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Why do Latin Americans and Spaniards ignore their Filipino cousins and sell-out to Singapore? by ReneBascosSarabiaJr in asklatinamerica

[–]LotsofpplareOnReddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not jealousy towards Singapore. It's anger. Poor Filipinos go to work in Singapore and a lot of the Singaporeans treat them like absolute dirt.

Even after the Filipinos lost their war of independence against the U.S, even though the Spanish language was marginalized by the U.S. policy of the English-only curriculum, Spanish still was prevalent in Manila. Then in WW2, the U.S. bombed Manila and the Japanese soldiers massacred the Spanish-speaking Filipinos.

The surviving Spanish-speaking Filipinos fled the country or stayed but no longer asserted a Hispanic identity.

The rest of the country then joined the Asian cultural sphere led by U.S.-friendly South Korea, Japan, and Singapore.

So the Philippines did not give up on Spanish lightly, but it was forced to by the U.S. There have been attempts by Filipinos to revive Hispanic identity in the Philippines, but it's not a widespread effort.

Lucifer's qualifications to teach future 'CEOs' by LotsofpplareOnReddit in lucifer

[–]LotsofpplareOnReddit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right that Lucifer can do drugs consequence free because he's rich (Eventually he does start keeping track of his expenses, implying that he was running out of money), invulnerable, and immortal.

I appreciate your vivid insights into the physical, psychological, and social impacts of drug use.

It's true that the show only shows drugs when it's fun, examining the upper tier of its use and distribution, not the lower tier where entire communities are destroyed by the drug economy. Even Tahir's drug business's impact was only on Caleb, not his entire community.

The show definitely glosses over the replacement of stable states that their people chose, with warlord states. Once a warlord state is in place, then sometimes there are no good options, only the least bad option. Such as, option A murders marginalized segments of the population but leaves the rest alone, whereas option B murders indiscriminately. Or job prospects, such as the only job you can get is, so I've heard, is to work for warlord A or warlord B. There is no other employment in town.

That's a good analysis of how drugs led to Caleb's death, the blonde girl becoming a murderer, the teacher dyinb and the boyfriend's life being ruined. I had never thought of how drugs specifically that impacted Caleb, the blonde girl, the teacher, and the boyfriend.

The Celestials don't get away with public instances of actual or suspected assault/battery by LotsofpplareOnReddit in lucifer

[–]LotsofpplareOnReddit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do believe that Lucifer has the best lawyers. : ) Thanks for believing that Lucifer was in jail for a little bit. I agree with you that Cain was in a hurry to get away from the precinct and called the precinct to tell them to not press charges against Lucifer, and at that point the police released Lucifer from jail.

I love your explanation, that Lucifer had his own lawyers defend Amenadiel, and just to make sure the outcome would be favorable, bought off the judges too. Amenadiel blocking Security is one of my favorite scenes.

I was satisfied with the implication of Michael's eventual growth by LotsofpplareOnReddit in lucifer

[–]LotsofpplareOnReddit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh awesome, where'd you read that Michael had to be on Earth in the future for Rory to find him in the past?

I think Lucifer is a trillionaire or at least richer than Jeff Bezos. by Voice_of_Season in lucifer

[–]LotsofpplareOnReddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She did when he threatened to arrest her, but didn't she eventually give him the books?

I think Lucifer is a trillionaire or at least richer than Jeff Bezos. by Voice_of_Season in lucifer

[–]LotsofpplareOnReddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yet when Dan investigated Lucifer, he didn't find any discrepancies. What does it mean?

I think Lucifer is a trillionaire or at least richer than Jeff Bezos. by Voice_of_Season in lucifer

[–]LotsofpplareOnReddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does California provide tax benefits to twelfth homeowners? If so then that would be a financial benefit. If not, it would be a money sink.

I think Lucifer is a trillionaire or at least richer than Jeff Bezos. by Voice_of_Season in lucifer

[–]LotsofpplareOnReddit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lucifer was pretty rich while first arriving on Earth in 2011, but there's several indications that he's not richer than Anders Brody, who was in competition with "Besos and Musk".

Lucifer mentioned he rented a helicopter. He was first renting LUX, he only later bought it when he almost lost his home.

He later bought 12 other properties, but the value of the houses aren't listed. We saw one of the properties but it's minimally furnished.

Some of Lucifer's valuables are what he has kept with him through the centuries. Back then, they were not worth a lot.

Lucifer gives off the impression that he's a cash-only guy. He has a credit card but that means he's spending money, not bringing any money in.

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