Mendicant Society-- The New form of social illness

What are some examples of mendicant societies, how do these societies come to be, and what can be done to help them help themselves? We exemplify the Philippines as a case and point because of its long history of government-sponsored human exportation which adds a great sense of calculated malignancy to this problem: 1) by creating a society at that sustains itself by way of remittances home sent to them by family members working abroad; and 2) by supporting a national government that lends itself to being mendicant to the very people it serves.

In the case of the Philippines, its mass exportation of human labor breaks up families, leaving for instance mother and child at home while the father sends remittances home from abroad. Given the scarcity of employment opportunities in the Philippines, family members left behind often begin to self-identify as hopeless and helpless victims of circumstance. To compound this dilemma, these family members receive remittances: an at-first enticing prospect which gives them (however) very little motivation to seek employment themselves. The figurative door is thrown open as a result to sloth, greed and corruption.

Such corruption is largely reflected in the Filipino national government, an entity that profits enormously at the expense of its own citizens–the overseas foreign workers. It may not be so far-fetched to reason that many Filipinos who stay on the Islands subconsciously, if not consciously, structure within their own minds false expectations for the world, for example that we need not sow anything to reap. By looking closely at the dynamics between parties, Mendicant Society aims to uncover some worldwide truths, not to mention deeper inquiry.

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