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Though Duterte has admitted that he has used Fentanyl, a highly potent painkiller, due to a spinal injury he suffered during a motorcycle accident years earlier.
— Nov 27, 2021 10:14AM
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Carmen
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As Howie Severino, an award-winning Filipino journalist, put it, "I cannot recall any other time when people in our profession have been threatened with death so cavalierly, [and] women have been threatened with rape. ... It's like people are trying to scare or frustrate us into shifting careers."
— Nov 27, 2021 10:03AM
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Carmen
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At one point, the event went so far as comparing himself to Hitler, threatening to kill millions of drug users as a form of national cleansing.
— Nov 27, 2021 09:53AM
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At the heart of Duterte's defiance was a simple argument, which resonated with many Filipinos: The existing criminal justice system is too slow and ineffective to be respected and relied upon. In a classic exercise of 'penal populism,' he presented himself as the sole guardian of the republic, the one man that everyone can rely on to get the 'bad guys,' no matter what it takes, including circumventing standard
— Nov 27, 2021 08:07AM
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Carmen
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In his first 7 months in office, a staggering 1000 suspected drug users or/and pushers have reportedly died either at the hands of law enforcement officers, who claimed to have acted in self-defense, or vigilante groups, who have taken the law into their own hands.
— Nov 27, 2021 08:03AM
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"When I become president, I'll order the police and the military to find [criminals and drug pushers] and kill them," declared Duterte... "The funeral parlors will be packed... I'll supply the dead bodies..." It didn't take long for those who dismissed his macabre warnings as supposedly electioneering chutzpah to painfully realize that Duterte should, at least in terms of key priorities, be taken both literally
— Nov 27, 2021 08:00AM
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Carmen
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...Duterte looks forward to a strategic reset with Trump administration [sic]. Though initially dismissive of Trump as a 'bigot,' Duterte began to sing a different tune right after Trump's surprising election victory. Once it became clear that Trump will be the next American president, Duterte, in an uncharacteristically diplomatic fashion, expressed his best wishes to Obama's successor and reassuringly, although
— Nov 26, 2021 07:44AM
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Carmen
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Like a small-town mayor perched comfortably among familiar folks, Duterte often cites his own experiences, his personal preferences, and his emotions when discussing foreign affairs. His foreign policy-related discussions are more sprinkled with "I, me, and my" than any of his predecessors. He has often cited his bitter experiences with foreign powers, ... and how he felt insulted and disrespected by American offi
— Nov 26, 2021 07:34AM
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...American's foray into Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines, is a clear demonstration of American hypocrisy and not-so-benign, if not nefarious, designs in the Philippines. American's consolidation of administrative control over the Philippines disparate islands and disjointed geography was accompanied by the often wanton use of violence by American soldiers, some of who seem to have relished their
— Nov 12, 2021 12:39PM
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Carmen
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And finally, Duterte's avalanche of controversial remarks throughout the presidential campaign seemingly desensitized a plurality of average voters. This is what some call the 'bed of nails' phenomenon: Duterte built his entire campaign on the basic principle of going farther than any of his competitors in terms of breaking orthodoxies in favor of a bolder and more audacious messaging, particularly on corruption
— Nov 12, 2021 12:05PM
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Carmen
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After all, Duterte himself began to communicate a more pragmatic strand of leadership as he inched closer to formally occupying the highest office in the land. Weeks before his inauguration, Duterte sought to reassure the media that it will be his 'last time as a rude person.' Duterte promised that, 'when I become president, when I take my oath of office... There will be a metamorphosis,' whereby he will
— Oct 31, 2021 08:45AM
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Carmen
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With a single-minded focus, he declared war on crime and proliferation of illegal drugs. Duterte employed an iron fist against drug suspects and corrupt officials, while cutting down bureaucratic red tape... It was this particular narrative of Duterte as a benign dictator that began to gain traction.
— Oct 29, 2021 06:41PM
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Duterte portrayed himself as a capable, decisive, simple-living 'political outsider,' who could address the country's predicaments head-on. ... As for the right-wing groups, Duterte's macho image and penchant for guns, motorbikes, and disciplinary style of leadership did the trick. ... he heavily invested in the law enforcement agencies, offering them among the best equipment and incentives anywhere in the Philipp
— Oct 29, 2021 06:40PM
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Similar to Trump, Duterte proved as unusually media savvy, constantly placing himself in the media headlines without spending a penny. The more controversial his statements, the greater media mileage he enjoyed. This way, the under-funded candidate managed to build a strong though polarizing presence in the national consciousness.
