Comment on KAWAII UGUU 2 - the spanish colonisation by melondramatics
So agree with you Mel #nods
Kawaii Philippines and Papa Spain just.. ha..ha..
Kinds of sad when Kawaii Philippines regard Spain as her Papa and forgets her real parents and siblings in SEA. Definitely hurts more when Kawaii Philippines claimed she's the "orphan of Asia" or claimed that she feels "aliniated with the rest of Asia" or that she's the "Mexico of Asia". Philippines, open your eyes! You got history with the rest of SEA too long before colonization! Spanish colonization is not all your history, you have great history of your Kingdoms to tell too!
Philippines has lost many of her culture through forced assimilation of Spanish culture. Don't forget the Encomidia (did I spell that right?) system which requires Filipin@s to work for Spain's project without being paid for several months. Oh and the Spanish certificate of Pure Blood Ancestory. Definitely not a fond memories of Spanish colonization for Philippines
Spain is more interested in getting China's goods and Indonesia's spices. Plus Asia is a good outlet for Spanish (more like Mexico's) silver surplus that created silver inflation in the Spain. Spain was never good at managing his economy during the reign of Philip 2/3/4 so an Asian market in demands of silver is a very good thin. That's why Spain target Philippines. Plus Indonesia's nutmegs were needed for curing the Black Plague now I feel sorry for Spain,
Kawaii Philippines and Papa Spain just.. ha..ha..
Kinds of sad when Kawaii Philippines regard Spain as her Papa and forgets her real parents and siblings in SEA. Definitely hurts more when Kawaii Philippines claimed she's the "orphan of Asia" or claimed that she feels "aliniated with the rest of Asia" or that she's the "Mexico of Asia". Philippines, open your eyes! You got history with the rest of SEA too long before colonization! Spanish colonization is not all your history, you have great history of your Kingdoms to tell too!
Philippines has lost many of her culture through forced assimilation of Spanish culture. Don't forget the Encomidia (did I spell that right?) system which requires Filipin@s to work for Spain's project without being paid for several months. Oh and the Spanish certificate of Pure Blood Ancestory. Definitely not a fond memories of Spanish colonization for Philippines
Spain is more interested in getting China's goods and Indonesia's spices. Plus Asia is a good outlet for Spanish (more like Mexico's) silver surplus that created silver inflation in the Spain. Spain was never good at managing his economy during the reign of Philip 2/3/4 so an Asian market in demands of silver is a very good thin. That's why Spain target Philippines. Plus Indonesia's nutmegs were needed for curing the Black Plague
now I feel sorry for Spain,
ah, thank you!
And I agree. It feels like people forget too much that she has a real history before the Spanish colonisation. And I am so sick of seeing that too! She was not alienated, for goodness sake! There are multiple sides to her history and it's a shame to see it portrayed in such a shallow light.
And yeah, I remember reading up on some of that. Honestly, with Spain and America's colonisations, it's not wonder Philippines' history prior to them is more vague. Spain really did force his culture around, and America can get quite biased at times with its writings of history. Also I don't know much about American history prior to its own colonisers either. There's a huge colonial focus with those two countries. 8/
And yeah, Spain had reasons for setting foot in the Philippines. Colonisers benefitted more from colonisation than their colonies - and it's a shame when people act as though colonisation was one happy family taking a walk in the park. 8/
And I agree. It feels like people forget too much that she has a real history before the Spanish colonisation. And I am so sick of seeing that too! She was not alienated, for goodness sake! There are multiple sides to her history and it's a shame to see it portrayed in such a shallow light.
And yeah, I remember reading up on some of that. Honestly, with Spain and America's colonisations, it's not wonder Philippines' history prior to them is more vague. Spain really did force his culture around, and America can get quite biased at times with its writings of history. Also I don't know much about American history prior to its own colonisers either. There's a huge colonial focus with those two countries. 8/
And yeah, Spain had reasons for setting foot in the Philippines. Colonisers benefitted more from colonisation than their colonies - and it's a shame when people act as though colonisation was one happy family taking a walk in the park. 8/