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Not a fan of him, but some Americans trying to learn who is the Marcos Jr. running the house right now.
(lemmy.world)
The orange bastard thinks Junior is one and the same, except Junior is more of a Marcos family nerd of sorts, while his sister Imee is now also his archenemy and allied to Duterte, and happens to inherit much more of her father's egomania.
Nonetheless, they are both successful beneficiaries of mass disinformation and hatred. The thing is, however, in terms of political stability the Philippines now seems a lot milder compared to the mounting ongoing oppression in the US.
source: https://bsky.app/profile/nycsouthpaw.bsky.social/post/3luob4ojgr22n
I fear my wife was a "cultist", but she was there, I was not. Guess it's like my middle-class upbringing during Reagan seemed great. 80s America was great! But the shockwaves are still felt today.