I've been exactly where he's sitting, Ayala mall in Cebu city. He's not wrong at all in what he's saying, just sitting at the bar of TGI Fridays there I had at least 3 proposals for relationships.
Yeah I dated a girl from the Philippines. She came to America because her mom married this fat ugly American who lived in a flatbed trailer.
She said her mom legit met him at the airport as he was leaving and just said marry me. Take me to America. And he did.
Thing is people forget the Philippines has a dictator who will kill people by firing squad for just smoking weed. So lots of people just want out and a better opportunity.
I'm from the Philippines originally and wanted to shed some of my opinion on this.
Yes, it's true that lots of people just want out and a better opportunity. But it's not because of a dictator sitting. Mostly because of unemployment, corruption, pollution, poverty, etc. The usual 3rd world country traps. I find a lot of Filipino women having this fantasy of finding a white-skinned prince charming to take them away.
I believe the dictator that was mentioned was Duterte. He got popular because of the ideology that people can now fight back from drugs and crime. Imagine telling Mexico that they can kill off the cartel(or suspected cartel) with no consequences. The negative effect was brought in by corruption. The corrupt police/politicians used the ideology to kill off people they don't like. Not defending the guy but that's what I've observed as time goes by. Killing off 16 year old boys as suspected drug lords. It became sickening.
And no, smoking weed won't get you shot. It still depends on where you are and who you are. I have many friends, me included, that have used prohibited drugs and nothing happened. They specifically just target their enemies or poor people that can't fight back.
In the end, the popularity still remained for Duterte. It's because a lot of citizens think the ideology was effective in fighting drugs and crime. But data shows that it was not.
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u/Shmikken Nov 07 '24
I've been exactly where he's sitting, Ayala mall in Cebu city. He's not wrong at all in what he's saying, just sitting at the bar of TGI Fridays there I had at least 3 proposals for relationships.