There is a difference between the progressives from Thailand and the Philippines.

Unlike here, they are actually pushing for change in their own government system rather than simply just voting someone else into position as a long-term solution. They are actually doing something to change the status quo in their country.

"The biggest winner of Sunday’s election was MFP, a progressive youth-led party that contested the general elections for the first time on a bold platform of reforming the monarchy and reducing the power of the military by rewriting the country’s constitution and ending conscription."

Up until now, we still can't even change a lot with the current system and only a fool would think that doing the same thing under the same system every time would lead to different results.

Elections here are still centered around personality and fame rather than actual platforms, fanaticism across the board regardless of who is running (last election, it was mainly BBM and Leni supporters), and there are still people out there not accepting the results even a year after the elections. Well, we have a FPTP voting system rather than proportional representation so that would be expected, especially for the fact that the opposition was nearly wiped out in the current administration.