The University of San Carlos in Cebu has opposed this recognition and claims that it is older than the University of Santo Tomas by 16 years by tracing its roots to the Colegio de San Ildefonso (established 1595).
@@unsolicitedopinionsbyyela the real question there is whether it’s an evolution of the original college or did it just occupy its buildings and later claim to be the evolution of the college
I grew up in a very diverse immigrant suburb of Detroit, but my Fillipinos neighbors were by far the warmest and welcoming. They are the people that brought our community together, especially with food. To this day I miss the Fried Lumpia!
If memory serves me right, it was because France promised something to US, but was actually owned by Spain, so they had to renegotiate. At this point, Spain was just sick and tired of Philippines giving them crap and said, "Fuck this, I'm out". US asked for a trade with Spain, gave Philippines, and absconded. Also, Aguinaldo was in cahoots with US because he wanted to be president instead of Bonifacio, who did the entire work. Gregorio del Pilar was tired of Aguinaldo's BS and knew something was up, but he was too late to turn the tides.
I've actually done some independent research on the Philippines' presidents. This video was a great watch, and I think you should do more videos on the country. It's such a beautiful nation that fuses the cultures of SE Asia, the Hispanosphere, and the United States.
In my nine years of working on the cruise ships, half of the crew have always been from the Phillipines. And I still truly enjoy how they sing love ballads on the karaoke into the early hours of the morning. Hard-working and kind-hearted have never been more honest descriptions in the history of ever!
J.J. achieved the impossible for Filipinos: share a comprehensive history of the Philippines without mentioning Rizal and Bonifacio. Good job on this :)
My grandfather served in WW2 in the American army and spoke very highly of the Philippines. Many Filipinos fought bravely alongside Americans and will never be forgotten. 🇺🇸🇵🇭
@@KO-sx9uy America during the Philippine-American War is different from America during World War Two. As far as I know the latter did not have as strong of a colonial mindset as the former. In addition to that, I don’t know about any “million Filipino” genocide that the American military had committed against the Philippines during World War Two.
@@KO-sx9uy While I am not sure why you are going around telling this but if you aren't even a filipino yourself then don't put words on our mouths. The entirety of records and new interactions between the two countries have already mend and taught each other of the histories regarding these events already. Even if we clearly know what had happened, both countries have done what it can to form new connections and interactions so we ally with one another again. I suggest you to actually go here and do more research in japan's place and the Philippines so that you can see that in a short amount period of time the Japanese killed more than the much slower colonization campaign that the Americans did. We don't worship America, We see them as an ally now who happens to be a colonizer in the past. The people of the Philippines are pretty much diverse kinds of people so if you happen to meet on your sides are worshipers then I suggest you to find every filipino who thinks like it and judge from there
@@KingPanda-bh4fw Actually WW2 is when gross mismanagement of the Philippines by the Americans happened. But this is less known. It basically had to do with setting priorities to Europe instead of actual american territory (Philippines) and it's citizens. US didn't grant the Philippines independence so the Philippines can independently negotiate with the Japanese, which lead to Japanese forceful conquest. But even then, the US weren't willing to send any defense until much later and when they did come, they applied strategies involving heavy collateral damage because they didn't want to sacrifice "american lives" even though technically, filipinos were american citizens. most of the american forces didn't even know Philippines was american territory
One one hand I'm glad we don't have to deal with America's problems. On the other hand, China wouldn't be so obsessed with taking over international waters if the Philippines was a state of the U.S
Weirdly enough, that would make it by far the most populous US state, having well over twice more people than California. Metro Manila would also become the 2nd largest metro area in the US, being just a bit larger than LA. Quezon City would also become the 3rd largest city proper in the US. So if the Philippines were to become a US state, it would probably have a huge influence on the country.
As a Filipino, our leaders suck. Really badly. We have even created a term for them: TraPo (Traditional Politician), which incidentally also means "dirty rag." That's the tragedy of it all. The best and the brightest of us emigrate abroad, usually achieving far more than they could in the homeland. I dream of the day when we can finally have a leader with the vision to change the status quo, by focusing on infrastructure and education, two things that have been sidelined for far too long. Duterte promised that, then reneged on it hard. I'm hoping the next president this coming election will be someone YOUNGER. As a rule, younger politicians tend to be less corrupt these days, with more imagination from being more aware of the rest of the world. In contrast to the current older generations who grew up during the highly corrupt Marcos era.
The constitution has an age minimum of 40 years old for anyone running for President or Vice President. 35 years old for Senator. So it's not surprising all the presidents are old. But 40 years old isn't too far to be completely out of touch with the youth; it's a matter of the person's values and character too.
@@fifty-sixty Polls show around 10% for Pacquiao, not 40%. Sara Duterte leads the polls at around 25%. Next is Marcos at 14%, then Moreno at aound 12%. I'm fine with either Sara or Moreno winning, though both are still not exactly the "ideal" leader that I'm looking for. Sara is part of a political dynasty. While Moreno relies a lot on his popularity as an actor and may not have enough experience politically. But both are young enough (43 and 46, respectively) to still be "in touch" with the youth and the changes in modern society. Both are intelligent. I just hope Sara, if she wins, like she's projected to be, is independent enough not to follow in her dad's pro-China subservience and drug war lunacy. At this point, at the bare minimum, I just want the next president to at least KNOW how to use a computer and the internet.
@@fifty-sixty not to be the "tiktok bad" guy but best you learn to not take everything you see on there (or on any social media site) as fact immediately
@Hai_3058 im confused why japan didnt just take the philippines for themselves tbh (or make them a puppet state). it wouldve expanded their sphere of influence in southeast asia way before ww2.
As a Filipino, thank you for not whitewashing the Martial Law era and doing so without the fear of riling up internet historical revisionists. I am quite grateful.
I found that majority of whitewashing are being done by actual Filipinos and not foreigners. It’s just feel sad that historical revisionism of Martial Law became even more prevalent with the ascent of Duterte’s presidency. I wonder what would his mother think if she’s still alive, knowing that she’s the one who led the People Power movement in Mindanao.
@@angelsaavedra633 Many far-right, which Filipinos call "Marcos Apologists" still holds in the cult of Marcos' dictatorial rule and the conspiracies that are circulating online to make his anti-democratic reign a positive thing just like how Iraqis and Libyans would have significant portion of the population glorifying Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi. Most of those who still worship Marcos are from the poor sector that are victims of the "populist" elites (yes, I am putting emphasize on populist because they act as if they are populist but in reality majority of them came from a family of elites that has a culture of manipulating the weak and uneducated so they could stay in power).
@@angelsaavedra633 since many people that supported the marcos administration (regime) and still support them (for some reason) to this day, mainly influenced by her STILL living wife that, atleast to this day is ALSO the provincial governor of ilocos norte (sorry this is the info i have not searched for yet), but the main triggering point is that commie’s are the ones who started the EDSA Revolution, the same revolution to force the marcos family into exile to Hawaii, then finally to somewhere in the US (probably Washington DC, but again, I have not researched about this well enough), and after several years, was finally able to go back to the nation while not having the same fate as the person that started, (that person btw is Benigno Aquino Jr., the father of the recently deceased former president Benigno “PNoy” Simeon Aquino, and wife of one of the three leading faces of the EDSA revolution Corazon *Cojuanco Aquino), but before they’re allowed to go back, marcos had already died of lumpus and was no longer (in my personal opinion) able to stage a late counter-revolution against the government at the time. So in general, its mainly former marcos cronies (and the generations after them) which are to this day, call themselves marcos supporters, that still long the marcos name on the malacañang, which mostly in the internet and in (rarely I guess) in schools and books and general elementary education aswell in higher education and college, but the issue has long been closed eversince the death of marcos during their exile in America, and even with the current situation of aquino’s ashes being buried along side the (probably) rotting corpses of his parents, but during the grieving period of the Philippines ‘cause of the former presidents death, the part of the EDSA revolution is again, long closed eversince the death of marcos, but many people that are the opposite of the cronies (and the generations after them) did put the 👆into a popular simbol nowadays (though the mourning period did end and the sign was later into its current popularity). Sorry for the very long explanation, but I hope that this would help with your thirst for knowledge of our history. Also this shit took an entire hour to make so read it please And of you did, here’s a cookie 🍪
Ferdinand Marcos wasn't the first president to win a second term, it was actually Manuel L. Quezon who was the first president who won a second term but sadly couldn't continue it.
was there an election? From what I know, Manuel Quezon was re-instated during the war, and had his innagural speech in Malinta Tunnel in the island of Corregidor. He didnt win he was just reinstated because of the war
I mean, you guys have tamales, we have Suman which is our version of the tamale, difference is that Suman is made with rice, wrapped in banana leaves and it's always (I think) sweet. You have menudo, we have minudo, you have champurrado, we have champorado, you have chicharrones, we also have chicharron, etc. We've been influencing each other for centuries and most of us Filipinos and Mexicans don't realize it and yet we really love to call each other "brothers". Like, we definitely must re-discover the bond that we had for more than four hundred years.
Funny thing about Magellan "discovering" the Philippines. According to my history professor in university (and she was the head of the history department), the "discovery" is only from the perspective of Spain, with apparently both Chinese and (iirc) Dutch traders already having had interactions with the Philippines for a while already. Also, how Magellan died was really funny. You end up hearing about how "Lapu-Lapu slayed Magellan in a battle", but in reality it was much more interesting. After landing in the Philippines, Magellan wanted to get friendly with the locals, and as a result were actually hired by one of the tribes to fight Lapu-Lapu's tribe. Lapu-Lapu's tribe actually lived on one of the islands nearby, and while the Datu who wanted Lapu-Lapu's tribe defeated wanted to win via ambush at night. And Magellan didn't, spouting fair battle and noisly alerting Lapu-Lapu's tribe to a duel throughout the night. Something surprising is that Lapu-Lapu was not actually a youth like how he is depicted in most art when he "fought" Lapu-Lapu. Lapu-Lapu was an old man and was just the Datu. He was well past his prime. So how did Magellan actually die? Long story short, the sand banks were farther than their ship's cannon range, causing the Spanish men to disembark on shallow waters off of the coast of the island, and they were basically javelined to retreat. Magellan was one of those killed. Lmao
Yeah, if I'm not mistaken Pigafetta has a detailed story of their voyage in his diary and has successfully passed the story down 'cuz he safely got back to Europe.
@@Rhythmicons Yeah, actually Magellan and his men were killed due to their cockiness. They were being so arrogant and was trying to show off to the tribal leader who desired Lapu Lapu's demise. Lmao, after they lost, that leader who wanted Lapu Lapu dead, turned against them and ransacked their ship, destroying some of it and killing a lot of the crews lol.
When I flew back to the Philippines a few years ago, I bought a book about Philippine literature and a couple books from Jose Rizal in hopes that I might eventually try to better connect with my roots. May be high time that I actually do that
Trese is one of the best local comic book series that recently got animated by Netflix. Read or watch it if you have time to somewhat experience the modernized version of Filipino myths and stories.
That’s hilarious I bought “A History of the Philippines” and I’ve gotten halfway through but gotten a bit busy recently and haven’t really touched it all that much since the beginning of the summer
@@unerd It's hard to just recommend a single book. It depends on how deep you want to go. Below is a bib: Coates, Austin. Rizal: Philippine Nationalist and Martyr. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1968. Ignacio, Abe et al. The Forbidden Book: The Philippine-American War in Political Cartoons. San Francisco: T’boli Publishing and Distribution, 2004. Karnow, Stanley. In Our Image: America’s Empire in the Philippines. New York: Ballantine Books, 1989. Lanzona, Vina A. Amazons of the Huk Rebellion: Gender, Sex, and Revolution in the Philippines. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2009. Larkin, John. Sugar and the Origins of Modern Philippine Society. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. Linn, Brian McAllister. The Philippine War, 1899-1902. Lawrence, Kansas: The University Press of Kansas, 2000. Newson, Linda A. Conquest and Pestilence in the Early Spanish Philippines. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2009. Paredes, Ruby, ed. Philippine Colonial Democracy. Monograph Series 32. Yale University Press 1988. Wickberg, Edgar. The Chinese in Philippine Life: 1850-1898. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965.
