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Need advice dealing with dense Filipino parents (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Comrade_Deku571@lemmygrad.ml to c/genzedong@lemmygrad.ml
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I'm a Marxist-Leninist born and grew up in the US-occupied Republic of the Philippines who firmly believes in AES, and a staunch Duterte supporter. And no, I do not support the CPP-NPA, they are Trotskyite pieces of s**t larping as Maoist revolutionaries.

Everyday I have to deal with lib bullshit from from my mother, she keeps asking me why I keep barking negative about the United States. Especially when talking about the elections. She supports Leni Robredo, our own Manchurian Candidate being rigged by US influence to win, so they can dethrone Duterte and enslave us again to Raytheon's whims for their sweet arms profits at our expense.

I don't know what correct words to say, it always felt like a trap question everytime she asks why I stan China. I know what to say, I am convinced of my beliefs, its just, I dont know how to explain them without damning myself into their trap.

I kept talking about how chaotic the USA is with all the civil disobedience from both MAGAts and California libs, especially the BLM protests, Freedom Convoy, J6, anti-vaxxer protests, and the riots and shit. All they just said to me? "Its part of the process of healthy democracy." Riots? Healthy Democracy? Are they fucking kidding me? They think being a dumpster fire for having a clown and later a sleepy old man for presidents is a healthy democracy?

I'm losing brain cells.

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[-] kig_v2@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago

Wait, is Duterte decent? I thought he was a fascist? I know very little about the Phillipines so if this is just propaganda I heard excuse my ignorance.

Also, just a minor nitpick: the BLM protests were very peaceful, they weren't the riots they were made out to be by the media. They even did a breakdown and found that 93% were 100% peaceful. Of the 7% that weren't, the waters are very murky; many times the violence was purposefully provoked by militarized police and fascist groups, the latter of which often traveling from hundreds of miles away just to stir shit up and get a chance to get away with murder. There's also a matter of opportunists--you would have a scenario where a protest would be happening, and while the whole city was pre-occupied some unaffiliated apolitical criminal would rob a gas station, or some unaffiliated kids would vandalize a wall, things like that...only then such acts would be pinned on the BLM protesters, regardless if the perpetrators were protesters or even if such crimes took place near the protests or not.

That being said, BLM was, of course, quickly co-opted by the neoliberal order, and, of course, we don't even have an "unhealthy democracy" we don't have a democracy whatsoever, we have an oligarchy with a facade of democracy to fool people.

[-] zanghor123@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Wait, is Duterte decent? I thought he was a fascist?

Please tell me how passing universal healthcare is fascist

What kind of reactionary government passes free college education?

Fascists do not grant autonomous regions to indigenous people.

it's mind boggling how easy people swallow imperalist propaganda.

[-] pinkeston@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's probably because he's really reactionary in some ways like his really brutal anti-drug laws and punishments

But everybody understands how economically exploited countries like Iran, Syria, or Iraq (who never get shit on) can't be expected to be more socially progressive than developed countries

Weird how some people will single out Russia and Duterte for some reason

[-] zanghor123@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

me:

it’s mind boggling how easy people swallow imperalist propaganda.

you

like his really brutal anti-drug laws and punishments

stop reading the nytimes.

The drug war is an overwhelmingly popular policy in the Philippines. There is a dishonest attempt by western media to portray the drug war in the Philippines as situation similar to the US's drug war, where poor segments of the population are singled out and targeted for possession of drugs like marijuana or crack and simply killed. This is not what's happening, and this attempt is being spearheaded at the interests of Pharmaceutical capital, who rightfully see Duterte as a threat to their control over the Philippine market and in particular, their system of profit-by-opium-addiction.

First, it's important to remember the drugs we're talking about are not "soft" drugs like marijuana that are plaguing Philippine society, but specifically opiates and methamphetamines. In the course of the drug war, nearly ₱60 billion of drugs have been seized, of which almost ₱50 billion is Shabu (meth). The criticism of the Philippine Police's lack of drug classifications and therefor treatment of marijuana as being equal to meth or heroin is one which has not only been levelled by many Filipinos, but by Duterte himself -- however, he retracted his bid for the legalization of marijuana for reasons I feel aren't important enough to go into detail here.

So, that being said, when the question "Why is Duterte's war on drugs so bloody?" comes up, it must be understood that the addicts being dealt with -- who are often armed -- are not marijuana users, but users of harmful narcotics like meth. If you have ever encountered someone on meth or heroin in real life, you will immediately understand why this would pose a massive problem to society should addiction begin to take hold in large quantities. Whereas yes, 3,050 people have died in the course of the anti-drug operations, this must be juxtaposed with a resounding 1.2 million drug users admitted to rehabilitation facilities.

[-] Comrade_Deku571@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Most of the brutality of the drug war here are from asshole cops on the ground, not orders from the top. Why do you think Duterte is doing purges on the police force against the so-called "scalawag' cops?

[-] Comrade_Deku571@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Wait, is Duterte decent? I thought he was a fascist?

I feel what you said. Everyone thought Duterte is a fascist because far-right populists like groyper scum praised him as their dream strongman elected by the people. Duterte is what they wanted Trump to be. They fantasize a Duterte-like figure to dab on "Da Joo elitez" in AmeriKKKa.

When in reality, he's more of a Stalin than Hitler. He's more of a Maduro without the ruinous economic incompetence than Pinochet.

[-] zanghor123@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

When in reality, he’s more of a Stalin than Hitler.

always remember . and it doesnt mean these leaders aren't without flaws either. understand history, cultural contexts and then form an educated opinion on matters.

[-] jamabalayaman@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago

Wait, so you support a fascist over the actual communist revolutionaries in your country? What O.o

[-] Comrade_Deku571@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

The CPP-NPA are bandits at best and Trotskyite larpers backhanded by Raytheon at worst, decieving a lot of Filipino kids in unis to take part in their ReVoLuTiOn only to become test subjects being blown to minced meat to test weapons by US arms dealers.

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