Say Anything You Want… Except: Freedom of Speech in The Philippines
I live in the Philippines. Not exactly human rights central. Sure, we get along fine, but the moment someone in the upper echelons think you’re messing with them too much – well, let’s just say we have a huge three-digit number record for extra-judicial killings (hint: 835). Our corruption record’s also horrible. Yep, Number 131 [...]
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Boring-Ass Shit: Capitalism and Professor Vellesteros’s Thought Experiment
Let me tell you a little something about communism. Let’s say a man by the name of John lives in Capitalist Philippines. First of all, let me say that he’s fucked freedom wise. Second of all, let’s say he works for eighty-hours a week. That’s a whopper. But his friend Tristan only works for twenty-hours [...]
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