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Okay, bro, ito na

Medyo natapos na yung

Second edition ng Bitcoin discussion natin

Now let's go back a little bit to politics right now

Well, before going to our local

Politics, pag-usapan natin yan

I mean, first of all, how nervous

Do you feel about these

Tensions in the West Philippine Sea

I mean, itong mga hidwa na nangyari

Medyo mukhang, you know, there are people

In China who are saying, you know, it's time for us to show

Our swords to remind the Filipinos

Who's the superpower here

May gano'n, may gano'n ang dating at medyo nakakatakot

And at the same time, President Marco Jr. has made it clear

This is not his preference

This is his constitutional duty

He has to protect every inch

Of our sovereign rights or sovereign

Territory for that matter, right

Are you worried about

Potential conflict here, I think

Or you're seeing this as part of just the

Long telenovela drama

Yeah, I'm not worried at all

Kasi honestly, China I think

Has seen with Russia

As an example

Of what can happen

If they try to use military might

And they know that the Philippines

Has a defense treaty with the United States

So dahil doon, takot talaga sila

They do not want to get into a war

With the United States

Now, what they're doing is just

These are kind of like covert tactics

To push their weight

Without crossing that red line

You know

Kaya nga water cannons, gano'n lang yan

Binabangga ka lang

Kasi kung talagang gera gusto nila

Should've just shot one of our ships down

Di ba?

Or just sank one of them

Pero they're just kind of like

Bumping it and everything

So harassment yung ginagawa nila

China is very careful

Kasi even when you look at it

With the Taiwan issue

Kasi we're connected with that eh

Kasi the EDCA actually allows the bases

To go on top where close to Taiwan

Very near Taiwan eh

So in that sense

That's why galit sila sa US

At saka sa Pilipinas

Because of that as well

Ngayon, will China ever attack?

No, I don't think so

They know the repercussions of attacking

And plus their economy

Is actually not doing that great right now as well

So there are a lot of factors

That play into this

On that decision of whether

They're gonna attack or not

And remember, if they attack

Hindi lang US and Pilipinas

Ang kalaban nila

You've got Taiwan, Japan, South Korea

Australia, lahat yan

My God

And many more are going to go against them

They're not gonna be able to withstand that

Marami silang mga people

Who have an axe to grind with China

Kasi if you're Taiwan

If

You could be next right

If you're Japan

You're worried about Taiwan and Philippines

Then you could be next right

So you'll have this kind of change

Ito yung mga law of unintended consequence

You know because

You know when idiots like Putin

Invaded Ukraine

They thought they're walking into some village

And they'll take over

The next thing you know

The Ukrainians fought back

The next thing you know

The most developed advanced countries on earth

From Korea and Japan

All the way to Europe

They all

Gang up on Russia essentially

Via the brave Ukrainians

So I think you're right

In that sense

I think the counter argument always to that would be

Hindi kaya maging

Desperating leadership sa China

Because the one thing that gave them legitimacy

Was not elections

Was not their lovability

Was about economic performance

And now

5% is the best they can really offer

Assuming their numbers are legit

So some people are saying

Baka yun yung maging reason

Na maghanap sila ng distraction

Because sometimes when a beast is wounded or cornered

They're even more dangerous

Again for me I think

Both sides of the argument

We can have a debate about it

But

What about the Chinoy community?

I mean do you think there's also worry

About the Chinoy community?

I mean that this could have a spillover effect also

When you say a spillover effect

Are you referring to what?

Like there could be a negative repercussions

Yeah I mean like ridiculous things about like

Oh Chinoy is where do you stand on things?

I mean we had the Chinoy billionaire in the Philippines

Openly questioning the president

And you could see the responses

Were not substantive

The responses were

Oh kasi mga to

Hindi naman talaga ganyan

You know what I'm saying?

All of that stuff right?

And the reason I'm asking you is because

You're a perfect embodiment of you know

Being Pinoy is not about any ethnicity

Or color

Etc.

It's about your loyalty

Your culture

Your identity right?

But nevertheless

I'm sure that some of our Chinoy friends

Some of my Chinoy friends

I talk to them

They have been following these things

Because you know

They have worries that

It could boomerang on them

Unfairly obviously

That's where I come from

Yeah

Well you know

I don't

Well right now

The irony is this

I get people that

Yung mga Duterdards

That will say to me

Shut up ka na lang

Chinese ka naman eh

And I'm like

Wait dude wait

Wait

Wait

You're criticizing me

Because I'm Chinese

Get out of the country

But yet you're

The guy you follow

Exactly

I mean

He's supporting

And literally

The lapdog of China

I mean like

I don't understand you

You should be

Kung yung nagsinusunan mo

You should be

Bowing down to me

So this is a disconnect

It's just cognitive dissonance

All around

Yeah

Ano na lang

Ang style yata nila

Pulot ka na lang

Kahit ano eh

Di ba?

