Talk of the Town: Is revolution the answer?

Comments on “Is revolution the answer?” (No Free Lunch by Cielito F. Habito 1/14/25) via https://opinion.inquirer.net:

Mr. Habito’s suggestions for collective actions are all worth trying but are likely to yield positive results only in the long term. Meanwhile can more be done, short of revolution or a coup, to arrest worsening corruption as exemplified by what Mr. Habito and many others consider “the most dysfunctional and self-serving national budget this country has seen in modern history.” Would mass civil disobedience, e.g., through a taxpayers’ revolt, be effective in getting our politicians to listen?

Jorge Villanueva

With the way things are going in the country, revolution comes as afterthought but with many fractious elements involved and multi party disunity one wonders whether it’s even possible. You need one strong man to do that, to unite the various elements or create a quo with the aid of a united force and perhaps it may succeed. With had that in the past in the images of Jose Rizal, Ramon Magsaysay, perhaps, Ninoy Aquino or any strong personality who can (command) respect.