Atrocities and exploitation in the countryside are usually permitted by the centralized government in order to give way to the establishment of multinational corporations and other enterprises.
(Although, I might also say that it was better than before since Filipinos get to participate in the market and government offices, devoid of racism). The Philippines today did not move-on from the atrocities of the past, particularly from the underprivileged. Liberate the lands from the oppressive friars and Guardia Civil, who were the causes of economic and political exploitation and abuses among the masses. The propagandist Jose Rizal’s arrest also incited revolution among the KKK (Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan), to conduct attacks and offensives on the Spanish haciendas and forts. The absurd deaths of the “Gomburza” priests stirred up the masses to participate in revolutionary movements to overthrow the colonial government. This was met with outrage from the Spaniards (especially from the friars), thus gave them the decision to disallow Filipino representatives in the Spanish councils. They also proposed reform for Indios to be given the same rights as the Spaniards, and to have Filipino representatives at the Konsehos. Various propagandists such as the members of La Liga Filipina, began to write works criticizing the Spanish government, particularly the friars who were given most control in the 18th-19th Centuries. This national consciousness became the greatest weapon for independence in the Philippines, as it gave an abstract birth to the notion of a nation itself. Filipinos were already given representation due to wealth and privilege, that is until certain students and scholars developed a sense of national consciousness.
That is, until the 18th and 19th Century, when Filipinos began to participate in enterprises and ventures. There was a great extent of corruption from the Spanish elite who ruled the lands, and Filipinos were treated like slaves. The 333 years was also the years of attempted revolts, in which all the bodies of revolutionaries were used as props for terrorism against the masses.
Cultural practices from the pre-colonial era were prohibited and created the preference for Christianity. The 333 years of occupation was driven with forced-labor, different forms of exploitation, and terror upon the Filipino natives. The Spanish colonization of the Philippines left an ever-lasting scar in Philippine history.
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