Today is the birth anniversary of The Great Dictator who’s enjoying a posthumous rehabilitation primarily through online revisionism. The generations that disowned him have come to discover new generations cultivated to admire him. A thread of readings on what this says about us. 
A two-part reflection on Marcos' life, and the chapters it can be divided into, from 23007. mlq3.tumblr.com/post/351681918…
A reflection, on the centennial of his birth, on his life story being the incarnation, in many ways, of his generation's resentments: his success was considered a validation of a particular Filipino way of thinking and doing. quezon.ph/2017/09/11/spo…
An exploration of how Martial Law was as much about Marcos summoning and addressing the fear and loathing of the generation of parents to which he belonged, as it was about larger delusions. quezon.ph/2016/09/21/the…
An insight into our strangely naive faith in documents like constitutions, when what gives life --or guarantees death-- for such things, is human behavior. A case in point was how Marcos intimidated the Supreme Court. quezon.ph/2014/09/22/sho…
How Cargo Cults provide an insight into the motivations and dreams of Marcos Loyalists. quezon.ph/2017/09/26/the…
An insight into the armed forces being the institutional bastion for Marcos revisionism. And how Marcos engineered the demotion of his predecessors. quezon.ph/2016/08/12/the…
The other side of this story is the tale of the Marcos medals. quezon.ph/2016/08/10/not…
How Marcos's foes concede half the battle to Marcos before even engaging, by accepting the foundation of all his lies: the so-called anniversary of Martial Law. opinion.inquirer.net/133834/time-ba…
How the Marcos Restoration was anchored on the Marcos Rehabilitation and how the gambit ultimately failed, when BBM lost the crucial counterpart of inevitability, which was, invincibility. spot.ph/newsfeatures/t…
I have been following that story since 2005. Here is the first article I wrote about it: quezon.ph/2005/12/28/mar…
Here is the second story I wrote about it, in 2006. quezon.ph/2006/09/14/the…
Another look at the topic, in 2009. quezon.ph/2009/07/06/the…
And more recently, in 2017. quezon.ph/2017/08/02/the…
In closing, you can listen to an audio long read of my "Marcos in retrospect" articles in my podcast. anchor.fm/mlq3/episodes/…
Finally, a recent discussion with myself, John Nery, Maris Diokno and Apa Ongpin and the presidency.
https://twitter.com/mlq3/status/1432160534778896388
P.S. Just uploaded an audio long read in my podcast of my Marcos and us article. anchor.fm/mlq3/episodes/…
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