Thanks very much, LadyDoc.
You have a deep understanding of what’s going on there.
When you have nothing else to do, I wish you would consider posting more about the Philppines.
I miss the bright sun as seen in that part of the world. I was there with the Navy decades ago, back when Clark Air Force Base was active (1980). I’ll never forget coming outside a little after Reveille, and finding the temperature at 78 degrees Farenheit. It was barely 6;30 in the morning!
The family unit was a big part of life for most the citizens back then. It probably remains that way now.
Philippinos can be great and efficient workers together.
I recall a family managing an entire Post Office in the states. Only trouble is, they didn’t want to consider anyone who wasn’t a part of their group as a new hire.
That policy changed over time. It had to.
The only thing I remember about that place is the smell oh and there was this bar in Ol.......
However, not a lot of Yanks here: a couple of them around who married local girls and came here to retire. But some places have a lot of Ex pats: Manila, Clark, Davao, Cebu and Baguio are full of them.
Duterte cleaned up Davao so is liked by the Expat mainly retired military there. Duterte is also liked by the middle class and working class Filipinos here. The website StrategyPage says his approval rating is above 70 percent and that sounds about right.
however, he is hated by the rich families and the students who follow the SJW meme of the USA. Some of this is because he is finding their corruption, but some if because the CIA was behind another candidate who lost (aka the American girl, Grace Poe).
but as they clean up the place, it means more money to invest, and less money diverted into the hands of the crooked politicians etc. But the good news is a growing middle class.