@@JJMcCullough Seriously though, there is NO SUCH THING AS BRITISH PHILIPPINES. Most people here don't even remember the British coming. They were THAT unimportant.
As a Mexican I admire our brothers across the pacific. The fact that they have many immigrants in other countries is because they are hard working people who want opportunities just like us among other similarities.
@@kreol1q1q There were people who wanted to go to war so the US could have colonies, but that wasn't what sparked the war. What really sparked the war was a battleship (remember the Maine!) that most likely sank on its own, and a yellow journalist who thought war would sell more papers. So the war started for reasons that kind of made sense at the time if you didn't think about it too much.
@@AngryKittens Nobody in the US is that devious enough to sacrifice one of the USN's TWO capital ships at the time (up until 1902, the USN is smaller compared to Chile's navy)...
My grandfather fought in the Philippines during WWII (Americal Division) and had nothing but praise for the local resistance fighters and the hospitality of the civilians. He loved the natural beauty of the islands even as they were scarred by battle, and wrote in a letter to his mother that he wished he could stay there and become a farmer after the war ended. Today I work with a lot of Filipino folks in the tech industry, and if even half the people on the islands are half as humorous and friendly as my co-workers I can't blame him for having wanted to stay.
The last cat my family had we thought about naming Imelda after Imelda Marcos (because we saw her attacking our shoes, and Imelda Marcos had an infamously large shoe collection). We mostly just called her "kitty" or "the cat" though.
imelda is still alive these days and there was a point in time when i was a kid maybe a decade ago when i saw her at the mall with a large posse of family and bodyguards lol, just going to eat at some restaurant at the mall where they had to put a large long table for everyone to get a seat lol
Philippines are always kinda excluded from the Latino group by the, well, latinos. And latinos/ spanish always assume we speak spanish when finding out we were a spanish colony. I Always have to explain thaf no, we don't speak spanish
@@ThisIsNotAhnJieRen We don't speak spanish, period. We have loan words, but sentence structure and grammar is 100% austrenesian. Bruh I learned spanish, and no no Visayan can communicate with a spaniard effectively. Only words are shared are nouns mainly and some adjectives and verbs
As a Filipino I was quite surprised upon seeing this from you. I'd say you've covered everything pretty well! Personally I see the post-Marcos government today as decent but stagnating especially in terms of accountability. This country is struggling to keep up with others and it would honestly be nice to consider trying out new methods that actually work instead of being unique.
your statement is quite funny co'z you don't even realized that you've just contradicted yourself. "Marcos government" and "accountability" is an oxymoron and should not be used in the same sentence. declaring Martial Law denies himself of ANY ACCOUNTABILITY. lmao
@@covertfeelings8330 he implied that the Marcos government is being accountable for its actions when it obviously, the fact that he declared Martial Law, isn't..
As soon as I see the name "Philippines", I knew this will be a great video. It's nice to see someone talking about my country since I found it rare to find some TH-camrs talking about it. Anyways, nice video! ♥
Filipino here. I really love how accurate this video is, except for the mispronunciation of some words and names but i give you the benefit of the doubt since its somewhat hard for you to pronounce it.
Seriously? Don't expect a foreigner to nail foreign pronounciations. The same way they don't expect us to be able to do so. He doesn't need your "benefit of a doubt" cause he's not obliged to have such perfection. Not to mention it's literally not important to understand the context.
My professor in university was actually directly involved in the peace process in the Southern Phillipines. He knew President Benigno Aquino III personally and he would always tell us how much of an open-minded, soft-spoken and good leader the former President was who was very committed to the peace process. Many thanks, JJ, for the vid! I hope you'll make more regnal chronology videos.
@@travelingtheworldonfingers9156 It kinda wouldn't matter whether he is alive or dead. And yes, it isn't a crime in the Philippines. Then would you mind explaining your previous comment?
In reality it was a brutal Japanese occupation, Atrocities committed beyond all imagination, Until MacArthur arrived in a land sea and air operation, And then the Phillipines was given independence finally it's own free nation, It would then go through years of dictatorial oppression, Government corruption, Rebel insurrection, Narcotics obsession Horrible cringey television But now it faces problems like poverty and pollution, And on top of that a struggle to find a Covid solution, But there's still hope for this land and its determined population, For they find faith in their religion, Many have found opportunities overseas and take them through immigration, Getting the good paying jobs by qualifying high with education, With this they are able to send money back to their relations, And to charity these good people make generous donations, We are a people of intense emotion, Filipinos truly are a world wide sensation.
@@covertfeelings8330Yeah, I can't even stand the copy pasted love stories and shit, the ones made by indie studios are the ones are good story wise, but most of them show the dark side of the country, so in logic the shitty love story ones are mostly favored by the masses.
Fun Fact: Taft is the one who proclaimed Rizal as Philippine National Hero. There was a vote at the time and the result is that Marcelo H. Del Pilar (Plaridel) will be the national hero of the Philippines for his contribution. But then Taft refused it due to the reason that Plaridel didn't died on the Philippines and Rizal was executed on Bagumbayan (now Luneta Park). Taft's reason is that Plaridel's death is not "Heroic".
That quite surprising. For a long time, I thought that Andres Bonifacio would be the second national hero for being the leader of Katipunan. Marcelo H. Del Pilar isn't as talked about.
@@JcDizon it must be sad for marcelo del pilar thinking that in the afterlife. he is only remembered now in history class and textbooks just mostly standing beside rizal in photos lol
@@xXxSkyViperxXx During the mid 90's when I still lived in the Philippines and I was in school learning about the Philippine heroes, Jose Rizal was by far the one most talked about. He was practically deified and he was taught how he was a perfect person and how Filipinos must emulate him. They also spoke a lot about Andres Bonifacio and Lapulapu was also noteworthy. There was also Diego Silang and his wife Gabriela Silang. There was also Apolinario Mabini who was in the $10 peso bill and Melchora Aquino/Tandang Sora who I only remembered because of her nickname. The rest, I didn't really remember at all until Wikipedia became popular.
Fact about Plaridel: During his stay at spain when the majority of members of La Solidaridad has left, Plaridel along with others who stayed continues to write La Solidaridad, All of his money are given to print the papers even his money saved for his food are given to print the papers. Without any money left for food, he has forced to eat cigarette ashes to ease his hunger. Its so sad that he sacrificed even his basic needs to make the people heard about the injustice in the Philippines. He died on Barcelona with only few of his friends on his side.
One of the most interesting things Del Pilar made before he became "propagandist", He disagreed on the blessing of the dead bodies who died by cholera, he said it would make the epidemic much worse but the friars ignored it. He goes to the town hall to ask the "gobernadorcillo"(town mayor) to make a decree that prohibits people to go to church to bless the bodies who died due to cholera and the gobernadorcillo heard it and made a decree. He marched on different parts of the town with a marching band to announce the new order on prohibiting people to make the friars bless their relative's dead bodies If their relatives died due to cholera to avoid the spreads of the disease and people obayed the orders and the friars gets mad at Del Pilar.
as someone in the philippines, im not sure if ive ever heard or tried a birthday kebab. do u guys just mean a normal serving of barbeques? or bananaques?
@@xXxSkyViperxXx I think he`s talking about those barbecues we put on the chopped banana log next to the cake, I can briefly rememember having it when I was 5 or 6 years old
While the Philippines were a governorate under a viceroyalty seated in Mexico City, the official name was the Viceroyalty of New Spain. The whole country didn't become Mexico until its independence.
yeah the official name of the philippines in legal contexts was also just as the chief part of the Spanish East indies, also known as the Indias Orientales Españolas. The "Las Yslas Felipinas" was only one part of the Spanish East Indies along with the Marianas, the Carolinas, and the Palaos in Micronesia that are now the countries or territories of Palau, FS of Micronesia, Guam, Northern Marianas, and Marshal Islands. Philippines was just the chief crown part that everyone thinks of when they think of the spanish east indies. the monarchs of spain also just use the titles like the King of the East and West Indies, where the spanish west indies is basically Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico
That would make Canada a colony of a former colony of a former colny that was also a former colony to the colonisers who colonized the former colony who colonized the former colony that has recently colonized canada
Lived in the Phiippines for twelve years (loved it there!), and travelled extensively throughout the country as well as SE Asia. Overall another great video JJ, but just a couple comments (because we gotta have some of that snob appeal, har-har) There were distinct kingdoms in the pre-colonial Philippines. Barangays were and still are the smallest geopolitical units in the country. Ancient Manila (Maynila/Maynilad) was a part of the Kingdom of Tondo, the others being the Butuan Kingdom and the Sulu Sultanate in the south which extended to Sabah in Borneo, the Pangasinan Kingdom in the north, etc. They operated mainly through the Mandala system, common in other parts of South East Asia at the time. Secondly, thanks for the caveat re: Philippine Independence Day as July 4th 1946 (from the US) when talking to a Filipino. The official declaration of independence is June 12, 1898 by Emilio Aguinaldo (from Spain), as you stated. Think of it as the United States' own declaration in 1776. They had to go to war for a few years to get the real thing.
My US Navy uncle used to say that the 2nd language of the Navy in the Pacific was Tagalog, because so many Filipino nationals were enlisted and had long careers in the US Navy. From 1901-1992, the US Navy was allowed to enlist between 500-2,000 RP nationals a year. They tried getting the best and brightest cadets possible, and apparently, the pay was significantly better than most other jobs, let alone serving in the armed forces of the Philippines. I think the rules are back to needing Permanent Residency status, US citizenship, or a Green Card to serve in the US Military.
Though it's really hard to teach world history without a national narrative. Like in our country Magellan would be painted as a great villain rather than a great explorer
curriculums in us and canada should just rename it "european history". although the curriculum in my school actually teaches us a lot about africa asia and south and central america so thats kinds nice. ive heard its not the same for other schools in the us and canada though.
@@cevcena6692 Funny enough I feel he's more of a pawn than anything as he was mostly there for surveying, and he did ally with a local chieftain against another chieftain (which was understandable at that time as they were different polities at that time) and it wasn't until De Legazpi - who I'll argue is the bigger villain - and even then that's arguable at first as he did make alliances with local people.
Most of my fellow Filipinos typically skip the period between the conquest by Spain and the 1896 revolution and it's a shame since you can read a ton of smaller scale rebellions and revolts during that time like the Dagohoy revolt which lasted for over 70 years, long after the founder died all because of someone denying his brother a proper burial.
Not the mention the revolt by Andres Novales, a Mestizo that revolted against Spain, and was successful in capturing Intramuros, but lost because he couldn't capture Fort Santiago. He was also declared as 'Emperor' by his followers, but was betrayed by his own brother.
@@matnotyou That one is probably my favorite and makes me wonder what a Philippine nation in the early 19th century could've been. It's also a perfect demonstration of why the revolution succeeded where others before failed.
@@bryanmanuelbaes7871 One of the best books I have ever read is Wickberg, Edgar. The Chinese in Philippine Life: 1850-1898. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965.
As a Latin American, I've often wondered how the Philippines would've been like if the Americans never took over and they spoke Spanish like us. I do hope to visit our distant cousins one day.
One thing I learned that was interesting was that the Spanish specifically did not teach the Filipinos to speak Spanish. This helped consolidate the power of a kind of middle-tier elite of priests and bureaucrats who held a privileged position in colonial society by virtue of the fact that they were bilingual. Whereas the Americans just wanted everyone to speak English. It is interesting to wonder, however, if Spanish language policy would have changed in the 20th century. Knowing how regressive the government of Spain itself was, probably not
@@JJMcCullough There was actually a decree in 1863 from the Spanish Queen that the Spanish language had to be taught in free primary schools but, as you mentioned, the government officials in the islands barely bothered and continued the policy of they themselves learning the local language rather than teaching everyone Spanish.
@@JJMcCullough A third of Tagalog derives from Spanish. And I don't see them not teaching Spanish as bad? They let the people have their native language and not impose a European one. It all depends on your point of view. The elite spoke Spanish because A) They were Spaniards or B) They studied in Spain.
I didn't really expect this video J.J! As a Filipino this is an accurate representation of how Philippines worked as times went on. Thank you for this video man, and I appreciate your work!
