under the EU who are themselves commies and Nazis. They prefer to call themselves as globalists in case you’re wondering. Malaysia, if you look at their GDP growth from 2017 (perhaps even 2013) they’ve been reporting less yearly growth in percentage but it does not match their total GDP increment year after year up to the present. I know definitely, Taiwan is doing that since I checked using a calculator. I suspect Thailand and Singapore does that as well. Why? They’re all trying to keep up with the Philippine growth and their egos cannot take the fact the the Philippines have grown past them or is closing in. Furthermore, why would remittances not count as legitimate part of the country’s GDP. If it’s labor force is in demand in foreign countries, that means their education and skills have been developed from their country and is found to be useful. It is credit to their country, and other countries can only watch and envy. Yes, other countries in ASEAN see this as a negative, and they won’t admit they would do the same if given the opportunity. Exporting products are now slower and ASEAN, EU and East Asia are all affected negatively by it except for the Philippines which will see higher growth because of their service oriented citizens. As depopulation keeps exacerbating, trained Filipinos and their growing population will keep being in demand. What does this have to do with Federalism? My take on this is: there’s no need for major government structural changes when things are already moving in the right direction. If it’s not broken, why repair it? What dictators and commies what to take over a country is, a totally or partially centralized country. To find a central point in a body that can be attacked and taken over so the whole body collapses and be controlled. To federalize into a mere 12 parts from 100+ is going to make the Philippines vulnerable to a takeover by a few. On the other hand, having many strong points of 100+ provinces with representatives that have something to say may seem chaotic, but there are more check-and-balances to offset despotic takeovers.
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  6.  @leovylrivera1930  ,👍
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  7.  @jmbtv3308  , ask the Brits if they’re happy campers.
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