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After 44 years of hiatus, the Spanish arrived at Cebu, their first stop, headed by Miguel López de Legazpi. There he established the first Spanish settlement of the country. Five years later he moved and conquered Manila.

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José Rizal wrote two novels denouncing the cause of Filipino's indolences by writing the Noli Me Tangere and the El Filibusterismo which was criticized much of the Catholic Church and its members and friars.

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Years after Rizal's death and liberation from Spain, the Americans come along and helped decolonized the country, only for it to be colonized again by the USA this time. Where is the indolence see there? Well, it is shown that Filipinos were not subject to change i.e., adapt to the sudden colonization by the United States and eventually, they were forced to do labor even if they don't feel like it.

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The Japanese occupation during World War II is one of the early game changers of how reactive we are and not just proactive. The Filipinos are just sitting in between the lines of the Japanese army and the Philippine communist party called HUKBALAHAP.

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Martial law was implemented in 1972, then all of the people do nothing but to stay silent. They can't say something that is against the government. But when the EDSA Revolution came, it all changed. The country is back to when it used to, but there are several Marcos loyalists who are trying to oust and launch a coup d'etat against Cory Aquino. The indolence lies in the former in what they should have done -- activism without even getting beaten, imprisoned or get killed.

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Let's stray away from politics and focus on a natural and environmental one. Take June 15, 1991, the eruption of Mount Pinatubo for instance, where ash and sulfur dioxide was released together with Typhoon Yunya makes the situation worse as it created more lahars and mudflows along the slopes of the volcano. The indolence happens months before the eruption. Since there are not much new technology back then, they thought that the eruption is not going to happen. Then when Western volcanologists came, then that's the time they alerted everyone that there will be a massive eruption.

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The Ozone fire is one of the most deadliest nightclub fire in the world killing 162 people, most of them were high school and college students who just recently graduated and just celebrate an end and beginning of a new chapter. Experts say that the fire started above the DJ's deck. People rushed outside, but most of them stayed as the situation worsen. Any key evidence to the indolence? It happened years after. Remember that every March is Fire Prevention Month? Guess how many people don't care about it.

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Hundreds of thousands of people flocked at the EDSA Shrine in the EDSA Ortigas interchange

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The 2001 EDSA Revolution ousted former president Joseph Estrada due to his graft and plunder cases. But where is the indolence? It's right after the event again when then-president Gloria Arroyo pardoned him and chaos erupted once again. The people did nothing but attempted coup d'états just to make Gloria admit to what she did during the 2004 elections and other forthcoming issues.

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Rodrigo Duterte's drug war is the one that's savage in the recent years. Many people lost their lives and the majority of them are impoverished. Many people took the streets and protest against it, but the trolls did nothing but laugh, saying it's just a way that impoverished people earn money.

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During the height of lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as two fierce typhoons ravaging the country, former president Duterte is nowhere to be found. He is seen hanging out with his long-time pal Bong Go. Lots of people were criticizing him online on why he was not there during the period.

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Now we have Ferdinand Marcos Jr. aka Bongbong. As he is elected as president of the country, he began travelling all around the world, many people say that it's to restore his family's name and fame. There was a time where a typhoon struck and he was out there watching the grand prix. This is where the indolence of politicians settle in where they just don't do their work as public officials and leaves it up to the people.