Granted, that Independence is a misnomer with the kind of political background today at every Third World Country or Developing Nation, self rule has fared no better than suzerainty from their past Foreign/Colonial rule.

Sadly, South East Asians are a lazy, bumbling and hedonistic lot. Unfit to rule by themselves amongst themselves. That trait still thrives till this very day.

Even though their lands are blessed with incomparable wealth in natural resources and a vast manpower base, they still submit to and prefer a feudalistic mentality.

Amidst whatever facade of Democracy that they exult in, Monarchy is still very much alive in some of these countries. In the absence of a Monarchic or Constitutional Monoarchic system, they have replaced it with another form of hierarchy. Same song; different verse.

And so it is, that the lazy, bumbling and hedonistic South East Asians will kow-tow to this “feudalism” as their bastion for beggary and survival.

Sycophantic obeisance to “big brother” for bread crumbs when in actuality there is more on their rich land than what “big brother” has in his backyard.

And so if it were true and if it could be proven that the Filipinos bartered themselves for USD300,000 with America in their cause for freedom from the Spaniards, they paid a heavy price. The Filipinos are still struggling to find their own ethnic identity.

This ethnic identity that I speak is something that one would find for example, with the Thais, the Indonesians, the Malaysians and the Singaporeans.
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