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  • decadentrebel@lemmy.worldOPM
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    16 hours ago

    Sadly, these protests are all performative. Just photo-ops for celebrities and influencers for brownie points and clout.

    Ideal scenario: Something actually happens — albeit only small potatoes get jailed and the few big wigs that do, would end up getting pardoned in 2028.

    Likely scenario: Nothing happens. By 2026, we’ll all forget about this — same as Pharmally, Lost Sabungeros, Hacienda Luisita, Fertilizer Fund Scam — and get outraged about what new expose is revealed. Meanwhile, the “heroic” individuals in this whole brouhaha like Remulla, Dizon, Magalong, jettisons their popularity into national positions.