relocate to the colonial motherland, America. The walis tambo that was so prominently displayed in the video footage of the siege on the US Capitol instinctively made me search for other tell-tale symbols of Brown American complicity, like the giant spoon and fork, the Sto. Niño, and the Ifugao-in-a-barrel.
For more than a century, American presidents have been intimately involved in the destiny of the Philippines. Theodore Roosevelt cemented his claim to the American presidency by audaciously sending the American fleet to Hong Kong even without presidential authorization, prepositioned to smash the Spanish Fleet in Manila Bay. William Howard Taft was governor general in the Philippines before he became president of the United States.
This constant tendency and urge to compare ourselves with the conditions in the United States has been so ingrained in the Filipino political psyche. The comparison is infinite, from the quality of hamburgers to the personal excesses of leaders in the political system. There is a continuing historical, cultural, and demographic connection with the United States that fuels the oddness of the Philippines in its home region, Southeast Asia.
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