(05-07-2020, 02:46 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: Note well -- the Philippines is on the same timeline as most countries that experienced WWII. It felt WWII hard under the brutal occupation of the thug Japanese Empire. It is in the same era of Crisis that the us is in... and Duterte is far more competent in cracking down on opposition Than is Donald Quisling Trump.
Well the Filipinos despite a heavy Hispanic influence see themselves as South-East Asians, feel they have a strong affinity with other peoples in their region, in particular the Malays and Indonesians.
Also, in memory of the Filipino people the Philippine Revolution which was a theater of the Spanish-American war is seen by Filipinos as a time of a 'great struggle' in their society. In addition I I have personally know quite a number of people from the Philippines and they are generationally different from 'Westerners'.