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Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has been re-elected as mayor of the city of Davao, the family’s stronghold, despite being imprisoned thousands of miles away in The Hague for alleged crimes against humanity.

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[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

we can't be trusted to govern ourselves as long as we are reliant on media streams owned by psychos and sickos. we the people, out in the streets, need to own truth.

and then there's the question about who counts the votes. is this really the will of the people, or is this the will of the wielders of power there?

[–] Zexks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“We the people” can’t ‘own’ truth. That’s how you get Jewish space lasers and gay chemo frogs. The general public is just not smart enough to handle things these days. People owning their own truth is how you get Karen’s who ‘did their own research’.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying to support independent journalism like pro-publica. Not to all isolate ourselves further into our own media bubbles

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yes. People are a problem.