It's Only Proper To Revoke The Franchises Of Those Who Joined The Transport Strike

This is so far one of the best news ever. Yes, it's time to phase out the old jeepneys in favor of modernization. Those PUVs who participated in the strike DESERVE to have their franchises revoked. Drivers who have joined the activist protests with groups such as the stupid IBON foundation deserve to have their licenses suspended or even REVOKED too.

We've got to consider this fact - many of today's jeepneys are now long obsolete. A lot of jeepneys run today and have become metal death traps for this reason - they're now very old pieces of machinery. The proposal has been to modernize them. If a piece of machinery is too old then can you still rehabilitate, repair, and upgrade them? It's just like adding new components to obsolete machinery - it will no longer be compatible. It's just like replacing my old PC because there are no parts compatible with it. The same can be said about jeepneys. If these old jeepneys can no longer have new parts compatible with them then WHY still keep them? Worse, they can spiral out of control such as losing one's break or acceleration - which in turn leads to numerous road accidents.

The problem with many Filipinos for years is that they want to maintain the status quo. It's the fallacy (which they say is not a fallacy) of "Let's stick to what we already know than we don't know!" They would say something works because they had experience in it and something they have no experience in wouldn't work. Whether they like it or not - arguing based on hundreds of years is stupid and that before a hundred years - it will always start with zero. Don't tell me that it's better to be oppressed for 400 years and that it'd be wrong to desire freedom because there are zero years in being free?

Part of the aims that should be for a better Philippines involves changing the SYSTEM itself. Sadly, the 1987 Constitution along with the Marcos narrative are obsolete jeepneys. The modernization of jeepneys is really but part of the bigger solution. This "king of the road" may need to go. So what if the Philippines (if ever) will lose its "onli in da Pelepens" jeepney if ever it should be replaced with public buses and jeepney stops replaced with bus stops? But that can only be possible with removing economic protectionism in order to give more revenues needed for this badly needed operation.

As said, if the old-fashioned jeepneys need to go on strike - it should be PERMANENTLY. It's more than time to upgrade the Philippines and not let it stick to what it already knows all the time. It's because what you've known for a long time isn't necessarily better.