Fun Fact: Elpidio Quirino forgave the Japanese completely from their war crimes because he doesn't want the hate to be carried on to the next generation. *peeks at China and South Korea*
it's unfair to ask the same pf koreans and Chinese people with how much comfort women alone have affected the future generations, especially considering japan hasn't apologized properly for their actions
Most of us embrace us here in the Ph embrace the Japanese culture and tradition up to a point that we low-key wanna be one. We're a bunch of weeaboos is what I'm saying.
As a Filipino working here in your country, the beloved OHHH Canada, i agree with your points and thank you for the comments 🇵🇭🇨🇦 Shoutout from BC, Canada 📣
@@TitoTimTravels They are 100% Even more today. In 2016, US Congress approved a law that created a Board to govern over Puerto Rico. Congress granted this Board powers over the Governor of Puerto Rico. Nobody in Puerto voted for this law, or was involved in selecting the members of the Board. Colony!!! From the 2016 Law... SEC. 4. SUPREMACY. The provisions of this Act shall prevail over any general or specific provisions of territory law, State law, or regulation that is inconsistent with this Act. SEC. 108. AUTONOMY OF OVERSIGHT BOARD. (a) In General.-Neither the Governor nor the Legislature may- (1) exercise any control, supervision, oversight, or review over the Oversight Board or its activities; or (2) enact, implement, or enforce any statute, resolution, policy, or rule that would impair or defeat the purposes of this Act, as determined by the Oversight Board.
Apparently in the 60's in the states there was a nurse shortage and we pretty much imported filipino immigrants to fill roles in the healthcare industry
growing up in america, knowing little to nothing about the culture of the philippines always left me slightly struggling with my identity, and what did it mean for me to be filipino. i def resonate with a lot of other filipino-american's and our experiences, but i feel so incredibly disconnected to the country my parents are from. so watching this and getting a bit more understanding of the philippines has been really nice :)
Not to romanticize poverty but it is what is, the country itself is poor monetarily, roads suck, and such but the culture is rich in the effect of slow modernization. You can imagine living here as poor and just living below bare minimum but everything becomes ever so bearable because you have your family and rich cultures such as fiestas and whatnot.
This should be very interesting. I'm an American but I lived in the Philippines for 2 years and speak a couple of languages over there. One of the most fascinating countries from a historical standpoint 🇵🇭
This has been such a genuine pleasure to watch. There's certainly more to learn here and I'm implored to read more about the country's history- deeper than maybe the extent of politics alone. Many thanks! Peace and love from a Filipino viewer. P.S. I find some of your Filipino pronunciations really entertaining! It's very fun to hear them from someone outside the country
If we consider the Tudor conquest of Ireland to be the start of colonisation, it's not quite as long, about 400 years. But the whole issue is quite complicated, since the remnants of the Norman conquest 400 years earlier were still there in the form of a rump state with a rather tenuous amount of control over the island, but of course the Normans conquered both England and Ireland in relatively (for the time) quick succession, so it's possible to argue that this was an invasion of both territories to be run as one kingdom, so if this was a period where Ireland was a colony, so was England.
@@tachiebillano6244 whenever other filipinos say something along the lines of... we have it worst in the philippines... palaging may pagdududa 'yan kasi palagi namang may inferiority complex maraming tao dito sa pilipinas because of the history people are taught and the present economy and job market it still gives
@@KO-sx9uy That's nonsense. I'm completely open to honest and principled criticism concerning the negative aspects of US policy in the Philippines *WITHOUT* the need for exaggerations and unsubstantiated claims. Historians in the international community do not accept those figures to be accurate.
This is a great vid! To sharpen one of the points JJ made, I worked in the oil sands in Alberta for …just about ten years I’ll say. There are many Filipino workers and one in particular Fernando, is absolutely one of the smartest,kindest,thoughtful men I’ve had the pleasure to work with bar none. I’ve often thought if he’d have paid a wee bit more to studiying English, well he’d possibly be the CEO of Syncrude. Just my 2 pennies worth.
Don't get me started with his Spox Roque .If I hear them talk, I always mute them. I can stand them anymore and it's so cringey to hear there obvious sugar coated lies.
honestly i had high hopes for him, as someone from mindanao who always hears about how davao was such a well managed place, i was proud. But now eh... but im also still not in favor of the other party btw.. theyre all bad honestly, we're hopeless lmao
@@sky-hf2qv they're all the same. Look at his daughter saying she's "not sure" while going all over the country doing meetings. The Ds are typical Filipino politicians, 50% of the population just happened to taken by the viral social campaign, which we later found out were being operated from China when FB started shutting them down (a little too late). This country need a total reset and make sure none of the old bloods make it back to politics.
Great as always, I've found the Philippines interesting for a long time to be fair. However, if you will someday decide to do an episode about Poland, I will be glad to help you with it.
I feel more connected to JJ now because 1. My grandfather is one of those Marcos defenders that JJ talked about 2. I was gifted that book mentioned at the end several years ago and it's still one of my favorite reads!
I've never come across anyone even trying to defend them, so I'm super curious to hear what the main points of that view are. Having only ever heard one side of a story just feels like conspicuous ignorance.
@@Corwin256 I honestly don't think anyone defends Marcos who has actually studied Filipino history in any great detail. His government was so brazenly corrupt, and he and his wife were so obviously wicked, selfish, pathologically vain people. But there are plenty of ignorant Filipinos who just kind of buy into the Marcos myth - that they actually were wise and all-knowing and solved all the problems, and everything was great in the 1970s. The problem is that many ignorant Filipino people are ignorant through no great fault of their own - they're poor, uneducated, and so on, and thus easily persuaded by propaganda. One reason why I think the educated Filipino middle class hates the Marcoses so much is because of the way their political machine prays on lower class people while simultaneously doing nothing to help them.
@@Corwin256 Not really a defender but more of a supporter. While I don't deny that his period was full of corruption and poverty, it was for the most part stable. My parents who used to live in the province told me stories of schools feeding them bread and oatmeal (this never happens anymore) and my dad even told me that they had health checks (I don't even know my blood type). When Marcos was overthrown, The Aquino's and it's subsequent allies promised to end Marcos' wrongdoings, this however is not evident for the past 30 years. I could even say that we regressed worst than ever before - Most National Corporations were privatized (including water and electricity) - The Parliamentary system was scrapped last minute (in our constitution, the congress is still being referred to as if it was a unicameral entity) - As a consequence, 24 nationally-elected senators have equal power to the House of Representatives - The Oligarchs were simply transferred to other families (from Marcos' Elizalde to Aquino's Cojuangco) - Communist Armed groups now have a legal front to collect funds from - The Bataan Nuclear Powerplant was left to rot and had its components secretly sold off - The Catholic Church gained more power (too complicated to explain) Every election, the Yellows (the Aquino's and their Allies) keep making shallow promises like helping the poor or ending corruption. They march under the banner of Liberalism but their track record proves otherwise. Currently they're opposing the proposals for OpenFDI and Federalism being advocated by Duterte (who is actually a left-leaning socialist contrary to what the media wants you to believe). Because they're oligarchs, they don't want foreigners to conduct business here (OpenFDI) and they rejected RBH15 (Bill for Federalism with district-elected senators) in the Senate (dominated by Yellow allies) TLDR. Can't really hate Marcos since the other camps are just cut from the same cloth and hypocrites. PS. If anyone tells you that my beliefs only constitute a minority, the numbers say otherwise. Contrary to popular belief, Marcos was still a popular candidate during the 1986 Snap Election. This means that the country was divisive and not a landslide victory for Aquino. COMELEC (Government) RESULTS: Aquino -9,291,716 (46.10%) Marcos -10,807,197 (53.62%) NAMFREL (Citizen Organization) RESULTS: Aquino - 7,502,601 (n/a) Marcos - 6,787,556 (n/a)
@@Sabalas Thanks so much, both to you and JJ for your insight. I particularly appreciated the insight that sometimes disruption of a system is in itself so bad that some would prefer a more stable continuation of a system that they may even acknowledge as pretty bad. I feel like I see that a lot in foreign policy in general, especially living here in America. So many places that our armies have 'liberated' may be said to have had evil tyrannical dictators, but oftentimes our armies and violence simply take a very bad situation and make it significantly worse. But of course, like I said, I view this all from inside the US, which is incredibly stable and rich. I don't have any direct experience of any of those places so any argument I might make that we made things worse has no direct evidence. I rely on what others tell me. Thanks to all of you who share what I've not been able to see for myself just yet.
@@Corwin256 That's pretty common in Asia tbh. Here in Southeast Asia, we view Thailand and Singapore as model countries. Even though Thailand still has egotistical monarchs that can arrest you and Singapore economically sabotages opposition voters into submission. Even S.Korea, Taiwan and Indonesia used to be ruled by what we call "benevolent dictators" who improved their economic situation at the cost of political freedom. Marcos was also one of these benevolent dictators since he established the National Steel Co., Food Terminal Inc. and Elisco Tool (M16 manufacturing). While the companies listed above are now defunct with no tangible assets, other countries reaped the benefits that their dictators left them. (eg.Korea's Heavy Industry) That's probably why they were able to move on while here in the Philippines, it's still a hot debate regarding the Martial Law Era.
After this video I have found more appreciation of The Philippines especially as a mexican person since yeah it’s kinda cool that the two countries had ties with each other and how the cultures are very similar to each other
I've visited the Philippines in 2019. Great people, I've met filipinos in the US, I have filipino friends and a filipina girlfriend. I hope to visit the country again soon.
As a Filipino-Canadian who grew up in an immigrant household, but never truly felt in touch with my own culture or background, the epilogue made me laugh quite a bit; my mom always has a box in the house filled with food or other goods to send back to family back in the Philippines. Overall, great video summarizing the general history of the Philippines
@@KO-sx9uy Do you even know what life is like as an immigrant, or growing up in an immigrant household. Someone moving to a different country =/= to being colonised. The longer you stay in your new country, especially if you grew up as a child, you assimilate little by little with the dominant culture. You can be ethnically Austronesian, but if you grew up in Argentina, you'll assimilate to the local Latino culture. Your comment came out of nowhere and is uncalled for. And no, Filipinos are not "proud" being colonised. They just learn to adapt to their history and embrace the different cultures that have influenced their country. A civilisation doesn't have to have a monolithic culture, linguistic, and ethnic group. The Philippines is diverse in people, language, history, cuisine, and culture.
@@KO-sx9uy @O K I'm Filipino-American. Tbh, I agree with you on many points. Yeah, many Filipinos are so deluded with the idea that having a Spanish last name, they assume that they have Spanish ancestry. Or that there are many Filipinos who are so obsessed with foreign cultures that they desire to emulate and be that culture(Korean, American, Japanese, etc.). I'm Filipino with some Japanese ancestry and people always assume I had European ancestry based on my appearance. I just simply say I'm Filipino because having "western features" doesn't make me inherently better and superior, which is sad because colonial mentality is still strong in the Philippines, that usually something from the West, or from Korea and Japan is cooler and more desirable than our own culture. But that's not the case for op. Op was raised in Canada, so you can't just assume he's this Filipino obsessed with foreign culture, since op might be ethnically Filipino, but they're culturally western/Canadian, not necessarily fully by choice. The immigrant experience is a tricky situation because most of us who have grown up in different countries, always struggle with identity and it's really up to the individual whether or not they decide to seek knowledge about their ancestry and their parent's culture. The experience of immigrant Filipino families are not comparable to Filipinos in the Philippines who simp for foreign powers, cultures and influence. But yeah, it's really cringe when you come across Filipinos who deny their own culture and try to replace it with a foreign culture, in which the reasons for it is best discussed a different day haha
@@KO-sx9uy Hey, it's alright, I hate that we have to call ourselves subject to a foreign king to identify ourselves, but it's just some old name with a forgotten meaning. Americans don't always think about some Amerigo or Amalric guy.
Longest surviving colony I guess. The Philippines is still the country that was colonized for the longest time. We’ll gladly handover the title if and when Puerto Rico became an independent country. 😂
I don't understand where this is coming from? How is the Philippines the "longest colony in the world"? Angola for example became a colony in 1482, and remained one until 1975. That's more than 100 years longer than the Philippines (1565~1946)! Lots of other examples too... Goa (1510~1961), Sri Lanka (1505~1948), Malacca (1511~1957), Macau (1557~1999), etc.
