“Galing din ng trap ng Duterte-camp no? They are aware na si Sara Duterte ang strongest candidate for the 2028 elections, and they completely isolated themselves from the BBM administration. Ngayon, mapipilitan na talaga mabuo ang “UniPink” or BBM and liberal formations, kung ano man yan. Then yan na nga ang magiging open propaganda nila to sway neutral votes, bakit nga ba kasi kakampi ang mga supposed liberals and progressives kay BBM, basically yan lang magiging propaganda nila. However, hindi yan pwede gawin basta-basta ng liberal or pink camp kasi ma di-dissuade ang ibang voters sa kanila. May factor din na focus sila VP Sara sa real-politik na grounded issues lalo na sa mga OFWs at regions nila. Of course, may mga players pa diyan, that I won't mention sa ngayon, at mga political tsismis na naririnig ko but so far ayan.”
When the early ages of the internet was unraveling, there was an understanding that a great potential had unfolded given a lot of activists have used it as a platform to organize much effectively and much succinctly in ways that physical activity limited the reach of socialism. There was also the reimagination of what working class politics could look like in the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union, the complete reformulation of the Chinese Communist Party, 9/11, and increasing connectivity. Underneath our collective consciousness there was also brewing tensions as to how the right can be refounded and in ways that even conservatism hasn't dared exploring. For instance take the sudden rise of academics who criticized the foundational politicizing of their own field but not in ways you'd expect. In the aftermath of modernity, science has definitely been scrutinized as some have used it to further authoritarian entrenchment and institutional power to the point where the scientists had no choice but to call out the irreverent experiments of John Money and the uncovered tests that the US government had done to indigenous people and even everyday Americans. Right-wing academia has basically learned from postmodern Marxist theory that building alternative structures to the status quo politically aware ones albeit liberal are good to bolster the revitalization of their project. Of course the right could only do this insofar as they literally are the status quo, the economy, the hegemony, the apparatus, the narrative.
It's not shocking to see how Sara Duterte operates because it literally is just copy paste from what we all learned in the 4chan-era of the West. This internet rabbit hole inoculation of the most insanely absurd but highly intriguing topics ranging from transvestigations, aliens, spiritualism, and alternatives are all avenues that both the left and the right are trying to take space at the same time at everything. It speaks to how wildly our terms of service have changed from small meetup discussions in the postmodern era we have been trying to pigeonhole ourselves to this echo chamber of esoteric knowledge, inoculating paradoxical but unique ways of bringing something new that hopefully answers a time old question. How do we make a better place for humans?
I think genuinely some have been baffled at the hypocrisy of those front and center in the “left” and the right has been exploiting a lot of these thru doublespeak which some liberal governments continue to do and basically obfuscates socialism with liberalism and gives ammunition to the right. The major failing of the right ultimately will be the same as the “left” (the optics of what the right sees as communist or socialist), the inability to fully integrate what was deconstructed. The current hypocrisy of anti-imperialism will eventually come biting back the right as well, in terms of multipolarity although in ways we have all been familiar — evasion of international crimes.
The revelation that Epstein facilitated a multinational network of politicos engaging in the DaVinci Code-esque secret society antics just posits that the right always just exposes what it is, post-ironically. This new genre of comedy is what probably drives the facilitation of continued support for authoritarians like Duterte, Xi, Trump, Orban, Putin, Khomeinei, Maduro and Netanyahu but it also serves to the public's interest in actually seeing thru hypocrisy. People are in their hiveminds not because of choice although they may understand and agree that they did choose it, but rather thru the ways that the Social Contract has toyed with them either intentionally, unintentionally, by virtue or by manipulation.
Sara Duterte wants to appear like the savior that she is to the Bisaya population, a very strong ethnic group that thrives on standing head up and proving their own worth. But honestly isn't all of this tiring? I know it is because even Dabawenyos can't be bothered to read anymore on any issue, if Sara is the one harassed the only possible logic is she's being casted in the garbage bin of an elitist hegemony that is Imperial Manila. Can Sara Duterte sustain her promises and not reduce the Bisaya into this box, because clearly she has failed to deliver and her only catch is the dramatic revenge. People love revenge and it's because of how ABS-CBN has embedded the idea that revenge is the only way to exact justice thru any protagonist they like, exactly the problem of liberalism facilitating fascist rhetoric.
The fight is to reframe what we want. Instead of battling corruption, say gut the ropes of clientelism. Instead of battling China, say open up the commons for humanity. Stand firm by who we are. The only thing we are good at is to be consistent and authentic. It's all vibes, performance and optics, however, by following thru the performance we enact the hope that there are still willing humans to try a better future. It is radical, it is open, but it never succumbs to external and hegemonic capture. We are many, we are also one in the overarching sense of appreciation for the beauty of humanity.
Sara will definitely try to appeal to the most unheard-of and unspoken individuals. We must be ahead of the curve, outnumber the narratives and outflank the extremism she possesses. This is our call, this is the turning point for our own survival.
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