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Marcos's Plan for the Philippines

Marcos' plan was twofold. Get Filipinos to leave the country and then make sure they'd send money home, funneling their earnings back into the Philippines economy. He suspended democracy and basically used his power to fervently suppress any opposition that came. Their vision of the Philippines entailed them disappearing journalists who would speak out against them or activists that would speaking out against them.

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