This is awesome. I think you know more of our history compared to the average Filipino nowadays. Not everyone knew all our previous presidents, historical revisionism has happened and despite the atrocities of Marcos, they still have supporters and apologists, and you know what is currently happening with WHAT'S HIS FACE. Thanks for this.
You must remember that it's not just the Pro-Marcoses...both sides are guilty of historical revisionism to some extent. If we really wanna learn the truth we must see history objectively.
@@pdenigma9444 I just dislike there's this notion of "both sides", when people just don't want the whitewashing of atrocities being made by the Marcoses, with no political color (which admittedly is intertwined at times), although what's worse is some just accept that it did happen but somehow just ignore it when choosing a president now.
@@zjzr08 I understand your point But I see no righteousness in fighting for a cause during cases where there is use of deception and overexaggeration. And if one seeks to know the truth, we must not always engluf ourselves in our feelings lest our biases get the best of our intended goal. I believe that teaching objective historical truth is more important than promoting political endeavors whether it supports your side or not, especially in this case, lest we just move backwards.
@PD Enigma Do you really think based on the objective history, what do you think is the conclusion of it? Especially I'd argue the revisionism about Marcos is a lot more severe.
@@zjzr08 In general, I'd say the Marcos era overall was extremely grey. There were a lot of both good benefits and terrible things that came from this era. Considering that many of these things overlapped each other in terms of the extent of how they benefitted/worsened the situation of the time...I wouldn't say this era was super dark, but I wouldn't say it was a golden age either.
Awesome video! I'm a Filipina born and raised in Vancouver and recently been trying to learn more about the country my parents immigrated from! So thank you for making a such an informative overview! If you wanna learn more about Filipino culture, I have related videos touching on our food and language!
Great video, JJ! I'm happy to see more TH-camrs acknowledging things like the Filipino-American War and the Japanese Occupation. It kind of sucks that even some Filipinos (my younger self included) don't know how bad it was back then.
"As well as send over food and luxury goods they can't afford over there" Yup that's my dad alright, I swear every time he comes home he's got a new speaker that has to have cost over a grand.
I spent two 4 month tours of duties doing my Master's thesis on an eco-village in Palawan. The comradery and jovial artitude of the Filipino people are infectious. I explored tons of art galleries and museums of history and anthropology in Luzon and Mindanao. A truly rich and diverse nation. Unique in more ways than one. I don't think I ever met a foreigner who hated being there.
@@AngryKittens yea but the U.S sent a single Cruiser to capture it. They didn't put up a fight and (from what I remember) they thought we were visiting, since the news of war didn't reach them yet. Until the Charleston fire a few rounds at some fort and then they got informed they were at war with the U.S.
@@AngryKittens the entire micronesian countries and territories too (Palau, Guam, Northern Marianas, FS of Micronesia, Marshal Islands, Japan's Bonin Islands) were part of Spanish East Indies, all of which were administered through Manila, who answered to Mexico City, who answered to Madrid... lol
I have known vanishingly few, but all the Philippinos I have were some of the most excellent human beings I have. America's history with the Philippines is shameful in many ways, but I am still glad that Americans fought to free it from Japan & tried their best to smoothly establish their national independence. I really dislike our cold war anti Communist geopolitical tactics for how cynical they were, and frequently self defeating.
@@JJMcCullough I am in absolutely no way surprised. Part of me wonders how things would have been if we had instead worked to integrate our post Spanish American war possessions into the Union as fully fledged states. Could you imagine how different the cold war might have been?
I've worked with several Filipinos over the years in the restaurant/hospitality industry as well as becoming friends with a few in school. Up there with Syrians as far as being some of the nicest, most hospitable people I've ever met.
@ Wouldn't get the Manila massacre if the Americans didn't bomb the city (aka. the houses for shelter and security) You should also know that the Philippines was the first recipient of US water torture techniques that still happen today.
@ Idk man. The Phil-Am war wiped out 1 million civilian lives from war casualties to starvation etx. Thats nearly 1/9 of the population. Plus, 200,000? Those are just reports of dead filipino rebels. Lets not forget countless massacres like Caloocan Massacre, Balangiga Massacre, Moro Massacre, countless burning of villages, scorched earth tactics and many more
One correction; the Philippines has not been colonised the longest. In fact Iceland, the real number one has been colonised twice as long as the Philippines. Other countries that have been a colony longer are Greenland, Equatorial Guinea and Syria among others.
Could you do a video like this, but for Mexico? I think our history is very profound, however, overlooked. Also, it feels quite neglected when you speak about North America.
Very interesting video, as always. I was in the Philippines and Taiwan last year and the languages are very similar (Taiwanese aboriginal). I understand there is scientific consensus that all Austronesian peoples (including Filipino) come from Taiwan originally.
Uhm just a correction they did not entirely originated from Taiwan, Taiwan was the nearest land mass to them that lead them to South East Asia. Aboriginals in Taiwan were also from the mainland, foreign cultures and the practice of ethnic cleansing is what wiped out the aboriginal (native) people from the Asian mainland.
I lived in nearby (as the crow flies) Guam for a couple decades. Because of the sizeable population of Pilpinos there, big news out of PI became headlines on my island. We in Guam share a similar culture with the Pilipinos as fellow former Spanish colonies.
fun fact: when the USA invaded the philippines, the oldest university in US territory was actually the university of santo tomas, in the philippines.
Thank you, Long Shlong, much appreciated
The University of San Carlos in Cebu has opposed this recognition and claims that it is older than the University of Santo Tomas by 16 years by tracing its roots to the Colegio de San Ildefonso (established 1595).
@@unsolicitedopinionsbyyela this
@@unsolicitedopinionsbyyela the real question there is whether it’s an evolution of the original college or did it just occupy its buildings and later claim to be the evolution of the college
It's the oldest university in Asia too 😊
I grew up in a very diverse immigrant suburb of Detroit, but my Fillipinos neighbors were by far the warmest and welcoming. They are the people that brought our community together, especially with food. To this day I miss the Fried Lumpia!
Lumpia is not difficult to make. Siopao is even better than Lumpia in my opinion. Especially when its filled with Chicken Adobo.
Hey, It’s DetroitBORG, I am a huge of fan of your tech videos!
I would have never suspected!
I grew up in Southfield and there were a few Filipino kids I went to Catechism with. My parents ended up carpooling with them.
I read “they were far from the warmest” and was like “wow that’s rude”
“Everybody’s favorite old what’s his face.” I literally laughed out loud.
J.J. said the same thing to Justin tho so..
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The Phillipines was a colony for longer than the united states (one of the countries that colonized the Phillipines) existed.
Probably in the entirety of the history of colonialism
The US was a colony, after all.
Just imagine how great the Philippino colony on Mars is going to be.
@@KO-sx9uy it's not something to be proud about but geopolitica is always a competition
How long does the US a colony?
Watching before JJ gets drafted to the Philippine-Canadian war over garbage
This is a cause that I am prepared to die for
@@JJMcCullough quick question does canada still ship their garbage outside?
@@lkcdarzadix6216 we’re certainly trying
@@JJMcCullough lul
Already made a video about it before. th-cam.com/video/o2v7sbdl3WA/w-d-xo.html
6:37 "the United States went to war with Spain, for some reason"
Exactly how I felt when I learned about it in history class
Ship something boom something pow
If memory serves me right, it was because France promised something to US, but was actually owned by Spain, so they had to renegotiate. At this point, Spain was just sick and tired of Philippines giving them crap and said, "Fuck this, I'm out". US asked for a trade with Spain, gave Philippines, and absconded. Also, Aguinaldo was in cahoots with US because he wanted to be president instead of Bonifacio, who did the entire work. Gregorio del Pilar was tired of Aguinaldo's BS and knew something was up, but he was too late to turn the tides.
@@jayistrying4558 Bonifacio rarely won a battle. It was Aguinaldo that could actually take territory.
They had FOMO for empire.
I have s beer tumbler with an exploding battleship "Remember the Maine".
I've actually done some independent research on the Philippines' presidents. This video was a great watch, and I think you should do more videos on the country. It's such a beautiful nation that fuses the cultures of SE Asia, the Hispanosphere, and the United States.
I hope to visit someday
@@JJMcCullough Me too!
@@JJMcCullough same
@@JJMcCullough JJ you should go to Ireland again lol and see the unbelievable price inflation on things nowadays
@Rejekelstrong We have a strong Hispanic culture, mostly seen in all the Catholicism
In my nine years of working on the cruise ships, half of the crew have always been from the Phillipines. And I still truly enjoy how they sing love ballads on the karaoke into the early hours of the morning. Hard-working and kind-hearted have never been more honest descriptions in the history of ever!
The history of the early Filipinos was they were Sea-faring people since the ancient times. I guess still.
J.J. achieved the impossible for Filipinos: share a comprehensive history of the Philippines without mentioning Rizal and Bonifacio. Good job on this :)
Why did he skip Rizal? When I lived I the Philippines 🇵🇭 in the 80’s he was basically the only topic that children learnt about in history classes.
@@idjles well, Rizal didn't become a leader of a national government. But Bonifacio tho, that's heated
@@alezacrespublik6655 Yeah but it all depends on you if you want the unofficial or the official one
Also without infuriating the Marcos loyalists.
@@idjles He skipped the whole Chinese history too.
My grandfather served in WW2 in the American army and spoke very highly of the Philippines. Many Filipinos fought bravely alongside Americans and will never be forgotten. 🇺🇸🇵🇭
@@KO-sx9uy America during the Philippine-American War is different from America during World War Two. As far as I know the latter did not have as strong of a colonial mindset as the former. In addition to that, I don’t know about any “million Filipino” genocide that the American military had committed against the Philippines during World War Two.
@@KO-sx9uy While I am not sure why you are going around telling this but if you aren't even a filipino yourself then don't put words on our mouths.
The entirety of records and new interactions between the two countries have already mend and taught each other of the histories regarding these events already. Even if we clearly know what had happened, both countries have done what it can to form new connections and interactions so we ally with one another again.
I suggest you to actually go here and do more research in japan's place and the Philippines so that you can see that in a short amount period of time the Japanese killed more than the much slower colonization campaign that the Americans did. We don't worship America, We see them as an ally now who happens to be a colonizer in the past. The people of the Philippines are pretty much diverse kinds of people so if you happen to meet on your sides are worshipers then I suggest you to find every filipino who thinks like it and judge from there
@@KingPanda-bh4fw Actually WW2 is when gross mismanagement of the Philippines by the Americans happened. But this is less known.
It basically had to do with setting priorities to Europe instead of actual american territory (Philippines) and it's citizens.
US didn't grant the Philippines independence so the Philippines can independently negotiate with the Japanese, which lead to Japanese forceful conquest. But even then, the US weren't willing to send any defense until much later and when they did come, they applied strategies involving heavy collateral damage because they didn't want to sacrifice "american lives" even though technically, filipinos were american citizens.
most of the american forces didn't even know Philippines was american territory
@@gurokahoy6714 Of course US is our ally now, that doesn't mean you should be ignorant about what they did.
@@gurokahoy6714 Germany and Japan is even an ally now.
That is not an excuse to not learn the details of history, brother
Fun fact: the Philippines had a chance to become a US state, although the movement only received 2% of the votes.
One one hand I'm glad we don't have to deal with America's problems. On the other hand, China wouldn't be so obsessed with taking over international waters if the Philippines was a state of the U.S
@@kb-ww1uw they'd be very deterred I'd nothing else
Could you give a source about this, I wanna read more about this funny movement.
Weirdly enough, that would make it by far the most populous US state, having well over twice more people than California. Metro Manila would also become the 2nd largest metro area in the US, being just a bit larger than LA. Quezon City would also become the 3rd largest city proper in the US. So if the Philippines were to become a US state, it would probably have a huge influence on the country.
@@kb-ww1uw And we would be like puerto rico no thanks.
As a Filipino, our leaders suck. Really badly. We have even created a term for them: TraPo (Traditional Politician), which incidentally also means "dirty rag." That's the tragedy of it all. The best and the brightest of us emigrate abroad, usually achieving far more than they could in the homeland. I dream of the day when we can finally have a leader with the vision to change the status quo, by focusing on infrastructure and education, two things that have been sidelined for far too long. Duterte promised that, then reneged on it hard.
