NYTimes Says People Power an Oxymoron

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From the NYTimes:

The Philippines is at it again, and for foreign and local experts it is a discouraging spectacle of national futility.

Now, a new catchphrase has entered the Philippine lexicon: people power fatigue. This nation of political romantics has sunk into a mood of weariness and disillusionment.

As it continues to chase the old elation of people power, the Philippines sometimes verges on self-parody.

And there is people power, an odd-sounding term that has helped Filipinos define themselves as an idealistic, righteous and democratic nation. After 20 years of disappointment, the term has lost its power to inspire and has become, to many here, an oxymoron.

How sad that we have come to this.

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