Generational Trauma in Filipinos? (reddthat.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by EmbarrassedBenefit3@reddthat.com to c/philippines@lemmy.world

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Does one exist?

I wonder if there's one present, with the amount of doomposting and "it's so joever" posts you see in Filipino communities. Whether it was in 2025 or 2015, or 2005, a lot of the complaints stay the same (corruption, economy, public safety, etc.).

I was not alive at the time, could the economic downturn between Ninoy's death and 1986 have caused generational trauma sa mga Pinoy? I read virtually naging pariah state ang Pilipinas in those years. It's as if we are extra sensitive that national-level mistakes could result in a repeat of the 1983-1986 conditions.

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[-] frisbird@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Are you asking there is generational trauma in the community of people that I habit the lands currently known as The Philippines???

Yes.

First off, what language do Phillipinos speak? Is that language native to those lands?

Second, who are The Phillipinos named after? Is that person from there?

Third, what happened during the Spanish-American war?

And that's just a taste of how much generational trauma there is.