I'm hoping the next president this coming election will be someone YOUNGER. As a rule, younger politicians tend to be less corrupt these days, with more imagination from being more aware of the rest of the world. In contrast to the current older generations who grew up during the highly corrupt Marcos era.
Agree. They REALLY suck.
The constitution has an age minimum of 40 years old for anyone running for President or Vice President. 35 years old for Senator. So it's not surprising all the presidents are old. But 40 years old isn't too far to be completely out of touch with the youth; it's a matter of the person's values and character too.
I agree the age minimum to be a president is still too high, lowering it down to mid 30s would be better
@@fifty-sixty Polls show around 10% for Pacquiao, not 40%. Sara Duterte leads the polls at around 25%. Next is Marcos at 14%, then Moreno at aound 12%.
I'm fine with either Sara or Moreno winning, though both are still not exactly the "ideal" leader that I'm looking for. Sara is part of a political dynasty. While Moreno relies a lot on his popularity as an actor and may not have enough experience politically.
But both are young enough (43 and 46, respectively) to still be "in touch" with the youth and the changes in modern society. Both are intelligent. I just hope Sara, if she wins, like she's projected to be, is independent enough not to follow in her dad's pro-China subservience and drug war lunacy.
At this point, at the bare minimum, I just want the next president to at least KNOW how to use a computer and the internet.
@@fifty-sixty not to be the "tiktok bad" guy but best you learn to not take everything you see on there (or on any social media site) as fact immediately
imagine your country being a colony longer than the US has existed
Our country was technically an independent country in 1898 however, NOBODY recognized our independence.
@@Groggle7141recognition is nice for a country but not a requiredment
@Hai_3058 im confused why japan didnt just take the philippines for themselves tbh (or make them a puppet state). it wouldve expanded their sphere of influence in southeast asia way before ww2.
@@fakename2336 it would have led to conflict with the United States, which they were in no place to win
That's being Puerto Rican
As a Filipino, thank you for not whitewashing the Martial Law era and doing so without the fear of riling up internet historical revisionists. I am quite grateful.
I found that majority of whitewashing are being done by actual Filipinos and not foreigners. It’s just feel sad that historical revisionism of Martial Law became even more prevalent with the ascent of Duterte’s presidency. I wonder what would his mother think if she’s still alive, knowing that she’s the one who led the People Power movement in Mindanao.
I am a person with no clue about Filipino history...how do people whitewash it? I am curious
@@Bryane430 I am a person with no clue about Filipino history...how do people whitewash it? I am curious
@@angelsaavedra633 Many far-right, which Filipinos call "Marcos Apologists" still holds in the cult of Marcos' dictatorial rule and the conspiracies that are circulating online to make his anti-democratic reign a positive thing just like how Iraqis and Libyans would have significant portion of the population glorifying Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi.
Most of those who still worship Marcos are from the poor sector that are victims of the "populist" elites (yes, I am putting emphasize on populist because they act as if they are populist but in reality majority of them came from a family of elites that has a culture of manipulating the weak and uneducated so they could stay in power).
@@angelsaavedra633 since many people that supported the marcos administration (regime) and still support them (for some reason) to this day, mainly influenced by her STILL living wife that, atleast to this day is ALSO the provincial governor of ilocos norte (sorry this is the info i have not searched for yet), but the main triggering point is that commie’s are the ones who started the EDSA Revolution, the same revolution to force the marcos family into exile to Hawaii, then finally to somewhere in the US (probably Washington DC, but again, I have not researched about this well enough), and after several years, was finally able to go back to the nation while not having the same fate as the person that started, (that person btw is Benigno Aquino Jr., the father of the recently deceased former president Benigno “PNoy” Simeon Aquino, and wife of one of the three leading faces of the EDSA revolution Corazon *Cojuanco Aquino), but before they’re allowed to go back, marcos had already died of lumpus and was no longer (in my personal opinion) able to stage a late counter-revolution against the government at the time. So in general, its mainly former marcos cronies (and the generations after them) which are to this day, call themselves marcos supporters, that still long the marcos name on the malacañang, which mostly in the internet and in (rarely I guess) in schools and books and general elementary education aswell in higher education and college, but the issue has long been closed eversince the death of marcos during their exile in America, and even with the current situation of aquino’s ashes being buried along side the (probably) rotting corpses of his parents, but during the grieving period of the Philippines ‘cause of the former presidents death, the part of the EDSA revolution is again, long closed eversince the death of marcos, but many people that are the opposite of the cronies (and the generations after them) did put the 👆into a popular simbol nowadays (though the mourning period did end and the sign was later into its current popularity).
Sorry for the very long explanation, but I hope that this would help with your thirst for knowledge of our history.
Also this shit took an entire hour to make so read it please
And of you did, here’s a cookie 🍪
Ferdinand Marcos wasn't the first president to win a second term, it was actually Manuel L. Quezon who was the first president who won a second term but sadly couldn't continue it.
Its under america anyway so whats the point. Not meaning to be rude
was there an election? From what I know, Manuel Quezon was re-instated during the war, and had his innagural speech in Malinta Tunnel in the island of Corregidor. He didnt win he was just reinstated because of the war
it's scary how fast I clicked when i saw the words Philippines and JJ McCullough in the same frame
As a Mexican, I've always found the Philippines to be interesting. It has quite a bit in common with Latin America both in culture and history.
I mean, you guys have tamales, we have Suman which is our version of the tamale, difference is that Suman is made with rice, wrapped in banana leaves and it's always (I think) sweet. You have menudo, we have minudo, you have champurrado, we have champorado, you have chicharrones, we also have chicharron, etc. We've been influencing each other for centuries and most of us Filipinos and Mexicans don't realize it and yet we really love to call each other "brothers". Like, we definitely must re-discover the bond that we had for more than four hundred years.
Because Spain colonized it thats why
the philippines was actually ruled from new spain before the revolution !!
As a Filipino who grew up in a predominantly Latino community, I always viewed the Philippines as the Mexico of Asia.
Filipino-American Comedian Jo Koy made a good point about this on one of his jokes lol
Funny thing about Magellan "discovering" the Philippines.
According to my history professor in university (and she was the head of the history department), the "discovery" is only from the perspective of Spain, with apparently both Chinese and (iirc) Dutch traders already having had interactions with the Philippines for a while already.
Also, how Magellan died was really funny. You end up hearing about how "Lapu-Lapu slayed Magellan in a battle", but in reality it was much more interesting. After landing in the Philippines, Magellan wanted to get friendly with the locals, and as a result were actually hired by one of the tribes to fight Lapu-Lapu's tribe. Lapu-Lapu's tribe actually lived on one of the islands nearby, and while the Datu who wanted Lapu-Lapu's tribe defeated wanted to win via ambush at night. And Magellan didn't, spouting fair battle and noisly alerting Lapu-Lapu's tribe to a duel throughout the night. Something surprising is that Lapu-Lapu was not actually a youth like how he is depicted in most art when he "fought" Lapu-Lapu. Lapu-Lapu was an old man and was just the Datu. He was well past his prime.
So how did Magellan actually die?
Long story short, the sand banks were farther than their ship's cannon range, causing the Spanish men to disembark on shallow waters off of the coast of the island, and they were basically javelined to retreat. Magellan was one of those killed. Lmao
The Animaniac version was pretty funny.
Yeah, if I'm not mistaken Pigafetta has a detailed story of their voyage in his diary and has successfully passed the story down 'cuz he safely got back to Europe.
Funny how Lapu-lapu looked like in books and statues lmao.
Lmao, even the Portuguese were already trading with the locals there lol.
@@Rhythmicons Yeah, actually Magellan and his men were killed due to their cockiness. They were being so arrogant and was trying to show off to the tribal leader who desired Lapu Lapu's demise.
Lmao, after they lost, that leader who wanted Lapu Lapu dead, turned against them and ransacked their ship, destroying some of it and killing a lot of the crews lol.
When I flew back to the Philippines a few years ago, I bought a book about Philippine literature and a couple books from Jose Rizal in hopes that I might eventually try to better connect with my roots. May be high time that I actually do that
Another good book is Rampage. It’s about the Japanese in 🇵🇭 (specifically Japanese war crimes)
Did know you were Filipino, my Emperor
Spanish would be confusing for you
Trese is one of the best local comic book series that recently got animated by Netflix. Read or watch it if you have time to somewhat experience the modernized version of Filipino myths and stories.
That’s hilarious I bought “A History of the Philippines” and I’ve gotten halfway through but gotten a bit busy recently and haven’t really touched it all that much since the beginning of the summer
It’s a great read. I think he’s a compelling storyteller
@@JJMcCullough JJ could you do an indonesian history next?
@@JJMcCullough Which one do you recommend? I see two books with than name, one by Luis Francia and another by David P. Barrows.
@@unerd It's hard to just recommend a single book. It depends on how deep you want to go. Below is a bib:
Coates, Austin. Rizal: Philippine Nationalist and Martyr. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1968.
Ignacio, Abe et al. The Forbidden Book: The Philippine-American War in Political Cartoons. San Francisco: T’boli Publishing and Distribution, 2004.
Karnow, Stanley. In Our Image: America’s Empire in the Philippines. New York: Ballantine Books, 1989.
Lanzona, Vina A. Amazons of the Huk Rebellion: Gender, Sex, and Revolution in the Philippines. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2009.
Larkin, John. Sugar and the Origins of Modern Philippine Society. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.
Linn, Brian McAllister. The Philippine War, 1899-1902. Lawrence, Kansas: The University Press of Kansas, 2000.
Newson, Linda A. Conquest and Pestilence in the Early Spanish Philippines. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2009.
Paredes, Ruby, ed. Philippine Colonial Democracy. Monograph Series 32. Yale University Press 1988.
Wickberg, Edgar. The Chinese in Philippine Life: 1850-1898. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965.
@@JJMcCullough Seriously though, there is NO SUCH THING AS BRITISH PHILIPPINES. Most people here don't even remember the British coming. They were THAT unimportant.
As a Mexican I admire our brothers across the pacific. The fact that they have many immigrants in other countries is because they are hard working people who want opportunities just like us among other similarities.
"In 1898 The United States went to war with Spain for some reason." Yep, that pretty much sums up the entire Spanish-American war.
"America now wanted colonies, and Spain was the only colonial power weak enough to lose to America"
@@kreol1q1q There were people who wanted to go to war so the US could have colonies, but that wasn't what sparked the war. What really sparked the war was a battleship (remember the Maine!) that most likely sank on its own, and a yellow journalist who thought war would sell more papers. So the war started for reasons that kind of made sense at the time if you didn't think about it too much.
I still believe the Maine was a false-flag operation.
@@AngryKittens no it was not look at the history
@@AngryKittens Nobody in the US is that devious enough to sacrifice one of the USN's TWO capital ships at the time (up until 1902, the USN is smaller compared to Chile's navy)...
My grandfather fought in the Philippines during WWII (Americal Division) and had nothing but praise for the local resistance fighters and the hospitality of the civilians. He loved the natural beauty of the islands even as they were scarred by battle, and wrote in a letter to his mother that he wished he could stay there and become a farmer after the war ended.
Today I work with a lot of Filipino folks in the tech industry, and if even half the people on the islands are half as humorous and friendly as my co-workers I can't blame him for having wanted to stay.
JJ: *talks about all of the leaders of the Philippines*
Filipina pageant queens: "Allow us to introduce ourselves."
The last cat my family had we thought about naming Imelda after Imelda Marcos (because we saw her attacking our shoes, and Imelda Marcos had an infamously large shoe collection). We mostly just called her "kitty" or "the cat" though.
imelda is still alive these days and there was a point in time when i was a kid maybe a decade ago when i saw her at the mall with a large posse of family and bodyguards lol, just going to eat at some restaurant at the mall where they had to put a large long table for everyone to get a seat lol
That is insulting... to the cat.
8:17 can we just all appreciate that the dude on the right is named Arthur MacArthur. That’s a cool name.
That gut is actually Gen. Douglas MacArthur's dad.
@@tewitewtew I SHAAAAL RETURRRRN!
Good friends with Ronald McDonald (who, incidentally, in Japan is known as Donald McDonald).
Just like Gregor MacGregor
@ *Arthur MacArthur awarded Medal of Honor .... makes a son that is also awarded a Medal of Honor
I feel like Philippines are a lost brother of latin america.
