Last year, the president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, proposed renaming the country to drop the name of the viciousness dictator that it was named after him. King Philip II, the colonial dictator of the Spanish Empire for much of the 1500s, never actually set foot in the Philippines. He colonized its beautiful islands and was the primary source of the elimination of the authenticity and culture of the natives of the land. Now Filipinos have a culture that isn't their own, names that aren't their own, mindsets that aren't their own, fashion that isn't their own, and a religion that isn't their own all while living in a country that's named after the dictator who's responsible for all this nightmare. So is it a good idea to rename the country? F*ck yeah! Duterte proposed the name "The Republic of Maharlika" where Maharlika is a Malay word that was used long ago to describe freemen. Maharlika means someone who is not indentured. #ThePhilippines #PresidentRodrigoDuterte #RodrigoDuterte #TheRepublicOfMaharlika #Maharlika #Malay #KingPhilipII #TheSpanishEmpire #SpanishEmpire #Filipinos #KingFelipeII #Magellan #PinoyIslands #ThePinoyIslands #SpanishColonialism #ColonialBrutes #ColonialTyranny Sources: https://is.gd/GuB8PO https://is.gd/4MGRKh https://is.gd/vxLo6d