Parang ganun

Okay ka nga

Pulot natin

Dabot

Walang

Walang logic

Walang coherence

Wala na

Kaya nga

I don't even bother

It's just hilarious

So ngayon

I'm not really worried about

The general narrative

Or is there like

A cohesive

Parang view

Of Chinoise

Poor against

With what will happen

With China

I don't think so eh

I think

Each one has their own opinion

Based on

Where their

Loyalties lie

Or maybe because

Where their business lies

So they have to speak

A certain narrative

As we know

Some of these billionaires

Have a lot of

Businesses in China

And maybe that's why

They're a little bit more careful

With what they say

So

It depends on what

Your motivation is

And what your intention is

I don't think it's a cohesive

Unified

Parang view

On the

You know

The Chinese aggression eh

Which is exactly

The point I wanted to hear

Which is like

It's

Just like the rest of

Filipinos

There's always diversity

Of opinion

On this kind of issue

Also across generation

Across social

Classes

And also depending on

Your orientation and all

Last one on this

Short episode

Before we go to

Kiboloy and Duterte

I mean

How do you feel about

Marcos?

Because he seems to be

You know

Hitting all the right notes

On South China Sea

You can see his speech

In Australia

I just came from

Washington DC

The other week

They were super impressed

About him

I'm heading back to Japan

I was in Japan

They love him

In Europe

They're all gaga over him

And I was like

What?

But at the same time

I cannot deny

I mean the guy

Is like

He's not doing too bad

On West Philippine Sea

I'm not talking about

Maharlika Fund

And all of the

Mamujambos

I'm just talking about

The West Philippine Sea

Foreign policy

He's not doing bad at all

You see?

I mean

So

So you know

Marcos

The way I see him

He's a very good

Statesman

Very diplomatic

Very

You know

Knows how to make

Somebody feel good

You know

He loves to socialize

His whole life

Was about socializing

That's why he loves traveling

What I'm worried about

Is he's

He's traveling so much

That there's really

An absentee president

Unfortunately

Again

He's leaving for

Where?

Japan?

Or no

Germany or something

Czechoslovakia

Czech Republic

He's leaving again

He just arrived from Australia

He's leaving again

So

Two trips to Australia

Oh there

So

That just proves

That

In reality

The president

Is not as significant

As people think

As long as

They get out of the way

Because

The government body

Is

You know

There are a lot of people

That are actually

The machinery

That runs the government

And they're apolitical

They're just doing their job

And

The problem is

When you get a president

That wants to

You know

Basically throw the kitchen sink

At the system

And

Can I swear here?

Or

Okay

So

Basically

They want to just

They just want to basically

Yeah

Ruin the whole system

For their own political gain

But

As long as they stay out of the way

The machinery will work

Marcos has shown that

Hey

Listen

You're the department head

Bahala ka dyan

Or the people under you

They all know what they're doing

Or go

Do it

Make it happen

Ganun lang

So

The less he does

The more

The government works

Which is

Ironic

Get out of the way

Like you know

Yeah

It's true

Honestly bro

I mean

Nung panahon ni Digong

Speaking of absentee

Landlord

I think Digong

Is still the gold standard

For that right?

Is like the big coin

Of the absentee

I mean

The guy was going home

To Davao every other weekend

Or something like that

If he's not abroad

Hindi lang sa COVID

Naka 40 foreign travels yan

In his first two years or so

And remember

Even when he was in the ASEAN meets

And everything

He didn't even attend

Most of the conferences

He was asleep

He was

He did not want to face

All these people

Because he knew

He was going to be

Criticized

Some of these people

Are very sharp

When they talk

Ayaw talaga sa kanya

Ng mga ibang ASEAN

It's not true na

Because Digong was pro-China

Gusto siya ng ibang ASEAN

Nakakaya siya

Honestly

Yun ang tingin ng ibang ASEAN leader

And this came from

From our friends in other countries

I'm not going to mention what

In fact

The term na

I use

Slavish

That's not from us

It comes from one of the key

ASEAN countries

They said

What's up with your president?

Like

I get that

He doesn't want to be with

US and all

Pero you don't have to go

Like that towards China

So in fairness naman

To BBM

He's traveling

He's not sleeping

I mean

Sleeping during the talk

He's giving good talks

Very impassioned

Yes

People will say

Magaling yung advisor niya

Well at least pumili siya

Ng magaling na advisor

Unlike

Digong na yan

Diba?

Mga Michael Young

Yung mga advisor

Diba?

So I mean

I think he deserves

A little bit credit for that

But I think this is

A perfect transition

In the next episode

Because since last time we talked

You see

Big things happen

Right?

At least on two occasions

In Davao and Cebu

The Duterte clan

Are openly

Openly attacking Marcos

Alright

So

That's where I disagree

Not in general

But now specifically

In the sense

That you're right

That minsan

Mas maganda

The president just gets

Out of the way

But the problem here

Is someone else

Wants to get that seat

In Malacanang

And

We didn't vote for this person

Anymore thankfully

Right?

So now

You want the president

To be a little bit more

In the town

To say

Otherwise

The Duterte's will come back

So let's discuss that

In the next episode

Because I think this is

Something very important

Development

Aside from Bitcoin

Since last time we talked bro

Salamat

Alright

Thank you very much