Love to Philippines from Colombia !
Philippines are always kinda excluded from the Latino group by the, well, latinos.
And latinos/ spanish always assume we speak spanish when finding out we were a spanish colony. I Always have to explain thaf no, we don't speak spanish
@@carlosandleon we spoke Spanish but we became Americanized. Legal Documents until early 20th century were still in Spanish
@@ThisIsNotAhnJieRen I mean bruh, duh but we don't speak spanish now
@@carlosandleon we don't speak Spanish FLUENTLY, but 30% of Filipino loan words are Spanish
@@ThisIsNotAhnJieRen We don't speak spanish, period.
We have loan words, but sentence structure and grammar is 100% austrenesian.
Bruh I learned spanish, and no no Visayan can communicate with a spaniard effectively. Only words are shared are nouns mainly and some adjectives and verbs
As a Filipino I was quite surprised upon seeing this from you. I'd say you've covered everything pretty well! Personally I see the post-Marcos government today as decent but stagnating especially in terms of accountability. This country is struggling to keep up with others and it would honestly be nice to consider trying out new methods that actually work instead of being unique.
your statement is quite funny co'z you don't even realized that you've just contradicted yourself. "Marcos government" and "accountability" is an oxymoron and should not be used in the same sentence. declaring Martial Law denies himself of ANY ACCOUNTABILITY. lmao
@@katsu_papiyou made no absolute sense, he said the post-marcos governments. He did not contradicted himself or did you mean the sentence.
@@covertfeelings8330 he implied that the Marcos government is being accountable for its actions when it obviously, the fact that he declared Martial Law, isn't..
@@katsu_papi do you know what post-marcos governments mean?
Well if Marcos didn't declare martial law we might be communists by now
As soon as I see the name "Philippines", I knew this will be a great video.
It's nice to see someone talking about my country since I found it rare to find some TH-camrs talking about it.
Anyways, nice video! ♥
Filipino here. I really love how accurate this video is, except for the mispronunciation of some words and names but i give you the benefit of the doubt since its somewhat hard for you to pronounce it.
Seriously? Don't expect a foreigner to nail foreign pronounciations. The same way they don't expect us to be able to do so.
He doesn't need your "benefit of a doubt" cause he's not obliged to have such perfection. Not to mention it's literally not important to understand the context.
I agree. good video but the pronunciations of Aguinaldo and Tagalog still made me cringe a bit.
My professor in university was actually directly involved in the peace process in the Southern Phillipines. He knew President Benigno Aquino III personally and he would always tell us how much of an open-minded, soft-spoken and good leader the former President was who was very committed to the peace process.
Many thanks, JJ, for the vid! I hope you'll make more regnal chronology videos.
Indeed, because gay people are soft in everything except those in denial.
@@travelingtheworldonfingers9156 di masarap ulam mo
@@travelingtheworldonfingers9156 Are you trying to say the former president was gay?
@@snakearekat2634 gay or not, it wouldnt matter anymore he is dead. Being one isnt a crime anyway. Right?
@@travelingtheworldonfingers9156 It kinda wouldn't matter whether he is alive or dead. And yes, it isn't a crime in the Philippines. Then would you mind explaining your previous comment?
Drinking game: take a shot every time J.J. mispronounces "archipelago"
Take a shot everytime J.J. pronounces something wrong
@@generalgongthehawkeye557 Exactly its halirous
How do you say it?
Ark-uh-pel-uh-go
Like how do you pronounce an English word so brutally wrong 😂
Love Philippines from poland🇵🇱❤
We Both in history were controled by superpowers
“Their invasion was an Asian liberation.” This should be made into a rap song.
It's what PR China is claiming too. They're invading Asian nations today to "free them from the imperialist west." Deja vu.
In reality it was a brutal Japanese occupation,
Atrocities committed beyond all imagination,
Until MacArthur arrived in a land sea and air operation,
And then the Phillipines was given independence finally it's own free nation,
It would then go through years of dictatorial oppression,
Government corruption,
Rebel insurrection,
Narcotics obsession
Horrible cringey television
But now it faces problems like poverty and pollution,
And on top of that a struggle to find a Covid solution,
But there's still hope for this land and its determined population,
For they find faith in their religion,
Many have found opportunities overseas and take them through immigration,
Getting the good paying jobs by qualifying high with education,
With this they are able to send money back to their relations,
And to charity these good people make generous donations,
We are a people of intense emotion,
Filipinos truly are a world wide sensation.
@@JBGARINGAN "Horrible cringey television" LMAO reminds me of 'The First Yaya'
@@covertfeelings8330Yeah, I can't even stand the copy pasted love stories and shit, the ones made by indie studios are the ones are good story wise, but most of them show the dark side of the country, so in logic the shitty love story ones are mostly favored by the masses.
I wanna sing this. GIVE ME A BEAT
Fun Fact: Taft is the one who proclaimed Rizal as Philippine National Hero. There was a vote at the time and the result is that Marcelo H. Del Pilar (Plaridel) will be the national hero of the Philippines for his contribution. But then Taft refused it due to the reason that Plaridel didn't died on the Philippines and Rizal was executed on Bagumbayan (now Luneta Park). Taft's reason is that Plaridel's death is not "Heroic".
That quite surprising. For a long time, I thought that Andres Bonifacio would be the second national hero for being the leader of Katipunan. Marcelo H. Del Pilar isn't as talked about.
@@JcDizon it must be sad for marcelo del pilar thinking that in the afterlife. he is only remembered now in history class and textbooks just mostly standing beside rizal in photos lol
@@xXxSkyViperxXx During the mid 90's when I still lived in the Philippines and I was in school learning about the Philippine heroes, Jose Rizal was by far the one most talked about. He was practically deified and he was taught how he was a perfect person and how Filipinos must emulate him. They also spoke a lot about Andres Bonifacio and Lapulapu was also noteworthy. There was also Diego Silang and his wife Gabriela Silang. There was also Apolinario Mabini who was in the $10 peso bill and Melchora Aquino/Tandang Sora who I only remembered because of her nickname. The rest, I didn't really remember at all until Wikipedia became popular.
Fact about Plaridel: During his stay at spain when the majority of members of La Solidaridad has left, Plaridel along with others who stayed continues to write La Solidaridad, All of his money are given to print the papers even his money saved for his food are given to print the papers. Without any money left for food, he has forced to eat cigarette ashes to ease his hunger.
Its so sad that he sacrificed even his basic needs to make the people heard about the injustice in the Philippines. He died on Barcelona with only few of his friends on his side.
One of the most interesting things Del Pilar made before he became "propagandist", He disagreed on the blessing of the dead bodies who died by cholera, he said it would make the epidemic much worse but the friars ignored it. He goes to the town hall to ask the "gobernadorcillo"(town mayor) to make a decree that prohibits people to go to church to bless the bodies who died due to cholera and the gobernadorcillo heard it and made a decree. He marched on different parts of the town with a marching band to announce the new order on prohibiting people to make the friars bless their relative's dead bodies If their relatives died due to cholera to avoid the spreads of the disease and people obayed the orders and the friars gets mad at Del Pilar.
Thank you, for naming it as it was, the Philippine - American War and not just an insurrection as it is often portrayed in American textbooks.
I respect JJ even more for covering the martial law period without downplaying its horrible facts
Only a country with a history as storied as the Philippines could have invented the birthday kebab.
Omg I had to explain what a pinoy barbeque is to a British guy. It's asian kebabs!!!
as someone in the philippines, im not sure if ive ever heard or tried a birthday kebab. do u guys just mean a normal serving of barbeques? or bananaques?
@@xXxSkyViperxXx I think he`s talking about those barbecues we put on the chopped banana log next to the cake, I can briefly rememember having it when I was 5 or 6 years old
@@xXxSkyViperxXx I think they're talking about those hotdog skewers with marshmallows they serve during birthdays
Marshmallow-hotdog kebab watermelon hedgehog
I love how you just called Duterte "What's his face" lmaooo favorite part.
While the Philippines were a governorate under a viceroyalty seated in Mexico City, the official name was the Viceroyalty of New Spain. The whole country didn't become Mexico until its independence.
yeah the official name of the philippines in legal contexts was also just as the chief part of the Spanish East indies, also known as the Indias Orientales Españolas. The "Las Yslas Felipinas" was only one part of the Spanish East Indies along with the Marianas, the Carolinas, and the Palaos in Micronesia that are now the countries or territories of Palau, FS of Micronesia, Guam, Northern Marianas, and Marshal Islands. Philippines was just the chief crown part that everyone thinks of when they think of the spanish east indies. the monarchs of spain also just use the titles like the King of the East and West Indies, where the spanish west indies is basically Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico
In a Alternative Universe - "The Canadians surrenders to the Philippines making Canada a colony again."
Is this the consequence of the garbage disposed from Canada?
@@covertfeelings8330 Yes
@@covertfeelings8330
The Whiskey war was more entertaining.......
That would make Canada a colony of a former colony of a former colny that was also a former colony to the colonisers who colonized the former colony who colonized the former colony that has recently colonized canada
your comment had me confused so I looked it up, and it turns out canada actually isn't currently a colony, and hasn't been one since 1982!
Lived in the Phiippines for twelve years (loved it there!), and travelled extensively throughout the country as well as SE Asia. Overall another great video JJ, but just a couple comments (because we gotta have some of that snob appeal, har-har) There were distinct kingdoms in the pre-colonial Philippines. Barangays were and still are the smallest geopolitical units in the country. Ancient Manila (Maynila/Maynilad) was a part of the Kingdom of Tondo, the others being the Butuan Kingdom and the Sulu Sultanate in the south which extended to Sabah in Borneo, the Pangasinan Kingdom in the north, etc. They operated mainly through the Mandala system, common in other parts of South East Asia at the time.
Secondly, thanks for the caveat re: Philippine Independence Day as July 4th 1946 (from the US) when talking to a Filipino. The official declaration of independence is June 12, 1898 by Emilio Aguinaldo (from Spain), as you stated. Think of it as the United States' own declaration in 1776. They had to go to war for a few years to get the real thing.
My US Navy uncle used to say that the 2nd language of the Navy in the Pacific was Tagalog, because so many Filipino nationals were enlisted and had long careers in the US Navy.
From 1901-1992, the US Navy was allowed to enlist between 500-2,000 RP nationals a year. They tried getting the best and brightest cadets possible, and apparently, the pay was significantly better than most other jobs, let alone serving in the armed forces of the Philippines.
I think the rules are back to needing Permanent Residency status, US citizenship, or a Green Card to serve in the US Military.
I feel like we fail to discuss world history in Canada and the USA. This is really interesting please do more of these videos!
Though it's really hard to teach world history without a national narrative. Like in our country Magellan would be painted as a great villain rather than a great explorer
curriculums in us and canada should just rename it "european history". although the curriculum in my school actually teaches us a lot about africa asia and south and central america so thats kinds nice. ive heard its not the same for other schools in the us and canada though.
@@cevcena6692 Funny enough I feel he's more of a pawn than anything as he was mostly there for surveying, and he did ally with a local chieftain against another chieftain (which was understandable at that time as they were different polities at that time) and it wasn't until De Legazpi - who I'll argue is the bigger villain - and even then that's arguable at first as he did make alliances with local people.
Most of my fellow Filipinos typically skip the period between the conquest by Spain and the 1896 revolution
and it's a shame since you can read a ton of smaller scale rebellions and revolts during that time like the Dagohoy revolt which lasted for over 70 years, long after the founder died all because of someone denying his brother a proper burial.
Not the mention the revolt by Andres Novales, a Mestizo that revolted against Spain, and was successful in capturing Intramuros, but lost because he couldn't capture Fort Santiago. He was also declared as 'Emperor' by his followers, but was betrayed by his own brother.
@@matnotyou That one is probably my favorite and makes me wonder what a Philippine nation in the early 19th century could've been. It's also a perfect demonstration of why the revolution succeeded where others before failed.
@@bryanmanuelbaes7871 One of the best books I have ever read is Wickberg, Edgar. The Chinese in Philippine Life: 1850-1898. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965.
As a Latin American, I've often wondered how the Philippines would've been like if the Americans never took over and they spoke Spanish like us. I do hope to visit our distant cousins one day.
