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Down with the Spaniards, down with the yanks, down with the Japs
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It's Wikipedia so take it with a truckload of salt but it should serve as an intro to the Philippines' material conditions.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4965536 > It's interesting that the US accused Russia of violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty before Washington unilaterally withdrew from it in 2019, only to end up the first country to develop and now deploy weapons prohibited under the treaty in the Philippines this year. > > It's clear the US sought to withdraw so it could develop and deploy prohibited weapons against China, and simply used fabricated accusations against Russia as a pretext to do so. > > The US government is currently the greatest threat to human peace, prosperity, and progress on this planet, accusing others in fiction of what it is openly doing in reality.
How shocking, DepEd is a joke.
> https://hexbear.net/post/2763051 Ang sarap pugutan ng ulo mga yan sino man magkalat mga anti-vax news....
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Saysa US lapdog
The Philippine STAR on Instagram: "Kim Atienza has clarified reports about his daughter, Eliana Atienza who got suspended for joining pro-Palestine protests at the University of Pennsylvania. “Eliana has always been vocal about what she believes in. In this instance she’s part of the organization that is anti-genocide and anti-war,” the TV host said in his interview with ABS-CBN News. He clarified that his 19-year-old daughter does not support the militant Palestinian group Hamas. He added that his whole family supports their daughter’s stance on the issue. International media outlets including The New York Post and Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Eliana, who is a sophomore student at UPenn was among the six students who got suspended for joining a pro-Palestinian encampment at the university. She also mentioned to the Philadelphia Inquirer that she became homeless after she was barred access to her university dorm. Media outlets, however, criticized her and her family’s “lavish lifestyle” with Fox’s late-night talk show host Greg Gutfeld saying that she “pretended to be a victim for attention.” Kim defended his daughter, saying that her statement was “taken out of context.” “She was technically homeless because she was removed from her dorm. Unfortunately, that message was taken out of context. She never said she was poor,” the TikToClock host said, adding that his daughter was not expelled. “She had some academic sanctions, but she will be back in the next semester as they are on summer break right now,” he said. According to The New York Post report, Eliana was among those who tried to negotiate with school administrators to keep the university out of any investments connected to Israel. She is also a part of the Fossil Free Penn organization which co-signed a letter in support of “Palestinians who are fighting to liberate their lands from the Israeli Occupation,” published just days after Oct. 7 when the Israel-Hamas conflict started. Story at the link in bio."
Happy Pride month mga comrade!
It's almost June
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> Eufemia said that Lumad communities (Indigenous peoples in the southern Philippines) experience militarization, the killing of their relatives, destruction of their ancestral lands and worsening poverty.`___`
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Thoughts on this video?
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US warmongering
Specifically, domestically produced ones. Remember that socialist Philippines will have the advantage of a better start than the USSR due to modern technology combined with increasing knowledge on how to use them. This will become important once we get into providing cheap source of computers for developing countries, speeding up other sectors, and especially national security. Hence I think that "The computer is man's key to emancipation". My main argument is that we need computers in order to keep up with the rest of the world in terms of how fast data can be transferred allowing for faster transition from the flawed Deng system to a fully planned economy with the added benefit of being a cheap source for developing countries. Now granted we would have to rebuild our civil war-ravaged industry with help from China, Cuba and Korea but that's gonna pay off big time once we start getting silicon fabs that can produce chips in a large enough scale. Even for mundane shit like calculators, those cheap brick game toys you get at Walmart or whatever, that's still good progress because those will be the foundation for more complex machines like phones, desktops, and hopefully video game consoles. This isn't to say we shouldn't neglect other sectors. The stomach trumps the brain after all. If my memory serves me right, it's possible to make silicon chips at home but requires an obscene amount of knowledge to make just one so we might need a complete total overhaul of our education system.
Who is Apollo Quiboloy? Basically the Alex Jones of the Philippines.
This article linked shows how disastrously she handled a neo-fascist coup attempt.
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More proof that the Philippine Government is braindead.
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POGOs or Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators are basically gambling companies that are operate in the country but cater to foreign markets. They are required by law to ban Filipino citizens and residents from using their services in countries where online gambling is prohibited or else they lose their license. Why are they hated? Well, a number of reasons mostly for lack of transparency and sinophobia
The ten dash line is a big L from China imo. It's one thing to stop US encroachment, claiming a big chunk of the South China Sea is another.
