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Justin Wright
Colton Hughes
First.
Logan Jenkins
Really?
listverse.com
>Between 1961 and 1979, Park Chung Hee ruled South Korea with an iron fist. Under his reign, criticizing the government could result in a visit from the secret police, and torture was extremely widespread. Opponents had a habit of disappearing, and it’s thought that Park personally murdered high-level dissenters in his own home. With that in mind, care to guess how South Koreans view this authoritarian madman today?
>They see him as the greatest president ever. According to the Korean Times, multiple polls put Park far ahead of literally any other Korean leader in popularity, with an overwhelming majority approving of his reign.
>Despite crushing democracy, Park’s government pulled off one of the most miraculous economic booms in history. During the 1970s, South Korea was outpacing the US in economic growth and wealth distribution—a feat made even more impressive when you realize the country had been poorer than North Korea when Park took power. Today, the cruelty of the Park regime is almost completely forgotten, while his economic achievements are widely praised.
Some actually do end up immigrating here, though. There's a lot of them in Malate district in Manila. Some are even fluent in Tagalog.
Tyler Barnes
Rate my next project.
Dylan James
One of the funniest anecdotes I have is that I once read a Duterte supporter call Singapore an example of a federal country. I facepalmed when I saw that. Singapore is a unitary city-state. Sadly, I don't think many Duterte supporters, or even federalism supporters for that matter, could even define what federalism is anyway (in a nutshell: a state which devolves some powers and sovereignty to political subdivisions, and whose powers are not at the mercy of the national government).
Austin Hughes
Looks good so far but I wait until it's fully finished.
Charles Mitchell
Tagalog island is truly the cancer of Philippines
>Marcos birthplace
>Gloria
>Erap and still a mayor lmao
>INC cult spawn point
>Slum capital
>Billions of infrastructure projects yet still a shithole
Julian Stewart
>One of the funniest anecdotes I have is that I once read a Duterte supporter call Singapore an example of a federal country
a-a-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
On another note, don't take federalism too seriously, formal division of political power isn't necessarily de facto political subdivision. It's worth noting that the USSR was technically a federal system, complete with constituent republics having their own constitutions, despite real power never existing at the level of individual constituent republics.
David Powell
And also the drafting location of the Malolos Constitution
Or do you dislike that?
Tyler Rivera
Malayshit here, if I wanted to go to the Philippines for a holiday, what would you guys recommend?
I'm cheap as fuck, anywhere safe's an option.