— Oct 29, 2021 06:36PM
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The tough-talking, foul-mouthed mayor of Davao City was even more successful. Showing little respect for the mainstream political elite, Duterte astutely recognized a historic opportunity to contest the highest elected office. Aside from benefiting from the zeitgeist of grievance politics, Duterte's electoral success was built on three contingent factors: the fatal weaknesses of his opponents; the strength of his
— Oct 29, 2021 06:29PM
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Paradoxically, the faster the Philippines grew, the more obvious its poverty became.
— Oct 29, 2021 12:24PM
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Trump, Nigel Paul Farage, Marine Le Pen, Shinzo Abe, Park Geun-hy, Narendra Modi, Recep Tayip Erdogan, Najib Razak, Joko Widodo, Duterte.
— Oct 29, 2021 12:19PM
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The dissipating appeal of liberal values, vengeful return of nativist sentiments and Jacksonian populism are partly, if not largely, driven by a combination of large-scale immigration, rising economic inequality, declining trust in existing state institutions, and economic shocks.
— Oct 29, 2021 12:08PM
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The masses, scholars such as Arendt perpicasiously [sic] observed, have proven susceptible to mobilization by demagogues and strongman leaders, who offer not only simplistic solutions, but also overnight salvation and a utopia of collective empowerment (often in the name of the country) in exchange for unbending obedience to their absolute authority, as Il Duce or Der Führer. The product is a distinct form of
— Oct 29, 2021 12:03PM
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"Mass society is always prone to accept a person offhand for what he pretends to be, so that a crackpot posing as a genius always has a certain chance to be believed," Arendt warned in ORIGINS OF TOTALITARIANISM. To ancient Greek thinkers, particularly Aristotle and Plato, these breed of 'crackpot posing as a genius' leaders were demagogues: opportunistic politicians, who are skillful at tapping into the darkest
— Oct 29, 2021 11:56AM
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Carmen
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Third, Duterte can't be reduced to one persona or trait. Duterte's electoral success and popularity is a byproduct of a dynamic deployment of fear, utilization of mass entertainment, and reliance on Machiavellian calculus. Through fear and threatening rhetoric, he disciplines the opposition, impresses the insecure sections of society seeking law and order, and addresses criminality with tried-and-tested
— Oct 29, 2021 11:31AM
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Carmen
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Stylistically, as a president, and substantively, as the former mayor of Davao, Duterte is also a strongman - a hands-on, macho leader who has little appreciation of institutional checks and balances as well as political opposition, one who is eager to bend existing rules and traditions to his personal preferences and priorities.
— Oct 29, 2021 11:26AM
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Duterte is often portrayed, by both supporters and critics, as a maverick and 'political outsider' par excellence, though Duterte, whose children currently occupy the top elected offices in his home city, is related to one of the country's most powerful political dynasties, the Duranos and Almendras of Mindanao, and the Roa clan of the Visayas.
— Oct 29, 2021 11:25AM
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Carmen
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As Bello explains, Duterte has a deep and diversified base, who 'came to power with an anti-crime agenda and an anti-elite and anti-liberal discourse' but, quite paradoxically, 'rules with the support of most of the elite and the direct assistance of a section of the left.'
— Oct 29, 2021 11:21AM
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Carmen
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Deepened democracies also tend to have robust welfare programs, with individual citizens enjoying a relatively high level of living standards, thanks to universal healthcare and education, progressive taxation, and median income rates that can support a 'dignified' living (Diamond 1999; Carothers 2002; Przeworski 2000).
— Oct 29, 2021 11:17AM
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Ex post irreversibility, namely the ability of the opposition to smoothly take over in an event of victory without the fear of the losing party's coercive usurpation of elected office, must be guaranteed.
— Oct 29, 2021 11:13AM
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"Western liberal democracy might prove to be not the final destination on the democratic road, but just one of many possible exits. ... Far from being a temporary or transitional stage, it appears that many countries are settling into a form of government that mixes a substantial degree of democracy with a substantial degree of illiberalism." Zakaria
— Oct 29, 2021 11:10AM
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...which paved the way for the rise of the most pernicious perversion of populism: facism.
— Oct 29, 2021 11:08AM
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