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hide his own demons, backhanded deals, and corruption. As highlighted by all the cuts to critical sectors such as health to fund his war. While on the other hand, the presidential budget has increased by the highest percentage in history.
Drug users are so scared of this man they report that 600,000 Filipinos have handed themselves in to avoid a savage death, many now wish they had died as they cluck in the battery farm of a prison. Clucking from a drug called shabu, otherwise known as yaba in Thailand, a drug first encouraged by their governments / employers to get more productivity from the people, i. e. the workforce. Now it’ s backfired, who pays the price? That’ s right, the easy targets, the addicts.
With vigilantes killing twice as many people as the government I contacted the foreign office to see what advice they are providing to any brits travelling to the Philippines. A generic bullshit response was all they supplied:
Don’ t become involved with drugs of any kind. Penalties for importing and using illegal drugs are particularly severe.
Possession of even small amounts of any illicit drug in the Philippines attracts mandatory jail sentences. Police authorities have been publicly encouraged to kill suspected drug traffickers who resist arrest.
Hmm... Very reassuring, no mention of the crazy vigilantes on the hunt. I can just imagine some poor diabetic, low on his sugar going for an injection and in the shoot first, ask questions later scenario ends up being popped in the head.
We watch films like The Purge, Running Man, The Hunger Games, and could never imagine it becoming a reality in our world. Well it’ s fucking here, just without the prime time slot. Control is what it all boils down to and if it works, it’ ll spread. So next time you’ re sitting at home smoking a spliff and there’ s a ratter-tat-tat at the door, may the odds be ever in your favour.
Duke Cassady
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