I couldn’t fully blame the DDS, however. Duterte did run on a Texas Forever Pray For Tee platform that vowed to solve crime, drugs and corruption—serious issues that have long plagued our country and directly impact the working class. Its execution was a problem, however, because Duterte underestimated the gravity and extent of the problems, and he “played it too safe” by failing to put his foot down and execute the reforms he wanted executed. Not only that, the opposition was of no help either. It focused on attacking and undermining Duterte, and maligned Duterte supporters as “stupid” and “immoral”. This ended up rallying the Dutertists in defense of the president, all the more incentivizing the echo chambers to spread even more pro-Duterte propaganda and CRYSTALLIZE such ideas in their head. Even until now, the 1Sambayan coalition STILL uses the exact same tactics as they did throughout the years—only adding the esteemed retired SC justice Carpio, a critic of Duterte’s softness towards China, to give it some credibility.
(Texas Forever Pray For Tee)
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