Live with the fact that someone who just turned 18 and has yet to prove themselves to the world has the same voting power as you.
My words to the taxi driver when I engaged them in one of those small talks. It's been my side quest to practice some social skills by starting up small conversations with strangers and tax drivers make the perfect partners. You see them less unless fate intended.
Anyway, the topic about politics was touched because it's the buzz on the radio so I just wanted to play devil's advocate as to whether democracy was the right thing given how stupid decisions made by majority vote led our country to where we are.
I recall the requirements to vote was to be a Filipino Citizen and being 18 and above. This meant that someone who is illiterate, poor cognitive abilities by IQ, and too old can still vote.
And yet the laws regulating informed consent have several layers to establish that the person making the decision is of mentally sound mind.
There's a rise in functionally literate Filipinos graduating thanks to the diploma mills done by schools in recent years. You can't fail a student because no one should get left behind so what you got is a bunch of functionally illiterate kids "capable" to life changing decisions for a country at the age of 18.
These will become adults teaching their kids what they knew. And I tell you, parent's can't give what they don't have. So imagine a generation of voters collectively casting their votes for stupid then receiving the consequences of that stupid vote.
There's people blaming K to 12 as a failure and I had to only narrow my eyes to an outcome, it makes sense. But here's what proponents of K to 12 failure not highlight because it goes against the narrative: "There are classrooms, books, and educational materials that have yet to be delivered because of lack of funding and political commitment".
I think of this as right intentions, poor execution exchange. K to 12 outcomes might have changed if there was adequate backing from the government to sustain these programs.
I probably made that taxi driver feel bad leaving something like this to think about.
Thanks for your time.