One thing I learned that was interesting was that the Spanish specifically did not teach the Filipinos to speak Spanish. This helped consolidate the power of a kind of middle-tier elite of priests and bureaucrats who held a privileged position in colonial society by virtue of the fact that they were bilingual. Whereas the Americans just wanted everyone to speak English. It is interesting to wonder, however, if Spanish language policy would have changed in the 20th century. Knowing how regressive the government of Spain itself was, probably not
@@JJMcCullough wow, I didn't know that, very interesting
@@JJMcCullough There was actually a decree in 1863 from the Spanish Queen that the Spanish language had to be taught in free primary schools but, as you mentioned, the government officials in the islands barely bothered and continued the policy of they themselves learning the local language rather than teaching everyone Spanish.
@@junjunagbayani4792 This. But I dunno why I've remembered that the reason was because the Friars were lazy lmao.
@@JJMcCullough A third of Tagalog derives from Spanish. And I don't see them not teaching Spanish as bad? They let the people have their native language and not impose a European one. It all depends on your point of view. The elite spoke Spanish because A) They were Spaniards or B) They studied in Spain.
I didn't really expect this video J.J! As a Filipino this is an accurate representation of how Philippines worked as times went on. Thank you for this video man, and I appreciate your work!
Fun Fact: Elpidio Quirino forgave the Japanese completely from their war crimes because he doesn't want the hate to be carried on to the next generation.
*peeks at China and South Korea*
I can respect him for that but you shouldn't expect the Chinese, or Koreas to do that.
Most of the hate to the Japanese here in the Philippines has dissipated
it's unfair to ask the same pf koreans and Chinese people with how much comfort women alone have affected the future generations, especially considering japan hasn't apologized properly for their actions
Most of us embrace us here in the Ph embrace the Japanese culture and tradition up to a point that we low-key wanna be one. We're a bunch of weeaboos is what I'm saying.
I kinda still dont forgive them but after a while i found how useless it is
As a Filipino working here in your country, the beloved OHHH Canada, i agree with your points and thank you for the comments 🇵🇭🇨🇦
Shoutout from BC, Canada 📣
"The Philippines was the world's longest colony... 425 years."
*Puerto Rico fuming in the background*
next to ant colony
I think he meant the world's longest colonized country. We'll willingly give it to Puerto Rico if they become independent.
Puerto Rico is at 528 years currently.
@@Dangic23 They are not a colony.
@@TitoTimTravels
They are 100%
Even more today.
In 2016, US Congress approved a law that created a Board to govern over Puerto Rico.
Congress granted this Board powers over the Governor of Puerto Rico.
Nobody in Puerto voted for this law, or was involved in selecting the members of the Board.
Colony!!!
From the 2016 Law...
SEC. 4. SUPREMACY.
The provisions of this Act shall prevail over any general or specific provisions of territory law, State law, or regulation that is inconsistent with this Act.
SEC. 108. AUTONOMY OF OVERSIGHT BOARD.
(a) In General.-Neither the Governor nor the Legislature may-
(1) exercise any control, supervision, oversight, or review over the Oversight Board or its activities; or
(2) enact, implement, or enforce any statute, resolution, policy, or rule that would impair or defeat the purposes of this Act, as determined by the Oversight Board.
it's like listening to someone recalling a long string of bad boyfriends...
So true 😂😂
what if JJ is immortal and all the leaders he listed are just his exes.
Ive always seen the Philippines to be one of the most interesting countries in Asia
Apparently in the 60's in the states there was a nurse shortage and we pretty much imported filipino immigrants to fill roles in the healthcare industry
growing up in america, knowing little to nothing about the culture of the philippines always left me slightly struggling with my identity, and what did it mean for me to be filipino. i def resonate with a lot of other filipino-american's and our experiences, but i feel so incredibly disconnected to the country my parents are from. so watching this and getting a bit more understanding of the philippines has been really nice :)
Not to romanticize poverty but it is what is, the country itself is poor monetarily, roads suck, and such but the culture is rich in the effect of slow modernization. You can imagine living here as poor and just living below bare minimum but everything becomes ever so bearable because you have your family and rich cultures such as fiestas and whatnot.
you should start on Filipinos are Asians and not Pacific Islanders
When you do a regnal chronology of Mexico, you'll find that our country too relies heavily on remittances
This should be very interesting. I'm an American but I lived in the Philippines for 2 years and speak a couple of languages over there. One of the most fascinating countries from a historical standpoint 🇵🇭
Where you have you been, do you at least speak Tagalog.
@@zjzr08 Iloilo. Opo pero mas magaling po ako sa Hiligaynon
@@willbowden6897 wow, ok ah. nice nice. mahinhin mga ilonggo.
This has been such a genuine pleasure to watch. There's certainly more to learn here and I'm implored to read more about the country's history- deeper than maybe the extent of politics alone. Many thanks! Peace and love from a Filipino viewer.
P.S. I find some of your Filipino pronunciations really entertaining! It's very fun to hear them from someone outside the country
“Macapagal” is such an unusual name to an English speaker, it has such an odd series of sounds. I’ve actually grown to like saying it now. Macapagal!
Macapagal is one of those last names given to the priveledged families of Datus who submitteed to Spanish rule during the initial colonization.
The Phillipines was the longest held colony...
Ireland: Am I a joke to you?
More like an occupation tbh
Yeah that was my thought too. I guess it all depends on your definition of what’s a colony.
If we consider the Tudor conquest of Ireland to be the start of colonisation, it's not quite as long, about 400 years. But the whole issue is quite complicated, since the remnants of the Norman conquest 400 years earlier were still there in the form of a rump state with a rather tenuous amount of control over the island, but of course the Normans conquered both England and Ireland in relatively (for the time) quick succession, so it's possible to argue that this was an invasion of both territories to be run as one kingdom, so if this was a period where Ireland was a colony, so was England.
Same thought here. I'm from the Philippines and my first thought was, eh, wait, what, it's... us? Hang on, what about the Irish?
@@tachiebillano6244 whenever other filipinos say something along the lines of... we have it worst in the philippines... palaging may pagdududa 'yan kasi palagi namang may inferiority complex maraming tao dito sa pilipinas because of the history people are taught and the present economy and job market it still gives
philippines: Thank you for freeing us!
United States: I wouldn't say free... I would say "under new management"
@@KO-sx9uy That the joke.
Proceeds to kill millions of our people and not write it in history. Oh well.
Indeed.
@@KO-sx9uy That death toll is not accepted by Filipino or American historians.
@@KO-sx9uy That's nonsense. I'm completely open to honest and principled criticism concerning the negative aspects of US policy in the Philippines *WITHOUT* the need for exaggerations and unsubstantiated claims. Historians in the international community do not accept those figures to be accurate.
man the recent comments sure are the worst
Today's a good day:
It's my mom's birthday and a new JJ video 😁
Happy birthday to your mom from Texas!🎉🥳🎉🥳🎈🎊
@@whatclub3934 thanks 👍
Happy birthday to your mom!
The ad isn't even over yet, and I've already liked the video, because I know this is going to be good.
This is a great vid! To sharpen one of the points JJ made, I worked in the oil sands in Alberta for …just about ten years I’ll say. There are many Filipino workers and one in particular Fernando, is absolutely one of the smartest,kindest,thoughtful men I’ve had the pleasure to work with bar none. I’ve often thought if he’d have paid a wee bit more to studiying English, well he’d possibly be the CEO of Syncrude. Just my 2 pennies worth.
"Old what's his face" is the most perfect description how the Filipino youth look at that president: tired and so over it 👏🏼😭
Don't get me started with his Spox Roque .If I hear them talk, I always mute them. I can stand them anymore and it's so cringey to hear there obvious sugar coated lies.
Still coping i see 🤡 HAHAHA
And a flaming TraPo
honestly i had high hopes for him, as someone from mindanao who always hears about how davao was such a well managed place, i was proud. But now eh... but im also still not in favor of the other party btw.. theyre all bad honestly, we're hopeless lmao
@@sky-hf2qv they're all the same. Look at his daughter saying she's "not sure" while going all over the country doing meetings. The Ds are typical Filipino politicians, 50% of the population just happened to taken by the viral social campaign, which we later found out were being operated from China when FB started shutting them down (a little too late). This country need a total reset and make sure none of the old bloods make it back to politics.
I am constantly impressed at how fair, thoughtful, and insightful your videos are. Cheers to you sir, you've earned a new patron.
"They blamed the Maine on Spain"
For they had a lot of terrain to gain.
If public support was obtained
For a "freedom" campaign.
wurtz
Great as always, I've found the Philippines interesting for a long time to be fair. However, if you will someday decide to do an episode about Poland, I will be glad to help you with it.
Actually, Manila, Philippines capital is next to Warsaw being the world's most devastated city in the world during World War II.
@@pkmntrainergg77 that's something I had no idea about until now. Really interesting.
Yeah, not offended. I'm use to hearing Tag-a-log instead of Ta-ga-log.
I feel more connected to JJ now because
1. My grandfather is one of those Marcos defenders that JJ talked about
2. I was gifted that book mentioned at the end several years ago and it's still one of my favorite reads!
I've never come across anyone even trying to defend them, so I'm super curious to hear what the main points of that view are. Having only ever heard one side of a story just feels like conspicuous ignorance.
@@Corwin256 I honestly don't think anyone defends Marcos who has actually studied Filipino history in any great detail. His government was so brazenly corrupt, and he and his wife were so obviously wicked, selfish, pathologically vain people. But there are plenty of ignorant Filipinos who just kind of buy into the Marcos myth - that they actually were wise and all-knowing and solved all the problems, and everything was great in the 1970s. The problem is that many ignorant Filipino people are ignorant through no great fault of their own - they're poor, uneducated, and so on, and thus easily persuaded by propaganda. One reason why I think the educated Filipino middle class hates the Marcoses so much is because of the way their political machine prays on lower class people while simultaneously doing nothing to help them.
@@Corwin256 Not really a defender but more of a supporter.
While I don't deny that his period was full of corruption and poverty, it was for the most part stable. My parents who used to live in the province told me stories of schools feeding them bread and oatmeal (this never happens anymore) and my dad even told me that they had health checks (I don't even know my blood type).
When Marcos was overthrown, The Aquino's and it's subsequent allies promised to end Marcos' wrongdoings, this however is not evident for the past 30 years. I could even say that we regressed worst than ever before
- Most National Corporations were privatized (including water and electricity)
- The Parliamentary system was scrapped last minute (in our constitution, the congress is still being referred to as if it was a unicameral entity)
- As a consequence, 24 nationally-elected senators have equal power to the House of Representatives
- The Oligarchs were simply transferred to other families (from Marcos' Elizalde to Aquino's Cojuangco)
- Communist Armed groups now have a legal front to collect funds from
- The Bataan Nuclear Powerplant was left to rot and had its components secretly sold off
- The Catholic Church gained more power (too complicated to explain)
Every election, the Yellows (the Aquino's and their Allies) keep making shallow promises like helping the poor or ending corruption. They march under the banner of Liberalism but their track record proves otherwise.
Currently they're opposing the proposals for OpenFDI and Federalism being advocated by Duterte (who is actually a left-leaning socialist contrary to what the media wants you to believe).
Because they're oligarchs, they don't want foreigners to conduct business here (OpenFDI) and they rejected RBH15 (Bill for Federalism with district-elected senators) in the Senate (dominated by Yellow allies)
TLDR. Can't really hate Marcos since the other camps are just cut from the same cloth and hypocrites.
PS. If anyone tells you that my beliefs only constitute a minority, the numbers say otherwise. Contrary to popular belief, Marcos was still a popular candidate during the 1986 Snap Election. This means that the country was divisive and not a landslide victory for Aquino.
COMELEC (Government) RESULTS:
Aquino -9,291,716 (46.10%)
Marcos -10,807,197 (53.62%)
NAMFREL (Citizen Organization) RESULTS:
Aquino - 7,502,601 (n/a)
Marcos - 6,787,556 (n/a)
@@Sabalas Thanks so much, both to you and JJ for your insight. I particularly appreciated the insight that sometimes disruption of a system is in itself so bad that some would prefer a more stable continuation of a system that they may even acknowledge as pretty bad. I feel like I see that a lot in foreign policy in general, especially living here in America. So many places that our armies have 'liberated' may be said to have had evil tyrannical dictators, but oftentimes our armies and violence simply take a very bad situation and make it significantly worse. But of course, like I said, I view this all from inside the US, which is incredibly stable and rich. I don't have any direct experience of any of those places so any argument I might make that we made things worse has no direct evidence. I rely on what others tell me. Thanks to all of you who share what I've not been able to see for myself just yet.
