The Same Families Have Ruled the Philippines Since Spain

Independence in 1946 was supposed to be a fresh start. Historian Alfred McCoy found something else: the same colonial-era landowning families simply moved from haciendas into Congress, governorships, and the Senate, and every attempt at land reform since has been blocked by the very people it was meant to break up. This channel digs into the systems and power structures history rarely explains simply — and why some countries stay stuck for generations. Hashtags #Philippines #PhilippineHistory #Politics #Oligarchy #Economics #Filipino #Shorts