16/03/2025
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
For years, Filipinos spat at the sound of it. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ผ๐. A name that carried the weight of stolen wealth, torture chambers, and a nation stripped to its bones.
We grew up hearing storiesโ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐, ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐, ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟโ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ด๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ธ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ.
Ferdinand Marcos Sr. wasnโt just a man. He was a wound in the soul of this country. A man who built an empire on the suffering of his own people. A leader who became a monster.
And so, the people cursed his name.
For decades, his family lived in exile, despised, rejected. No redemption. No forgiveness.
But then came ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ.
Duterteโa man loved by the masses, a man who could have left them to rot in disgraceโchose mercy.
๐ He let them come back.
๐ He allowed Marcos Sr. to be buried a hero, when millions swore he never should have been.
๐ He opened the doors they thought would stay shut forever.
And in return?
Marcos Jr. watched as the very man who helped him rise was dragged away like a dog. No trial, no honor, no hesitation.
He stood silent as a Filipino presidentโan old man, sick, frailโwas handed over to foreigners like a criminal. Not for stealing billions. Not for killing innocents. But for fighting for his own country.
Marcos Sr. lied, stole, and killedโbut even he never sold a Filipino to foreign hands. Marcos Jr. did.
And now, here we are. History has repeated itself, but this time, the betrayal cuts deeper.
Because this time, we let them in.
This time, we gave them a chance to prove they had changed.
And this time, we were the fools.
So tell me, Philippinesโhow does it feel to be betrayed again? ๐
Ccto