@@Corwin256 That's pretty common in Asia tbh.
Here in Southeast Asia, we view Thailand and Singapore as model countries.
Even though Thailand still has egotistical monarchs that can arrest you and Singapore economically sabotages opposition voters into submission.
Even S.Korea, Taiwan and Indonesia used to be ruled by what we call "benevolent dictators" who improved their economic situation at the cost of political freedom.
Marcos was also one of these benevolent dictators since he established the National Steel Co., Food Terminal Inc. and Elisco Tool (M16 manufacturing).
While the companies listed above are now defunct with no tangible assets, other countries reaped the benefits that their dictators left them. (eg.Korea's Heavy Industry)
That's probably why they were able to move on while here in the Philippines, it's still a hot debate regarding the Martial Law Era.
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Me, a Canadian-born resident and child of two Filipino immigrants: "Well, I shall definitely save this in my 'Watch Later' folder."
After this video I have found more appreciation of The Philippines especially as a mexican person since yeah it’s kinda cool that the two countries had ties with each other and how the cultures are very similar to each other
I've visited the Philippines in 2019. Great people, I've met filipinos in the US, I have filipino friends and a filipina girlfriend. I hope to visit the country again soon.
You are almost an honorary!
As a Filipino-Canadian who grew up in an immigrant household, but never truly felt in touch with my own culture or background, the epilogue made me laugh quite a bit; my mom always has a box in the house filled with food or other goods to send back to family back in the Philippines. Overall, great video summarizing the general history of the Philippines
@@KO-sx9uy bro are you Pinoy?
@@KO-sx9uy Do you even know what life is like as an immigrant, or growing up in an immigrant household. Someone moving to a different country =/= to being colonised. The longer you stay in your new country, especially if you grew up as a child, you assimilate little by little with the dominant culture. You can be ethnically Austronesian, but if you grew up in Argentina, you'll assimilate to the local Latino culture. Your comment came out of nowhere and is uncalled for. And no, Filipinos are not "proud" being colonised. They just learn to adapt to their history and embrace the different cultures that have influenced their country. A civilisation doesn't have to have a monolithic culture, linguistic, and ethnic group. The Philippines is diverse in people, language, history, cuisine, and culture.
@@KO-sx9uy @O K I'm Filipino-American. Tbh, I agree with you on many points. Yeah, many Filipinos are so deluded with the idea that having a Spanish last name, they assume that they have Spanish ancestry. Or that there are many Filipinos who are so obsessed with foreign cultures that they desire to emulate and be that culture(Korean, American, Japanese, etc.). I'm Filipino with some Japanese ancestry and people always assume I had European ancestry based on my appearance. I just simply say I'm Filipino because having "western features" doesn't make me inherently better and superior, which is sad because colonial mentality is still strong in the Philippines, that usually something from the West, or from Korea and Japan is cooler and more desirable than our own culture.
But that's not the case for op. Op was raised in Canada, so you can't just assume he's this Filipino obsessed with foreign culture, since op might be ethnically Filipino, but they're culturally western/Canadian, not necessarily fully by choice. The immigrant experience is a tricky situation because most of us who have grown up in different countries, always struggle with identity and it's really up to the individual whether or not they decide to seek knowledge about their ancestry and their parent's culture. The experience of immigrant Filipino families are not comparable to Filipinos in the Philippines who simp for foreign powers, cultures and influence. But yeah, it's really cringe when you come across Filipinos who deny their own culture and try to replace it with a foreign culture, in which the reasons for it is best discussed a different day haha
@@KO-sx9uy Hey, it's alright, I hate that we have to call ourselves subject to a foreign king to identify ourselves, but it's just some old name with a forgotten meaning. Americans don't always think about some Amerigo or Amalric guy.
Nice job JJ, couldn't have explained it better!
Thank you for making this. You are amazing. Keep up the great work!
0:57 " *ArCHIpelahgo* "
Oh J.J. this is why we love you
Yess I came down to the comments to see if anyone commented on this! Haha such a funny pronunciation, must be a Canadian thing
Shut up. I hate when people see something they like, and say "This is why I like ___"
@@NoodleErik who hurt you bro
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As a guy who has visited the Philippines several times, and is married into a Filipino family, this was an interesting video. Thanks J.J.
God Bless the Philippines from the US!
Now the title for “longest colony in the world” belongs to Puerto Rico.
...And Guam.
Longest surviving colony I guess. The Philippines is still the country that was colonized for the longest time. We’ll gladly handover the title if and when Puerto Rico became an independent country. 😂
@@EricksonManalad or if they become a proper state in the USA, not just a territory.
I don't understand where this is coming from? How is the Philippines the "longest colony in the world"? Angola for example became a colony in 1482, and remained one until 1975. That's more than 100 years longer than the Philippines (1565~1946)! Lots of other examples too... Goa (1510~1961), Sri Lanka (1505~1948), Malacca (1511~1957), Macau (1557~1999), etc.
@@ndesi62 "Surviving Colony."
This is awesome. I think you know more of our history compared to the average Filipino nowadays. Not everyone knew all our previous presidents, historical revisionism has happened and despite the atrocities of Marcos, they still have supporters and apologists, and you know what is currently happening with WHAT'S HIS FACE. Thanks for this.
You must remember that it's not just the Pro-Marcoses...both sides are guilty of historical revisionism to some extent. If we really wanna learn the truth we must see history objectively.
@@pdenigma9444 I just dislike there's this notion of "both sides", when people just don't want the whitewashing of atrocities being made by the Marcoses, with no political color (which admittedly is intertwined at times), although what's worse is some just accept that it did happen but somehow just ignore it when choosing a president now.
@@zjzr08 I understand your point
But I see no righteousness in fighting for a cause during cases where there is use of deception and overexaggeration.
And if one seeks to know the truth, we must not always engluf ourselves in our feelings lest our biases get the best of our intended goal. I believe that teaching objective historical truth is more important than promoting political endeavors whether it supports your side or not, especially in this case, lest we just move backwards.
@PD Enigma Do you really think based on the objective history, what do you think is the conclusion of it? Especially I'd argue the revisionism about Marcos is a lot more severe.
@@zjzr08 In general, I'd say the Marcos era overall was extremely grey. There were a lot of both good benefits and terrible things that came from this era.
Considering that many of these things overlapped each other in terms of the extent of how they benefitted/worsened the situation of the time...I wouldn't say this era was super dark, but I wouldn't say it was a golden age either.
I would love a video like this for Mexico!
I bet corruption happened most when old-guard foreign control was removed without legitimacy
with the chant of: "I want freeness free stuff now!"
Yeah my country!!!!!
Wow, Never knew Drake once was the Governor General Of the Philippines.
Straight outta Toronto
Change your username goofy
"started from gov. general, now we here.."
This is so informative . I'm taking NOTES! 🙌🙌🙌
Fantastic video JJ
As a Filipino who lives in the Philippines, but grew up in the US, this was a great crash course into Filipino history. Thanks J.J.
Yikes bro
@@laxjs the fuck is that reaction
Wait so you grew up in the US but are now living in the Philippines?
@@laxjs what seems to be the issue?
Awesome video! I'm a Filipina born and raised in Vancouver and recently been trying to learn more about the country my parents immigrated from! So thank you for making a such an informative overview! If you wanna learn more about Filipino culture, I have related videos touching on our food and language!
Well done J.J.! I hope this video will start a series about countries history.
Yes a new JJ video! Another reason why Saturday is my favorite day of the week!
Great video, JJ! I'm happy to see more TH-camrs acknowledging things like the Filipino-American War and the Japanese Occupation. It kind of sucks that even some Filipinos (my younger self included) don't know how bad it was back then.
"As well as send over food and luxury goods they can't afford over there" Yup that's my dad alright, I swear every time he comes home he's got a new speaker that has to have cost over a grand.
@Alex damn right
Interestingly, when the philippine islands were part of spanish mexico, it's timezone was GMT - 16:00
wow it's like pi in circle. It's unimaginable.
I spent two 4 month tours of duties doing my Master's thesis on an eco-village in Palawan. The comradery and jovial artitude of the Filipino people are infectious. I explored tons of art galleries and museums of history and anthropology in Luzon and Mindanao. A truly rich and diverse nation. Unique in more ways than one. I don't think I ever met a foreigner who hated being there.
Spanish American War starts:
Guam: Hey guys, you here for vacation?
USS Charleston: :)
Guam was part of the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period.
@@AngryKittens yea but the U.S sent a single Cruiser to capture it. They didn't put up a fight and (from what I remember) they thought we were visiting, since the news of war didn't reach them yet. Until the Charleston fire a few rounds at some fort and then they got informed they were at war with the U.S.
@@AngryKittens the entire micronesian countries and territories too (Palau, Guam, Northern Marianas, FS of Micronesia, Marshal Islands, Japan's Bonin Islands) were part of Spanish East Indies, all of which were administered through Manila, who answered to Mexico City, who answered to Madrid... lol
@@xXxSkyViperxXx And at that time of Charles V, also answered to vienna, lol
I have known vanishingly few, but all the Philippinos I have were some of the most excellent human beings I have. America's history with the Philippines is shameful in many ways, but I am still glad that Americans fought to free it from Japan & tried their best to smoothly establish their national independence. I really dislike our cold war anti Communist geopolitical tactics for how cynical they were, and frequently self defeating.
I read that there is something like 4 million Filipinos in the United States? That’s an incredible number.
@@JJMcCullough I am in absolutely no way surprised. Part of me wonders how things would have been if we had instead worked to integrate our post Spanish American war possessions into the Union as fully fledged states. Could you imagine how different the cold war might have been?
I've worked with several Filipinos over the years in the restaurant/hospitality industry as well as becoming friends with a few in school. Up there with Syrians as far as being some of the nicest, most hospitable people I've ever met.
@ Wouldn't get the Manila massacre if the Americans didn't bomb the city (aka. the houses for shelter and security)
You should also know that the Philippines was the first recipient of US water torture techniques that still happen today.
@ Idk man. The Phil-Am war wiped out 1 million civilian lives from war casualties to starvation etx. Thats nearly 1/9 of the population. Plus, 200,000? Those are just reports of dead filipino rebels.
Lets not forget countless massacres like Caloocan Massacre, Balangiga Massacre, Moro Massacre, countless burning of villages, scorched earth tactics and many more
One correction; the Philippines has not been colonised the longest. In fact Iceland, the real number one has been colonised twice as long as the Philippines. Other countries that have been a colony longer are Greenland, Equatorial Guinea and Syria among others.
Could you do a video like this, but for Mexico? I think our history is very profound, however, overlooked. Also, it feels quite neglected when you speak about North America.
Very interesting video, as always. I was in the Philippines and Taiwan last year and the languages are very similar (Taiwanese aboriginal). I understand there is scientific consensus that all Austronesian peoples (including Filipino) come from Taiwan originally.
The Austronesians sure have spread far and wide.
@@seneca983 Yes I was in Madagascar a few years ago and they are also Austronesians
Uhm just a correction they did not entirely originated from Taiwan, Taiwan was the nearest land mass to them that lead them to South East Asia.
Aboriginals in Taiwan were also from the mainland, foreign cultures and the practice of ethnic cleansing is what wiped out the aboriginal (native) people from the Asian mainland.
@@evenskyzhekovic2538 Yes from the mainland before Taiwan I understand. Note however Austronesians didn't go to Australia.
@@lars-akesvensk9704 noted, I'll correct that. I didn't even realize I also included Australia, lmao. I am probably too drowsy from lack of sleep.
I lived in nearby (as the crow flies) Guam for a couple decades. Because of the sizeable population of Pilpinos there, big news out of PI became headlines on my island. We in Guam share a similar culture with the Pilipinos as fellow former Spanish colonies.
It's 3:47 am and I've never been excited to click a vid this early in the morning.