INTRODUCTION

This post will be another in a series of posts about the Philippines and Indonesia. The first post was How Indonesia and the Philippines Define and Organize Ethnicity. This post is more geopolitical and economic-focused.

The purpose of this post is to examine how the Indonesian elite, political and economic, see the Philippines, and the impact of Indonesia's new capital on the Philippines. Here is a map with the location of the new capital, and a post explaining why Indonesia is moving its capital, Indonesia’s New Capital: New Nusantarian Era?

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There are four main points of this post are:

1. The Indonesian state sees Filipinos as kindred spirits, largely because Indonesia and the Philippines are large suppliers of overseas migrant labor. In addition, it views Filipinos through Indonesia's ethnic-cultural framework.
2. Based on the total number of civil servants assigned to the new capital, the final population of the new capital will be much larger than the projection circulating in the media. This means the impact will be much larger than anticipated for Indonesia and the Philippines.
3. The Philippines is militarily significant for Indonesia because it was the main invasion route used by the Japanese to invade the Dutch East Indies during the Second World War. Security presence in the Celebes-Sulu area will be increased sharply once the capital has been moved.
4. The Philippines is a major export and investment destination for Indonesian companies. The hope is the new capital will spur the creation of a north-south economic corridor that stretches from Beijing/Seoul to East Java/Central Java. The Philippines will benefit not just from closer ties with Indonesia, but also increased economic and trade flowing from North Asia through this corridor.

Since the fall of Suharto in 1998, there has been an intensification of Indonesian activity in the Indonesian provinces adjacent to the Philippines. As explained in [Indonesia’s New Capital: New Nusantarian Era?](https://www.reddit.com/r/IntlScholars/comments/

INTRODUCTION

This post will attempt to explain the differences in how Filipinos and Indonesians see ethnicity and the nature of the two societies. A couple of years ago I did some posts on the Philippines and Indonesia like TL: DR Reasons for the failure of the Philippines’s foreign policy,

The post will be organized as follows

1. LATITUDINAL VS LONGITUDINAL ARCHIPELAGIC STATE
2. AUSTRONESIAN CORE
   1. ETHNICITY AS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT
3. ETHNO-CULTURAL DIAGRAM
4. RELIGIOUS-CULTURAL LAYERS
5. MULTIPLE SOCIETIES VS MAINSTREAM FILIPINO SOCIETY
6. HIGHLAND AND LOWLAND SOCIETIES
7. BLOOD, LOCATION, AND CULTURE

Many, like Samuel Huntington's in his book Clash of Civilization (1996) label Indonesia as Islamic, and the Philippines as Western, but beyond these simple labels, people are left hanging. Little is done to describe the structure of the societies, how ethnic groups and religious minorities are organized. The four takeaways from this post are:

• Indonesia is a longitudinal archipelagic state-aligned by trade and a shared lingua franca. The Philippines is a latitudinal archipelagic state orientated loosely by trade with China, and later on, shared religion.
• In Maritime Southeast Asia, there are cultural layers, such as Sanskritization, Islam, and Christianity.
• The Indonesian state believes Indonesia consists of multiple societies. While most Filipinos and the Philippines state assume there is mainstream Filipino society.
• The Indonesian state defines ethnicity by blood and keeps detailed records of regions' ethnic composition. The Philippines' state doesn't keep such data.

This post will be the beginning of a series of posts I will do about Indonesia and the Philippines. The purpose of this particular post is to provide a very rough framework for looking at ethnicity, culture, and religion in Indonesia and the Philippines. I won't get into the "why", that will be for subsequent posts.

I decided to do this post, because Indonesia's importance to the Philippines is understated, and its importance will increase markedly after Indonesia moves its

The muse stayed a real long time this time. Trying something new. Critiques and anything helpful are always welcome.

Edit1: Cleaning up the grammar thanks to NoddingCrow from discord! Thank you HFY discord for the feedback. You know who you are/

edit2: Minor adjusting of sentences for better oomph!

edit 3-11: Apparently the editor on pc hates line breaks.
edit 12: Editor on pc and mobile are different. Reformatted the whole thing. ENJOY.

Begin!

To: [Seeker of Knowledge] Val’sk

From: [Keeper of Knowledge] Mur’th

Salutations. As per your request, I have forwarded all available information from the data extraction of the satellite. It’s been [32 years] since our discovery. With data loss over 99.99% within the storage unit it was a miracle we managed to recover anything at all. With the recent discovery of the [Lexicon] we’ve been able to translate and decipher some of the data within. All information deciphered has been arranged chronologically to the best of my ability.

For completeness: This mission occurred due to our pursuing fleets discovering the existence of another civilisation under the remains of [Devouring Swarm that eats Stars]. May the 3 mothers bless your work.

Press the red rune to play.

CONTACT LOST WITH FIRST MARTIAN TEAM. WHERE ARE THEY?

“…Material weakness caused loss of hull integrity and power loss within the lander. 8 minutes after contact loss, Martian 1 was probably burning wreckage across the landscape.”

CEO OF SPACEX RESIGNS

“This tragedy will never be allowed to happen again. Space travel is an international effort and should not be left in the hands of private individuals.”

BREAKTHROUGHS IN QUANTUM FIELDS REVOLUTIONISE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURAL WORLD

ANTIMATTER PROJECT A MISTAKE WAITING TO HAPPEN?

