Politics as entertainment is precisely just that. Popcorn. Sleight of hand to trick our attention. What about our economy? The country now is glued to Tiktok, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram all of which generate and spread political memes, soundbites and daily doses of entertainment. What is happening to our PhilHealth, SSS, Maharlika Sovereign Fund, per capita GDP, inflation, ad infinitum?
"Bread and circuses" ("bread and games") panem et circenses.
Meanwhile who is minding the economy? Where are we headed?
Next season, Midterm Elections. After that, Impeachment. Meanwhile quo vadis, Philippines?
