Close to major trade routes in east asia

So the peak of the Philippines was them being the second richest Asian country for a few years? South Korea used to be one of the poorest countries in Asia and now look at them. Koreans have the IQ and labour force to become first world while Filipinos are monkeys and need USA, Chinese, or Spain to help them.

Seethe

>close to major trade routes in east asia
China are Evil Assholes, seriously they are beyond being reasoned with, WTF
>speaks english
So do you but its not a deciding factor anymore, everyone else does it now
>the most culturally western country in asia.
Its more like a curse
Not really helpful in terms of legit tourism, we dont have that acceptable non unga bunga "exotic culture" that tourist are addicted to like the rest of SEA has
Why would Westeners including latin Americans waste money and travel hours a shitty version of the "western culture" that they already have in thier backyard.

>protected by USA
We dont even have an active legit USA base unlike Indonesia or Singapore
>what's holding them back?
Shit Geographic location(earthquakes and end of the world tier Storms) plus the lack of oil

That was when we were under direct and soft post WW2 USA rule for the most part

waste money and travel hours *to see* a shitty version of

Fuck Philippines, literally the failure of nation.
But i like Duterte though.

I used the free Tinder passport there a lot. Very easy matches. I thought it was some third world shithole, but it's better than I thought. Many of these girls I spoke seemed to be in tertiairy education and where the first in their family to do so. Most of them were studying English teachers too kek, so it was easy to talk to them. There is still hope, but Philippine "men" are worthless and their women are still very slutty and vragen foreign cock. Also many young single mothers

I really want the US to re-annex the Philippines.

The entire Filipino national football team is full of hapas.

Attached: Capture.png (1108x806, 1.43M)

Fact: Hapas are the most powerful race on earth

Can't wait for the hapa ethnostate

My based hapa brothers

turf wars

>close to major trade routes in east asia
Close but not actually a stop, this isn't like the malacca strait.

>speaks English
Everyone does these days

>the most culturally western country in asia
Thats not an advantage, especially if you consider were surrounded by arab worshipers who sends a jihadist every other year

>protected by USA
Its more beneficial for them than it is for us, if you're talking about aid even non allies get more than us.

Now that thats settled, why is Indonesia such a shithole?
>One of the largest countries in the world
>100% fertile land
>Access to surface oil and several oil patches with no border disputes
>Rich in natural resources (has the worlds largest iron mine)
>Literally next to the busiest sea trade route in the world
>The main stop in the spice trade(i.e. hundred years head start)
Zero excuse if any country got even one of your advantages theyd instantly become first world.

BABY THERE'S NOTHING HOLDING ME BACK

Attached: sing.png (1054x526, 69.5K)

>whatabaoutism
why are Filipinos so insecure?

Im genuinely asking why is Indonesia such a massive shithole?

They stopped being relevant after Spanish Independence

It's true that both of you are far less relevant than you should be. Truly SEA has been a victim of the white man (and the arab man, and the Japanese man....)

Spain also stopped being relevant after the end of Spanish imperialism

test

Indonesia being a shithole is a given. we are much harder to govern, plus we don't have the luxury of protection from the world's superpower.
but still, we manage to have a higher gdp per capital than the philippines, despite having more than double the population.

*After Franco and your country was never relevant to begin with

unfortunately

Catholicism

>protected by USA
>Its more beneficial for them than it is for us, if you're talking about aid even non allies get more than us.

More like delusional.

>we are much harder to govern
If this is about being an archipelago, dont forget who you're talking to.

>plus we don't have the luxury of protection from the world's superpower
How is that supposed to help the economy? No one would offer protection if we weren't at constant threat of war.

>higher gdp per capital than us
That means nothing, if you take into account we have better quality of life than you do. That only means massive corruption/income inequality

>Double the population
That sounds like a you problem

Come to think of it, how does a country with almost 300mil population produce zero noteworthy persons? The brit rapist doesn't count.

>Chinese labour

Umm no chang

>He doesn't know how the US makes money out of thin air during a war
Yikes

Gee I wonder what it could be...

Attached: map-top-bottom.jpg (640x1115, 103.11K)