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WE are taught to fear danger from outside: Chinese ships in the West Philippine Sea, a flag on a reef, war on the news. It is real, but it comes second. It is rarely destroyed from outside; it rots from within, killed by its own protectors. In 1998, I sat before a panel at the country’s defense college, applying for a Master in National Security Administration. Asked why, I said I was lost as a Filipino: The news never matched what our industries faced, and the upbeat economy talk deepened the fog. By the end, I had my answer. The…
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