Is Philippines better if Americans colonized us or better off if not colonized?why?

Question

Is Philippines better if Americans colonized us or better off if not colonized?why?

just want to ask, we are going to have a debate tomorrow, and i need good topics to argue with

Answer 1

Which side are you in? If you are going to talk about the past politics, the war, patriotism and old relationship of the Philippines it is really vague, more over its will be based on ones opinion.

To answer the question "Is it better if Americans colonized the Philippines?" then you have to study the "current" economic, social, and political situation of existing US territories.

A little history. The Philippines, Guam, Hawaii and other Pacific Islands helped USA in WWII thus USA have been supporting this allies since then. But only the Philippines wanted to be independent. Others became US territories for sometime then some changed into State status. Take for example Guam. I have lived in the Philippines for 30 years and now living in Guam for 6 years. People here are indigenous people much like our modernized "katutubo". They identify themselves as Guamanian or Chamarru. Their lifestyle here is no different from ours, their economy is no different, their government is chaotic too except that there are no corrupt officials here but yet they have one advantage and that is being a territory of the USA. The Guamanians earn US$, they posses US passports, can travel to the states yet they represent alone in Olympics, Pageants, etc apart from US. I say the Philippines could be better as a territory. If not why people like me to go to the States and slave to earn $.

Answer 2

The Philippines is will be better if colonized by the Americans. Why? Tama ka willy, baket maraming gusto magtrabaho sa US kung maganda naman ang lagay ng ekonomiya natin, that is because our economy sucks. I have worked in U.S. Virgin Islands 10 years ago. Kahit puro itim mga tao dun they are US citizen, they cannot participate in the presidential election, pero they have a representative at the US congress. Supported sila ng USA, mahirap din ang buhay dun kase maliit ang mininum wag pero dollar naman kumpara mo dito sa pinas.

Patriotic na tao ako pero nagiging makatotohanan lang ako.

Good luck on your debate. Study Philippines history and some US territories information so you can dump it on their faces.

Answer 3

Yeah I agree with willyfred's answer. I have looked around on both sides. Our economy is going down, our government is a failure, no matter how much good people excel like having the best hospital in the world, best boxers, best singers, great businessmen still we are crawling incompetent.

If the Philippines is a colony or territory of USA we can par with Guam, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Our government will be a less of a headache, our economy will improve, our Filipino ingenuity and excellence will help recognize us of being Filipino still.