"No wonder there's a revolt that continues to persist."

"No wonder there's a revolt that continues to persist." 

It is unsurprising that this president, who despite babbling the words change and development is actually making a thermidor for a venture. By revisiting the Marcos era and claiming to it as best would say that he did truly admire his fellow despot, whom he called once as his idol, while peasants and majority of the Filipinos continue to languish in poverty as prices of basic commodities and services rise, with regressive taxes continue to burden, not to mention the filth the military and the police continues to aggravate in the country.

For in this commemoration of Martial Law this September 21, would say that expect both Marcos Loyalists and Duterte Apologists would again speak positively about this kind of matter, be it the dictator's "golden age of infrastructure", "nutri buns", "love bus, and various cultural feats; or even justifying the bloodied atrocities as a necessary act to control the spread of what they call "red menace" that harmth a landlord-compradore led "democracy."

Worth ridiculous these people indeed, especially as they churn their Marcosiana all over nostalgia pages, of sharing conspiracy theories and a myriad of half and "alternate" truths, a concerned would think that these apologists, who yearned about their youth that's full of orderism and of Potemkin stability would again be revived-is it because of existing poverty as compared to their youth that's full of "development"? Or the view that benevolent despotism as better than those of chaos that's democracy?
The irony is this, these people who thinks about that benevolent despotism also preaches that word "democracy."

But despite all what they called "achivements" this didn't stop the struggle from growing. No infrastructure of semblance of social services brought by an interest-seeking regime outweighs the bloodied atrocities done by its attack dogs particularly those in the countryside: where peasant leaders killed, communities razed, concerned citizens be cowered by fear, all in the name of "order" that benefits exploiters. As in the past, various forms of developmental aggression being undertaken as the regime takes pride in its delusions of a growing economy, let alone infrastructure building, and the use of state security to intimidate those who stood against their perception of progress-particularly in communities whose life and traditions outweighs those of the order's. The controversial rice tarrification law and its free flow of imported rice aggravates problems no matter how the order tries to justify such as "its proceeds be allocated to agricultural development", when in fact failed to appease the farmers but instead forcing them to sell their lands to developers like in the case of Villar and its desire to deagriculturalise the countryside.

Pardon if this note becomes more than just a message to commemorate that event, for the fact that the refuses of that horror continues to haunt Filipinos, it becomes a duty for the Filipino to seek truth and condemn, if not resist. Apologists may still deny that there are no horrors during their cherished period as shown by various nostalgia pages and instead promoting its wonders; but even today, as in their cherished era would say that landlords dominate agriculture, compradores in the industry, landlessness as widespread, prices of commodities and services increased, landgrabbers more brazen, agrocorporations wrestle farmers to servility, and the order who supposed to protect these vulnerable folks rather continue being deaf and dumb in the matters meant to be addressed. From these somehow would say that martial law and its succeeding regimes failed to create an atmosphere of justice, regardless of the decrees being taketh pride upon, as well as those of the infrastructures  being bragged about. 

And also from this, again, no wonder there's a revolt that continues to persist.