Reinforces the belief that the Philippines shouldn't have been given their freedom. Should have been kept and guided toward becoming US citizens/states.
I'm going to hope to God that this was a sarcastic statement.
Why?
The idea that either A) Being American is automatically synonymous with being good or better off and B) that an essentially conquered territory with a totally different people should not be allowed self-determination is a fundamental refutation of human rights.
Before anyone claims this version of the Pilipino government is any reason to have maintained direct imperial ties, the country wouldn't be in this mess if the US didn't throw its weight behind the Marcos regime in the first place, effectively destroying the country's civil society all because he was a staunch anti-communist.
