All I can say is, given the prevailing season, there’s a lot to talk about and I have a lot in my mind to discuss and explore and share with you and I hope we stay on the level.

I had been called pretentious, plastic, too good to be true many times in my life. I know how it feels.

Joe says deal with the issues. I’m rather interested in Micha’s notion that Robredo seems “neo-lib” which I judge to mean conventional, seeing the need for income and investment and jobs to better care for the struggling workers. She’s not socialist, but is probably closer to AOC than to Bezos. She’s not degrowth, nor should she be. But I’d imagine she will be a better steward of natural resources than anyone previously. I don’t know what a “non-neo-lib” government is supposed to entail.

I did call her out and ask her to be constructive and she finally was. Just like with Juan Luna I watched what was going on for a while and then came out with my viewpoint or question – maybe direct but still respectful. This isn’t what NTF-ELCAC does today. I don’t want to be a tagger or gatekeeper.

I’d blocked her at one point. Don’t know when or why. That would generally mean she was more than irritating. Dogmatism is not criticism.

Actual bullying was what some hard-core Pinks did behind Miyako’s back on Twitter, accusing her of being a closet DDS and all for being critical of VP Leni’s campaign

And she is a bit like me in my beginning here, has to develop listening skills and avoid giving monologues all the time. She might learn, she might not, it’s her choice really.

Haha, I didn’t realize I have this bullying ability until now. I don’t think that needs to be amplified more than it deserves as an election issue.

Yes, we stick to the issues. I too want to know what is a non neo lib environment. Nationalized everything? near zero import and export?

But this is my understanding of MMT and UBI, so long as its the gov’t that sets what it wants to prioritize, MMT is neither left or right (the right can use MMT just as well as the left); same same with UBI, so long as it s universal, nor is that left or right. Neo-lib seem to favor say trickle down economics, quantitative easing, etc. etc.

So I’m thinking a non-Neo-lib has to be someone who espouses anything that hasn’t been done before. I could be wrong, so Micha, am I close?

I did suspect that you might be about the typically Pinoy strategy of demoralization by saying “talunan kayo” but by now it seems not to be.

BTW we are all online payday loans Wyoming here because the host, Joe, is very patient but puts his foot down when gameplaying goes too far. This makes it a far better place than the toxic environment of the other blog you mentioned where all is heckling.

we already have conditional cash transfers that covers the poorest of the poor why not cover the 20.2 m families in PH

Just got pissed Juan made multiple posts about that visitor-turning-away incident at Leni’s headquarters

Just a p.s. In my city I see houses renovated or being built and noticed that contractors hire workers who live nearby, i guess many abled bodies with all around abilities can have jobs all year long and not necesarily building roads and bridges