In the Philippines, we are asked to sacrifice our progressive and left-wing stances and even consider Marcos Jr. as a 'lesser evil' for the sake of winning the 2028 elections. I hope people here realize that unity without principle is bound to fail, EVERY TIME.

i dont think theres anything to be gained by harkening back to a set of rhetoric that has proven itself as fundamentally failed. what is to be gained in stagnated rhetoric? the goal should be to present an alternative, a progessive or even radical vision of governance.

I've been reading analyses on what the Lula campaign did in the last three weeks to win. One of the most effective things they did was to convince people who are already on Lula's side to actually go out and vote. Resulted in a massive voter turn out. Tapos dito, "elections do not change things" ang messaging ng ibang grupo. Lol.

Para dun sa mga kababayang Pinoy, batang utouto ngayon, at yung isang senadora natin gustong gusto kay nakaka-Lula. Kung alam nyo ang Martial Law, then imagine na toned down version nun at gawin mong "progressive-socialist". Ganun si nakaka-Lula Nagbabalak na ang gagu to make a law to jail anyone who criticizes him. Whether IRL or in social media. So, calling him names here will technically land me in a Brazilian prison. Pero hindi po, our Constitution prevents people from doing 20 year terms, Marcos Sr. 2.0, and whatnot. And yes the present system is still not perfect, totoo na may deep corruption sa Philippine government, pero at least recently pro-active yung mga nasa positions of power, especially yung gabinete ni Marcos Jr. And no, hindi sila nagpapa-arresto ng mga kritiko nila, hindi kagaya ng isa dyan na nag attempt to jail Philip Lustre.

As someone who grew up close to power in the rural provinces oftentimes what fucks up projects here isn’t even corruption at all. It’s a case of ridiculous levels of penny pincching, thinking indirect benefits are “scams and lies” & horrendous lack of strategy (1/n)

I actually wonder if our 6 years fixed Presidential term combined with the political culture of political parties not publicly powerful or binding, sa politics lang, has created this rush for the presidents and politicians to just amassed wealth from our government as long as 1/

We can just tell the Brazilian army they don’t need to recognize the election results. Or at least, can suspend and investigate. This is the opposite of imperialism. Yanqui go home. We trust Brazil to govern itself. As JQ Adams put it: the government de facto is de jure for us