Politics over science and technology
Whether we like it or not, politics is still the dominant force in any established society. And some people couldn’t live without it. As if it has been their bread and butter for life. Politics can make and unmake a nation. Much less, it can paralyze the economy of any given country. A good example is during election time when politicians hire goons to kill their opponents. Or at times, they bribe or intimidate election officials to favor their personal interests.
That’s how politics plays in our lives. As a dominant force, it can impose its will upon the interest of any given sector. The primary reason why developing countries cannot move on is due entirely to too much politics. Science and technology, which is a bankable sector that needs to be developed and enhanced for the country to improve, cannot do so because politics blocks its good intentions. In the Philippines, for example, local scientists and inventors are left to fend for themselves because the government does not lend a hand to support their causes. There’s a lot of Filipino inventors whose inventions had been sold to other rich countries because the government doesn’t want to support them.
The Philippines could have benefitted from these inventions had it not been for politics. Inventors have a mess of their lives once they set foot at the Department of Science and Technology, whose top officials are unsupported and even critical of the local inventors’ endeavors, rather than support them. What do Filipinos get from this hypocrisy and high-handedness? Nothing, but poverty all around us. Consequently, professionals and skilled workers tried their best to leave the country in search of greener pastures abroad. Because hope is something that any Filipino still wishes for the moon. And no matter who sits at the throne of power, the country will remain the same because politics is rearing its ugly heads. Everywhere.