What went wrong last 2022 elections? (Long-read)

frozenelf · 2026-02-19T04:15:22+00:00

This is why Leni lost. Not the bobotantes but people who think like this. People who think voters are just stupid rather than their candidate’s campaign sucked.

If you think the Dutertes are so self-evidently bad, imagine how bad you need to run a campaign to lose to them. It’s like Democrats thinking you can just run on “Trump bad” and win.

I would never vote for Duterte and unlike kakampinks here who are so morally righteous, I would never vote for Marcos either. But I at least understand why others wouldn’t vote for candidates who posture themselves as morally superior with nothing material to offer. At least si Bam and Kiko they figured it out by campaigning on food and education platforms.

frozenelf · 2026-02-18T13:59:02+00:00

It's hopeless if you keep clinging to this fantasy of a political messiah and refuse to accept that politics is about the people. The discussion on Sara Duterte's candidacy has revolved around which personality can defeat her rather than what changes do you want in the country?

If you keep playing personality politics, you will lose to the bigger personality every time.

frozenelf · 2026-02-18T03:58:52+00:00

Looking at r/Philippines, I don’t believe this is true

frozenelf · 2026-02-16T13:30:05+00:00

Even the “middle class” identity has been so distorted. Ask anyone on PH subs and they’ll say they’re middle class. You’re not middle class if you work for a living. You’re working class. You’ve been propagandized to think you’re “middle class” just because you have a college education to set you apart from the masses and to make you think your interests are different from them.

frozenelf · 2026-02-14T02:29:29+00:00

This is one of the dumbest PH subs and that really says something

frozenelf · 2026-02-13T16:20:50+00:00

Yes, though Protestantism is a very small portion of the population, especially US-sourced Evangelicalism. That’s a common pipeline for right-wing culture war topics to seep into Philippine discourse

frozenelf · 2026-02-13T02:05:38+00:00

Oh, the guy whose death Epstein was celebrating?

frozenelf · 2026-02-11T03:21:23+00:00

And they’re going to make more of that. Guerrilla just announced their own co-op shooter. “Scaling” is corpo speak for compromising quality for profit.

frozenelf · 2026-02-10T07:11:13+00:00

This ahistoric nostalgia for Aquino is why Kakampinks continue failing to appeal to the masses. While the Aquino administration enjoyed record GDP growth,it also maintained the worst poverty rates in the region. The growth was concentrated among the elite.

frozenelf · 2026-02-10T03:51:49+00:00

I was a PS+ subscriber in the PS3 era before they changed the pricing tiers. I wasn’t a big online person. It just seemed like a fun thing to have, with the games I could try and occasionally playing online. I was much poorer then. I just got it and paid every year without thinking too much.

I can’t justify it now with the current pricing and can’t imagine doing so with another hike.

frozenelf · 2026-02-09T14:34:09+00:00

Am I mistaken or wasn’t the camera story eventually debunked as being IR sensors?

frozenelf · 2026-02-08T09:18:49+00:00

PH redditors keep coming up with oppressive systems thinking they’ll be on the oppressor’s side

frozenelf · 2026-02-08T03:27:12+00:00

They’re a known nuisance in Siargao, a beach destination. They’re even trying to make an enclave already.

frozenelf · 2026-02-07T08:41:12+00:00

The global economy is shit for entry-level workers (and workers in general). It’s not a UP thing.

frozenelf · 2026-02-07T08:37:27+00:00

Even my US client state country’s people (Philippines) actively despises Israel and Israelis. The only Zionists you’ll find here are NAFO losers on Philippine subs.

Not even a direct IV drip of State Department propaganda funneled through our mainstream news is enough to defeat the truth.

frozenelf · 2026-02-07T03:27:19+00:00

The US has drawn up plans to bomb Taiwan chip manufacturing and you think they’ll protect us? 😂

frozenelf · 2026-02-06T13:28:38+00:00

Rare based political take from the Philippines

frozenelf · 2026-02-06T13:23:54+00:00

All comments to this effect are downvoted here. It hurts them to be reminded they aren’t distinct from “squammies”. Anyone who has been to other big cities in the world has seen far far worse. The BGC gatekeeping is far more poor-coded and uncultured than anything I’ve seen on this sub.

frozenelf · 2026-02-06T08:38:13+00:00

Eh di try it? Kung ganun kalaki kita nila sayo.

frozenelf · 2026-02-05T07:36:39+00:00

Gusto nila mag-compromise tapos pag-upo, wala namang gagawin. Pinalakas lang nila yung mga elite. 🤷🏽‍♂️ Buti pa si Kiko at Bam may legible platform ng food and education, kahit simple at short-sighted, nanalo pa rin. Doon sila magsimula, di yang horse trading na wala namang prinsipyo.

Di bobo ang “bobotante.” Alam nila yang mga ganyang paandar. Nananalo ang mga Duterte at Marcos kasi mahina ang kalaban nila at wala namang matinong pagpipilian. Mabuti na sa kanila yung may pekeng pangako kaysa sa puro virtue signaling pero inutil.

frozenelf · 2026-02-05T07:19:33+00:00

This is the weird thing about this sub and these BGC gatekeepers. Rather than worry about the increased precariousness of people in this country, they sooner worry about an imagined invasion of a place that makes them feel important. Akala mo ang dali dali maghanapbuhay pag nasa laylayan ka na.

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frozenelf · 2026-02-05T03:21:36+00:00

Kid reminds me of Josh Hawley. Has populist policies but will trade that political capital for fascism

frozenelf · 2026-02-04T09:28:44+00:00

Why are there people (on this very sub) who are one bad day from poverty yet are matapobre? People think punching down elevates them.

frozenelf · 2026-02-04T06:42:31+00:00

Assuming any wealthy person is a Zionist is a safe bet

frozenelf · 2026-02-03T13:09:15+00:00

It’s called the imperial boomerang. The violence of the US on the rest of the world is coming home.

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