Here's my case against SFR Philippines having Sabah. 1. All it will do is create a third front (possibly yet another invasion or worse, a fourth front) to fight against. The Philippines will be fighting a protracted anti-communist insurgency in addition to separatists in Mindanao and Visayas. Filipino military assets (especially naval) would already be depleted by this point so there's no point in having Sabah in the fold because either we would lose it anyway from a Malaysian counter attack or get fucked over by a blockade. All we need is to stop and deter a western intervention and retaking Sabah will only be a pretext for it. We do not want yet another front to fight against. 2. Once again, Indonesia. Even if Malaysia's going to give up Sabah by some magical stroke of luck, the Philippines will now have to share a land border with Indonesia. This is bad because now it will further alienate them by virtue of sharing a land border with a communist state, which spells bad news because if you look at this map, you will know how important Indonesia is strategically to the Philippines and why it's the biggest potential threat from my perspective.  That's at least 10 potential trade routes that can easily be blocked hence my willingness to trade with Iran and Syria and the need for naval defenses. A minor reason that falls here is anti-communist spies easily crossing back and forth across the border. 3. Finally, rebuilding the country would already be extremely expensive and adding Sabah into the fold would increase the costs by a huge marging. Hundreds of millions of dollars (possibly up to a billion) would be lost due to the civil war to the point that even with help from China, it would take years just to rebuild the pre-war infrastructure, not even counting other areas affected like internal displacement. The Sabah Blockade mentioned will only worsen things because the navy would have to deal with Indonesian and Malaysian warships constantly, which will drive up costs. TL;DR: Sabah would be an economic and national security burden.
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Basically Marcos tried to invade Sabah to cement his power, and he failed miserably.
If socialist Philippines happens no doubt it will either be invaded, blockaded, or harassed. I am thinking of focusing thr country's industry (or whatever us left of it) on shit like missiles, UAVs (yes, commie drones), laser weapons, and other naval and air defenses. What do you think? Or should I focus on infantry by establishing a Second Amendment?
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Two month old article I found
My answer is yes. There's a catch though. 1. I need a stable supply and logistics chain in case almost all of all of Southeast Asia, and especially the west (looking at you, Indonesia, Japan, ROC, Australia and USA) decides to sanction it. I'm gonna trade with Iran, Syria, Somalia, Turkiye, South Sudan, Occupied Palestine, and Libya of all places if I have to. On the bright side, those countries will have somewhat of an advantage due to so many Fils speaking English which can bridge the language barrier. 2. At most, 30 nukes and 15 nuclear missiles are acceptable. Any higher and only Cabinet can raise the limit (which can be vetoed). We don't need a large nuclear arsenal, even a small nuclear arsenal is enough to deter Indonesia, Australia, etc from invading. And only the president can approve nuclear strikes like in the US.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/2996499 > December 10 is the anniversary of the signing of [The Treaty of Paris](https://guides.loc.gov/world-of-1898/treaty-of-paris) in 1898. This formally ended the Spanish-American War, which had been ongoing for 6 months. > > The treaty transferred control of Guam, Puerto Rico, and The Philippines from Spain to the US. It was not possible to annex Cuba in the treaty, as the war was partially justified by seeking ["Cuban Freedom"](https://guides.loc.gov/world-of-1898/teller-platt-amendments). However, the US would place troops there, and the following century would see much meddling in Cuba's affairs in an effort to bring it to heel. The additions of the Spanish colonies marked the first of the US conquests outside of North America. The US regime now had a significant foothold on the Pacific, which they could use to further their ambitions. > > Manifest Destiny had now expanded its scope, and more colonies were added in the next decades. Eventually Cuba and the Philippines would slip away, and the US regime would move away from direct colonial administration. They've [laid claim](https://lemmygrad.ml/post/2971838) to the entirety of the Americas. Today, the US has over 800 military bases outside of its borders stretching [over the globe](https://installations.militaryonesource.mil/view-all). They dictate terms to the world, and the list of their interventions is [extremely long](https://archive.globalpolicy.org/us-westward-expansion/26024-us-interventions.html) for those who challenge their authority.
Thoughts on this?