Is It More Corrupt Than The People?

Maia Szalavitz supports her statements against Duterte using by various approaches. Szalavitz uses etho in this article as she is the daughter of a Holocaust survivor and had drug addict parents. She states, “I disagree. I am both a child of a Holocaust survivor and a person who has struggled with addiction.” She tried to persuade the readers by displaying how she has experience with people of drug addiction and Holocaust. Due to the comparisons of Duterte’s genocide and Hitler’s Holocaust, she is able to relate to the both. Maia Szalavitz appears to show credibility and a relation to the issue of “drug war”.

An Authoritarian leader cannot be replaced by citizens by choosing freely among various competitors in a democratic election. Authoritarianism in the Philippines is highly commended for its vast effect on the country’s economy and well being. Ferdinand Marcos issued Proclamation No. 1081 declaring the Martial Law in the Philippines on September 21, 1972. He issued the said law to justify the need for Authoritarian rule to foster economic growth and prevent leftist insurgencies (Kushida, 2003). As Marcos imposes Authoritarianism in the Philippines, different reactions arise in the Filipino citizens. Majority of the Filipino people learned to accept the new reform systems proposed by the government. But even though these people support the martial law, there are still a number of citizens who question the president’s stated justification and continue to doubt in his true

The Philippines has always been known to have a Presidential system of government, but I believe that this type of governing isn 't really fit for our country considering that our nation/the people cannot really make a responsible decision for themselves, considering that this is a democracy which it should be run by the people. There are many reasons why the Presidential system isn 't very reliable and is very unfair. One of these is how the the leaders are elected, for the Presidential system, they have the “plurality voting system” which means, the candidate who has the most votes wins the election, therefore neglecting the votes of all the other candidates who lost which they then get nothing from it. This is very unfair considering that each candidate has different programs and focuses which they specialize on, for example, Duterte and his plan to eliminate all drug-related activities in the Philippines, and Miriam Santiago, who’s goal was to strengthen the country’s affairs in an international level. These two candidates had very different goals for the Philippines, but since this is a third-world country, many people considered Santiago’s goal to be unreachable which they then reasoned that the drug problem in the Philippines rising rapidly which they then stressed the importance to elect a leader who will do it for them. My point is, most people in the country really don 't know the benefits of being involved in international

Excellent point! According to an article, I came across with it states that” This U.S. Government Is The Most Corrupt In History” (Washingtonsblog, 2016). It would be catastrophic if the removal of local officials was as difficult as it is to remove the President as you mentioned in your post. The moral of the country and every citizen would be dragged on the floor with very little possibilities to be able to stand up. The recall of elected officials is a privilege to have, not to misuse it, but as a powerful tool against those who don’t know how to handle being in those higher level positions. I once heard on the radio a person said” Whenever there is an abundance of money, there will always be corruption” There is a lot of truth in those

In the American version of a democratic system, a handful of extremely wealthy individuals and large corporations control the political system. By "funding" or bribing the candidates, they directly influence the election and nominations of presidents, governors, senators and congress members. The money is used for campaign staff, door to door voting operations, and television advertising. The continued influence of the wealthy violates the basic principle of democratic political equality.This cynical political campaign has become part of the democratic system that the politicians are not even required to justify their action. Even though a truly democratic system is too perfect to exist, a corrupted political system destroys the hope for a system that has the public's interest in mind.

Each country has its own specific type of government in place in order to create laws and govern the citizens of that nation. Many governments have slowly, or quickly, become corrupted. Some are already corrupt. They can become unfair to regular citizens and even place innocent people in jail to cover up their own nefarious deeds. they print money and cause inflation, which eventually makes all their money worthless. Government officials can even hide important things from the public.

​First, the US has long funded the Filipino government in their civil war against separatist groups. However, in doing this, the US is financing a corrupt government that violates the human rights of its people. According to Foreign Policy in Focus, military aid “is on the rise, and with it a dramatic increase in human rights violations,” such as extrajudicial killings and forced evacuations.

Many Americans may think that the government is ideal because United States is “the land of the free” but the government is corrupt when looking at it from a different view point. Especially with the election coming, some americans have been observate of the government and its choices.

The cartoon’s use of strong, contrasting characters ridicules the corrupt government by the use of images of the emaciated “people” and the stout, well-fed “government” and depicting the people as hand-feeding the government. The artist depicts the people as a malnourished person, hand-feeding the government, who is already shown to be overweight and overly-fed. This plays to the theory that the government is using the people to gain wealth through the less fortunate. The government is giving the corrupt members of the political ladder power and money while pretending to care about the public. This should be used as an example of why the government system should be improved. The public is obviously being used by politicians for the politicians’

Thus, in this paper I will critique the Duterte’s way in fighting against illegal drugs by using the Philosophy of Leo Tolstoy known as Pacifism. This will try to examine the steps of Duterte in fighting the drug problem in the country and criticize them using Tolstoy’s thoughts, especially his idea known as pacifism or the use of non-violence in fighting evil.

Power does corrupt because of money, laws (for freedom), and fame. Power does corrupt sometimes, but mostly, yes. Power does corrupt because sometimes, other people only think about themselves of being popular or having fame. Sometimes they only care about money. But what’s the reason?

No one would ever argue that power does not corrupt. We see examples of corruption caused by power every day when we turn on the news- dictators ruling over the lives of their citizens with an iron fist, CEOs with billions of dollars cutting jobs because their companies are somehow not “turning a profit,” and countless other examples. While they all vary in degrees of egregiousness, there is no denying that a desire for power in different forms - usually money - is the root cause of these acts. To ask the question as to whether it is possible that a lack of power could corrupt more, requires more thought into the issue.

The first characteristic that would be the most in common that they both have is empathetic. Rodrigo Duterte came from a poor family. That’s why he likes to help people, especially the poor people. In the Philippines, there is a mass of poverty going on. Duterte always put his place in the position of poor people considering he knows how does it feel like nothing. That’s why a lot of people love him and voted him as a president of the Philippines since he knows exactly how to communicate with poor people. He hates drugs and corruption

Rodrigo Duterte deserves to be the next president of the Philippines because he has strict implementation of laws. He has made Davao City as one of the safest country in the world. Duterte, through Executive Order No. 24, ordered all shopping malls and commercial centers to install, operate and maintain high end and high definition closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras at all entrance and exit points of their premises (Rodrigo Duterte). This executive order ensures the safety of the people and contributes to the lessening of crimes that is happening in commercial centers. He does not tolerate people who uses drugs and has imposed extrajudicial killings in Davao City. He was dubbed as “The Punisher” by the Time Magazine (Punisher | Eye for an eye, 2016). He said that summary execution of criminals remains the most effective way to crush kidnapping and illegal drugs. This statement is really true for nowadays people

"Duterte 's policy is counterproductive and doing the opposite: it is slaughtering people, it is making the retail (drug) market violent—as a result of state actions, extrajudicial killings and vigilante killings." – Vanda Felbab-Brown, urban violence and internal conflict expert at Brookings Institution