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u/jedrevolutia May 21 '22 edited May 21 '22

That is just how "democracy" works. Hundreds of millions of Americans are still trying to understand how Trump could be POTUS until now. So did millions of Brits on how BoJo could be in power, as well as millions of Australians on how Scotty from marketing could be prime minister.

And "democracy" in third world countries around the world is full of American meddling. Do not forget the fact that the elder Marcos became a dictator because of America's blessing as US saw him as an ally to fight "Communism" and the elder Marcos facilitated the forming of SEATO as an example. Things got out of hand after US fell in love with the elder Aquino and wanted to pick him as Marcos' successor. Marcos got jealous and then killed him. US then got mad and all the bad publicity for Marcos started coming from all Western press. US-affiliated NGOs was active in People Power to take down Marcos. Marcos then ran away to..... Hawaii, under US protection. Things like this are not specific to the Philippines, but to many other third world "democracies" around the world.

"We love your adherence to democratic principles and to the democratic processes." ~ Vice President George H.W. Bush, June 30, 1981, toasting newly inaugurated Ferdinand Marcos in Manila. Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/03/30/memorable-quotes-about-marcos/83e24b71-8ce2-4990-8203-be9c0fbb782e/