*The Philippines still has that which has long since disappeared from the US - a sense of unity. Its refreshing.*
It’s amazing what an outside threat will do for unity. Then there’s the US after 911. What’s happened since?
In the case of the Philippines, and in truth of most countries, this does not require an outside threat. Its simply that the people, or the elite faction thereof, do not hate their own country, nor do they hate the mass of their own people.
The US, and some Anglo countries, the problem is a peculiar cultural condition. The elite hate their own country and their own people. This is best explained, I think, by Angelo Codevillas analysis. I suggest you read Codevillas 2010 essay,”Americas Ruling Class and the Perils of Revolution”.
One of several links-
https://www.independent.org/publications/article.asp?id=4725
In the case of the Philippines, and in truth of most countries, this does not require an outside threat. Its simply that the people, or the elite faction thereof, do not hate their own country, nor do they hate the mass of their own people.
The US, and some Anglo countries, the problem is a peculiar cultural condition. The elite hate their own country and their own people. This is best explained, I think, by Angelo Codevillas analysis. I suggest you read Codevillas 2010 essay,”Americas Ruling Class and the Perils of Revolution”.
One of several links-
https://www.independent.org/publications/article.asp?id=4725