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Rodrigo Duterte wins Philippines mayoral election from jail cell in The Hague (www.theguardian.com)
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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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[–] rimu@piefed.social 33 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It is worth noting that in PH, using Facebook is free but every other news source uses up a very small data cap. Few can afford to pay for data so everyone is totally hooked on Facebook. Also labor costs are low so buying a "troll army" to flood the zone is extremely cheap. Combine that with a very low level of education and it's just echo chambers of insanity everywhere.

There are striking similarities between the first Duterte campaign and Trump's 2016 campaign.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm sure Facebook had some say in why this is the way it is

[–] Auntievenim@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Facebook probably paid for the infrastructure on the stipulation that traffic to their site not be charged or something of the sort

[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Labour costs being low is an understatement. Average worker makes about $10 for a full 8-hour shift, and that's before tax.

[–] jrs100000@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Mostly though hes just genuinely very popular in Davao City and has been for decades.

[–] nickwitha_k 2 points 1 month ago

This is exactly why right-wingers hate net neutrality. They want to be able to manipulate the Internet that people see.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Anyone claiming that being shitty is just an American thing is wrong.

Everyone everywhere is awful and we cannot be trusted to govern ourselves.

[–] 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.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social -5 points 1 month ago

Okay bootlicker

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

What a joke

[–] PotatoLibre@feddit.it 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Philippines must be a top 10 most currupted nation in the world.

I guess catholic influence has done is part on it.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

US primarily. Paying cold war allies to develop a patronage network of supporters. The corruption pressures of that is what creates the system. And it was the US that was primarily responsible for the original Marcos corruption, certainly not the Catholic Church. The duterte family is just playing the game the Marcos started.

It's a simple formula really. Foreign money for focusing on foreign interests over local ones delegitimizes a regime. The less legitimate it is, the more corrupt it must be with patronage networks and graft to maintain power. And so it goes.