Politicians on Maharlikanism

Rodrigo Duterte: Benevolent Dictator

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

In Eastern philosophy, there is no such thing as an absolute good and bad. Instead, ‘good’ is anything that matches one’s True Nature, while ‘bad’ is anything that goes against it. This True Nature is called Tao by the Chinese and Dharma by the Indians.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo: Evil Genius

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

In a previous post, we pinpointed the guaranteed collapse of the Philippines to the neoliberal policies of the corrupt Diosdado Macapagal in the early 1960’s.

He devalued the peso on January 22, 1962 for the sake of easy economic growth. This made borrowing attractive since the currency could be devalued to make debt payments easier at the cost of inflation.

Why Andres Bonifacio Should Be The National Hero

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Currently, Jose Rizal is the national hero of the Philippines because of his martyrdom. Compared to the other revolutionaries and nationalists, Rizal was rich and highly educated.

Unlike Marcelo del Pilar, he did not die of poverty from his activities
Unlike Andres Bonifacio, he was able to publish his views extensively

However, the main problem with Rizal was that he did not believe that the Philippines should be fully independent from Spain. Instead, he advocated for the Spanish to reform their colonial policy. This is naive and would be similar to Benjamin Franklin asking Britain to reduce the taxes on the American colonies instead of asking for independence.