We as asians suffer the same unequal treatments
from whatever governments we have..
but ordinary people can change the world..
I believe that this article fits us most
What is happening in Burma inspired me to
post this article and will continue
to research on organizations featuring in
helping us ease the heavy yoke that
has been burdened to us by our
own politicians.

Capitalism, communism, and socialism have all led to societies in which a small elite holds the money and the cards. The elite see themselves as the source of the good in society, and see ordinary people as a passive mass or a dangerous problem. We are all taught to see people this way.
To change the world we must see it in a new way. Contrary to the elite vision, ordinary working people are the source of whatever good exists in this society; the elite are the source of the problems. Far from being a passive mass, most people in their everyday lives struggle to shape the world with better values than the values of the system.



Capitalism concentrates money and power in the hands of the few. Like communism, it is undemocratic to the core. We live in a fake democracy, in which the government, the large corporations, and the media are controlled by a ruling class. "Democracy" has been reduced to pulling a lever every four years for some politician promising that he or she will really change things.


http://www.newdemocracyworld.org/wecan.htm


"when i was a young man i wanted
to change the world
I found it was difficult
to change the world
so i tried to change my nation

when i found i couldn't
change the nation
i began to focus on my town
i couldn't change the town
and as an older man
i tried to change my family

now as an old man
i realized that i could only
change myself
and suddenly i have realize
that if long ago
i had changed myself

i could have made
an impact on my family

my family and i
could have made an impact
on our town.

their impact could have
changed the nation
and i could indeed have
changed the world







I wanted to introduce our very own
GAWAD KALINGA IN THE PHILIPPINES

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ordinary people can change the world