https://hussedogru.substack.com/p/the-unfinished-revolution-how-imperialism
Every June 12, the Philippines celebrates independence with parades, speeches, and a 21-gun salute. But the republic being celebrated was killed in its infancy — not by Spain, the empire it defied, but by the United States, the empire that took Spain's place. A popular revolution was captured by its own elite. Freedom was sold for $20 million. The war that followed killed between 200