Former president of nation re-elected as mayor of city of Davao despite his enforced absence

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.

  • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

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

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

    • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      2 days ago

      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
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        1 day ago

        “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’.

        • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
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          1 day 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