Here we go again, dressed up as responsibility. This week, The Manila Times reported that the Philippines is considering mandatory social media user verification to curb abuse. The pitch is neat and comforting. Order over chaos. Safety over noise. Names over anonymity. The subtext is even clearer: if everyone can be identified, everyone can be managed. That is not about
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Let’s have an honest conversation. One that might make your parents squint, your titas raise an eyebrow, and your lolos whisper “baka komunista ‘yan.” Here goes:No, the Marcos era wasn’t heaven.It wasn’t a “golden age.”It wasn’t “the time when everything was cheap and peaceful.”It was a dictatorship, wrapped in propaganda, built on fear, and funded by your future. “But Everything
Welcome to the Philippines, where the karaoke is loud, the food is glorious, and apparently, historical amnesia is a national sport. Let’s talk about the Marcoses. Yes, those Marcoses. The ones who ran the country like it was a family-owned pawnshop, declared Martial Law like it was a weekend promo, and then fled the country with billions in “souvenirs.” And