May 2022 will be the year that the Philippines makes history yet again - for electing into the position of President the son of a former President who pillaged and plundered his own country. Yes, we will be in the annals of history as the laughing stock of the world - a rather unflattering prospect for any Filipino who still carries his citizenship with pride.
Filipinos are a forgiving bunch. With only a few decades passed after the country was left in shambles by the late dictator Ferdinand Edralin Marcos, the Philippines is set to enshrine his son onto the highest position in the land. Its as if we have forgotten how we were systematically deceived and robbed by the very man who many Juans put their trust into. His heirs have never spoken a word of apology for the atrocities that were committed during those times and neither have they willingly returned a single peso of the huge sums of money that their patriarch (and his cronies) stole.
And yet here we are now, with throngs of "believers" thoroughly convinced that the son is just as brilliant as the father. That they are innocent of the charges of plunder and that Martial Law was the best thing that ever happened to this country. Oh what a forgiving bunch Filipinos are! Fools with eyes that are shining with the gilded promises of a family who have done nothing but make lofty promises drawn from a bygone time when the Philippines was the envy of Southeast Asia.
I wonder if the voters would actually take responsibility for it all once the country finally goes to the dogs? Having fallen for the charms of the Marcoses, the throngs of blinded faithful will probably just point to sabotage by a third party just to salvage whatever would be left of their pride after throwing away their vote to the wrong candidate. No they will not take responsibility for it all. And by then it will all be too late.
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