Talk of the Town: Our leaders are a mirror image of our voters

Comments on “Our leaders are a mirror image of our voters,” (Flea Market of Ideas by Joel Ruiz Butuyan, 5/9/24) via www.inquirer.net:

Mirror image? No wonder we can’t erase corruption from our politicians because as corrupt as they are, we are nothing but a mere reflection of the problem.

Jorge Villanueva

True, oh so true. You are who you vote for, ’ika nga. In short, the fate of the country is in the hands of the majority [botantes]. The enlightened minority, like the ilustrados of the past, are pushed to the margins … Call it the tyranny of the majority, as one pundit said.

Banquo

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Good observation is only the leaders are legitimately elected by the people and not by machines.

Stephen Ortega