#i think its classist colonizer manipulation

[nururu]

I feel like there should be more dirt and germs involved when we eat food....

[apopcornkernel]

collected tags that are also very good:

#Honestly picture you this - you don't have access to the internet #Your TV barely works #You've been fed information that you never questioned #It's really hard to go against that unless everyone really is aware of all that #I think there's a lot of importance with putting out information especially in the poorer neighbourhoods - and i can't say if that's done #Or not #So the system is a definite big factor - even if people got the gist #There's no one who can really back them up with this information #No follow up #So why change votes? ( via @clanime )

#machines are rigged to hell and back it's insulting how disgustingly obvious they make it #his teams are getting almost the same voting ratios and the rate of votes counted for him are constant instead of fluctuating #dont get me started on the machines that just so happen to break all at once ( via @teotoffee​ )

#THIS! THE PROBLEM IS IN THE EDUC SYSTEM THAT REWRITES HISTORY! IN THE 'ALLEGED' TROLL FARMS! #THE PROBLEM IS THAT IN HERE EDUCATION IS A PRIVELEGE RATHER THAN A RIGHT #AND THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE POOR! #it is a hell lot bigger than 'tanga ka pinas' ( via @angel-bazethiel ) for my non-tagalog speaking friends, ‘tanga ka pinas’ translates to ‘philippines you are stupid’

#its all very much classist #and it shows the ongoing ignorance people have about how disinformation campaigns work #there's also smth ironic about people in the US and UK talking shit about people being taken in by all the wild smear campaigns #when random FB ads to this DAY have people taking horse dewormer over the actual covid vaccine #the Marcos family has a TON of resourses at their disposal to literally flood the feeds with nonsense #and we live in a world conditioned to be susceptible to that shit #its really a nightmare all around bc the Marcoses are monsters and Duterte is too ( via @babygirltouya )

#all the headlines from other countries #as a citizen i feel humiliated and upset because some of them are saying the truth #but its not like we as filipinos didnt try to boost leni #There was 1M people in her last grand rally before the elections #There were hundreds of thousands in the rallies before her last #Cultural artists endorsed her and performed for her rallies that are organized by common people who volunteered to do it for free #We're talking celebrities!!! #We keep losing as people because the system is rigged ( via @rirk-ke )

#this was decades of disinformation and manipulation to the most vulnerable sectors. decades in the making #the foreign audience needs to understand the full context because 1) thats the least they could frigging do at this point if they #actually care about journalism and true reporting #and 2) we're not an isolated case. this can happen to your country too. if the corrupt get their hands on ways to control information and #get rid of dissenting voices. they control the story and what people believe in. #foreign media does not get to act all high and mighty. this can happen to you too. (via @actualbird )

#what’s worse is the lower class who were the primary targets of manipulation and lies are probably the ones who will experience the worst #the blatant lying and corruption by the commision on elections too ( via @yeahlike )

#particularly salty by americans doing it because #my brother in christ #you colonized us a hundred years ago #your president harbored the marcos family on your shores #the social media platforms that enabled this disinformation campaign are owned by YOUR silicon valley ( via @katastrophicresonance )

the way other people (esp non filipinos) are blaming filipinos instead of blaming the marcoses for their massive disinformation campaign & probable rigging of voting machines.... it doesnt sit right with me