The Cost of Ignorance

The Cost of Ignorance The Phillippines continues its political instability as supporters of deposed president Estrada continue to protest, reports CNN. In order to maintain control, the new government intensify protest crackdown. I have to wonder if countries can really sustain democracy in a stable manner when a large portion of the population is poor and ignorant; it's evident from the last few week's events that most of the reporting on Estrada's corruption and impeachment trial were meaningless to many of the poor in the Phillippines. Not only that, but the lack of education seems to result in a very short political memory: some of the senators that have been arrested for inciting these protests supporting Estrada were the same ones who arrested opponents of Ferdinand Marcos when he declared martial law and proceed to rob millions (perhaps billions) of dollars from a small country with poor economy.