That's surprising for Filipinos... at least I know the ppl aren't bootlickish as before, for their military and capitalist handlers...

Anything below 100% of "is a genocidal state that will never be able to atone for it's crimes against humanity" is too high an opinion bit it's good that it's falling at least.

It is interesting that the countries that have stronger political alliance with the USA tend to believe that the USA was never democratic.