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Does one exist?

I wonder if there's one present, with the amount of doomposting and "it's so joever" posts you see in Filipino communities. Whether it was in 2025 or 2015, or 2005, a lot of the complaints stay the same (corruption, economy, public safety, etc.).

I was not alive at the time, could the economic downturn between Ninoy's death and 1986 have caused generational trauma sa mga Pinoy? I read virtually naging pariah state ang Pilipinas in those years. It's as if we are extra sensitive that national-level mistakes could result in a repeat of the 1983-1986 conditions.

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[โ€“] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

IDK, but it feels some of the younger ones are more pessimistic than their elders (who think it's okay letting politicians have their way as long as they have their basic needs met), especially in terms of job security and income, and that got expanded further with their concepts of economic security and public safety.

They want to know where their taxes are going, and likewise -- if they're in the middle class as they claim -- some of them are blaming the lower classes for their supposed misery for voting the "wrong" candidate.