Comments by "xXxSkyViperxXx" (@xXxSkyViperxXx) on "Guam: Why America's Most Isolated Territory Exists" video.

meanwhile Philippine independence since 1946 lol
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guam, northern marianas, puerto rico, cuba, and the philippines were all american colonies stolen from the spanish colonial empire. only that the philippines and cuba gained independence but guam, northern marianas, and puerto rico remained colonies. they are still american colonies albeit with some different terms used. the idea that guam has american stores, malls, roads, better gdp, living standards, and everything also applied to the philippines decades ago. guam and northern marianas used to be administrated as part of the spanish east indies administrated from manila. guam's popular support to be a US state is also very reminiscent of decades ago what philippines felt about the US. same words as well with US supposedly saving the place from japanese occupation. only reason why guam and northern marianas is not its own countries just like the philippines is because they are small islands with small gdps and they turned the place into a US military strategic base just like the philippines was. philippines would suffered the same fate as guam and northern marianas and puerto rico had there been no popular revolutionary movement beforehand that the US quenched and nationalist politicians going for independence missions to the US.
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"I would rather have a country run like hell by Filipinos than a country run like heaven by the Americans, because however bad a Filipino government might be, we can always change it." ~ Pres. Manuel Quezon "I would rather have a government run like hell by Filipinos than a government run like heaven by any foreigner. I said that once; I say it again, and I will always say it as long as I live." ~ Pres. Manuel Quezon Manila, December 9, 1939 living happy under another country's thumb has been the same argument of the 51st statist even back then. it is like telling a child that he should stay with daddy because he feels it so good to be spoonfed by daddy all the time that he does not grow and mature by himself. same old rhetoric.
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lol president quezon is not an actor. he said this in a speech which he knows became very popular and he repeatedly affirmed. he was the first president of the american commonwealth government and 2nd president in the history of the country. he with others brokered independence from the US which offered a commonwealth transitory period because before the US came, the country was already on the verge of winning against the spanish in a revolution. the spanish did not kill and genocide us. perhaps this is a thing in latin america but here, the spanish mainly ruled under oppressive corrupt land grabbing practices of friars. the spanish just sold the country to the US as they were losing a very far colony and the US came and stole the independence and executed all the revolutionaries. the US only accepted independence after the commonwealth period in the end of ww2, because they didn't want to deal with fixing the country after having the capital became the 2nd most bombed city in the world by the japanese seeing the capital as basically the nearest US territory. formal colonialism is gone because of the many revolutions but if you research more, you can see that there are still indeed some leftover colonies that have not been decolonized such as some french and american colonies. now some might say, the new form of empires is via neocolonialism when countries willingly favor your influence on themselves. this is one such reason why the US allowed the philippines as well to have its independence because they were sure of the country to willingly remember the US fondly. this colony is not rich but only as well off as a baby who bows to its master with no room for self determination. just as the video says, they cannot vote for US presidents or have much say in their land. u say there are no issues but the video clearly says they do and they only sit their quietly waiting for their voices to be heard by way of becoming a US state so they can maintain their well off dependence on the US but still have their self determination.
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