Comments by "Pyromania101" (@pyromania1018) on "Ferdinand Marcos: Greed, Guns, and Gold in the Philippines" video.

  1. Imelda has been forced to return roughly $3.6 billion to the Philippine government, and is fighting to keep the remainder of her stolen wealth.
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  2.  @pdenigma9444  You claim to have done research, but haven't backed up that claim. You claim that the Marcos assets were stolen, ignoring that all of those assets were stolen by the Marcos family first. Where's this proper argument you claim to have made?
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  3. Wow, most of the responses are from wannabe trolls screaming for attention by pretending to support Marcos.
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  4.  @pdenigma9444  I see. Admittedly, I haven't studied this topic as much as you claim to, but the claim of lack of evidence just makes it more suspicious. Regarding them being "a little corrupt", it feels more like you're actively just trying to make excuses for them. A lack of concrete paper evidence doesn't magically negate it, or are you one of those guys who, as an example, tries to downplay Japanese war crimes in WWII because they burned a lot of incriminating evidence before they surrendered? Not exactly the best comparison, but you see what I'm getting at? Regarding the year, keep in mind that they fled the country, taking all their money with them out of spite, and it was only when they started coming back that they could be charged. The aim seems to be to just reclaim all the assets they stole rather than lock them up which, to me, is a more fitting punishment. Regarding the other stuff, did you not watch this whole video, or did Simon make a bunch of assumptions/mistakes that you listed in another comment? I won't pretend Simon is always right, but he seems to know what he's talking about here. And you also need to keep in mind the dictatorial nature of his regime. The assassination of the nor popular candidate and blatant voter fraud were not made up, nor was the torture and arbitrary arrest. Leaders like that tend to live extravagantly.
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  5.  @scoobydoodoobiidooo9559  So I'm an asshole because I'm expressing satisfaction that a family of corrupt, murderous thieves are being forced to return the bulk of their stolen wealth? Okay, Leni, whatever floats your boat.
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  6.  @pdenigma9444  Honestly, they kind of remind me of the Ceausescus, albeit they threw the populace a few small carrots every now and then, whereas the Ceausescus only pretended to.
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  7.  @pdenigma9444  Right, sorry. And you're correct that you have to be corrupt to be a politician, but when you're an authoritarian ruler, chances are you're gonna be super-corrupt. Look at all the other dictators we supported: Ceausescu, Trujillo, Mobutu, Duvalier, etc. They brutally exploited the nations they ruled and wrecked the economy for personal gain, leaving their nations destitute in the process.
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  8. Bing-Bong won the election. 😑
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  9.  @pdenigma9444  Fair enough.
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