Flaunting wealth in a country where millions worry about where to get their next meal is like waving a red flag in front of a bull. They may think they have the bull under control. But what if the bull starts thinking he has had enough and these bastards are asking for it?
Didn't BBM learn from history? Here he is trying to redeem his family's lost honor and not doing a bad job of it until Duran Duran exposed his true elitist feelings.
Importing a foreign singing group for the birthday party of BBM is straight out of Imelda's repertoire of cringeworthy events. Such displays of power and wealth fed the uprising which eventually ended the Marcos dictatorship. Remember that bash on the presidential yacht where an overgrown baby in diapers popped out of a cake to amuse Ferdinand the First?
It doesn't matter that the over a million dollars spent to pay Duran Duran, and to fly them here did not come from the National Treasury. It is still an uncalled for lavish display of wealth BBM can do without. It may even be illegal. Since nothing is really free, the BBM friends who financed Duran Duran's costs will certainly try to recover their investment by getting favors from BBM later at the expense of the public interest.
What gets to me is that these same people stoking social unrest with this insensitivity have most likely already invested in golden visas to several European countries for their quick getaway when sh-t hits the ceiling here. We, who are not rich enough to afford their Plan B will be left behind to suffer the consequences of their absolute lack of social conscience.
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