Politics

The current political and social landscape in the Philippines is marred by former President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war case. Both anti and pro supporters are throwing rocks at each other online, with the pro resorting to all sorts of fake news and information manipulation supported by ridiculous manufactured videos and photoshopped graphics.  Looking at these posts online, especially on Facebook, sometimes I laugh, but most of the time, I feel sad. I feel sad, not because of Duterte or the victims of his drug war and political assassinations during his time, but because of the bleak future of this generation.…