Re the Filipino elite - they are corrupt, but they are in that same boat with the Filipino masses. The Chinese aren’t going to do any of them any good.
Its very much the same feeling as WW2, vs the Japanese. They were corrupt then too.
The Philippines still has that which has long since disappeared from the US - a sense of unity. Its refreshing.
Saying “corrupt” is a cop out.
*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?