“…pushing the boundaries of knowledge is a duty for…”

OVER 400 DEAD IN DEVASTATING LAB EXPLOSION AT FERMI INTERNATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY. SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY MOURNS.

“…science is dangerous sometimes. We can’t afford to stop now.”

“Millie Bobby Brown celebrates 100 years of travelling around the sun. Happy Birthday Millie!”

4TH LAB EXPLOSION IN 4 MONTHS; WHEN IS ENOUGH, ENOUGH?!

WE NEED ANTIMATTER AND WHY IT MATTERS

“…the new prototype DaimlerFord handles like a beauty. Able to maintain groundspeeds of over 200kmph…”

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER ZHANG TUDI SPEAKS ABOUT HIS DISCOVERY OF “THE DOMAIN”.

“*Sign up for th

Do your worst!

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

Pilot on me!!

A Japanese artist's rendition of the Battle of Hawaii, circa 1897.

The Battle of Hawaii

Togo Heihachiro and his fleet reached Hawaii in December, making their first landing at Midway Atoll to connect to the Japanese forces already in the vicinity before travelling to Koloa on the island of Kauai, where Admiral Heihachiro would formulate his plan of engagement. His fleet surrounded Oahu, yet declined to directly attack the island held by Dole and American troops, instead focusing on laying in wait for the arrival of what had been George Dewey's and was now William T. Sampson’s American fleet while the Japanese Army under Kodama Gentaro focused on capturing Oahu. In a surprising move, Admiral Dewey had been reassigned from the Hawaiian fleet to a smaller naval force sent to the Southern Pacific to attack Japan’s possessions in Polynesia. With Sampson days away, Gentaro launched an assault on Keeau Beach, on the far west of Oahu, with 600 troops outnumbering the 346 militiamen of Dole and his allies, and capturing the beach by the end of the 17th of December. The next day, several hundred more Japanese troops landed on North Beach on the other side of Oahu, as those on Keeau marched north to cut the island in half. Yet, Dole was prepared, With 70 of his men, he took several Gatling guns and a two "potato diggers," recently created automatic weapons, and intercepted the Japanese forces advancing from Keeau at Trimble Road, leading to his plantation, which he suspected they aimed to attack. Opening fire from the bushes, his men were able to devastate Japanese ranks and prevent any attack on Dole's own property.

Surprised at the defeat, Gentaro sent 2,000 troops to Kawela Bay in the North of Oahu near the islands jungles, from which they advanced south towards the Dole Plantation, clashing with American troops during a second landing at Waialua Bay on the morning of the 20th.Japanese troops avoided attacking the Dole Plantation itself, instead clashing with his troops across the island as they worked to capture all but Honolulu and the Plantation. Dole himself largely retreated his forces to protect his plantation as the 21st dawned, leaving only 37 Americans to defend Honolulu against the advancing Japanese, with William T. Sampson’s Ameeican fleet only a day away. Hoping to capture the final stretch of Oahu's coast not in

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

They’re on standbi

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

You take away their little brooms

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

Decided to make a literal Pirate Bay, used an existing gang as a basic template. Let me know if you like it or not.----------------

Membership: 3700 (estimated, world wide)

Annual Income:  100's of millions (nuyen)

Known Chapters:  Wuji Crew (Hong Kong), Orang Laut (Singapore), Shanghai Crew (Shanghai), Koxinga's Legacy (Taipei), Joho-Lowah (Manila), Hanoi Crew (Hanoi), Bangkok Party Time (Bangkok), Mumbai Mafia (Mumbai), Karachi Cowboys (Karachi), Mogadishu Millionaire Club (Mogadishu), Mombasa Crew (Mombasa), Manajaray (Tolanaro), Cape Town Chaos Factory (Cape Town)

Method: Cyberpirates/Matrix Gang

Activities: Piracy, grand theft auto, smuggling, counterfeiting, intellectual property theft, bootlegging hardware, bootlegging software, cyber vandalism, vandalism, graffiti, cyber graffiti, organlegging, computer crimes, murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, human traffiking, illegal BTL pornography, and extortion.

Enemies: Konton-Shi, Los Hermanos Del Mar, Golden Triangle Cartels, and various local gangs.

The Xingba Raiders started in the late 2050s as a professional relationship between two very different Hong Kong gangs, the Whampoa and the Wuji Crew. The Whampoa were a matrix and graffiti gang while the Wuji Crew were a small pirate crew of locals that would range out to the Sulu and Celebes Seas, the East and South China Sea, and the Gulf of Thailand.  The Wuji were fairly traditional pirates that plundered shipping vessels, but often found the cargo they would haul off to be outside their wheelhouse, such as computer parts, drones, and communication equipment. So they developed a working relationship with Whampoa who would unlock devices, fence parts, and sometimes set up comms systems for the Wuji. After years of this arrangement the Wuji started taking Whampoa members with them out to sea, as their skills could be quite useful in the field as well. With new found talents came expansion. The group began focusing on the traditional pirate havens of the Indian Ocean, as that territory was not well contested in Hong Kong. This area includes the Bay of Bengal, the Ethio-Somolian coast, and the Madagascar and South African coasts. This is when the nature of the gangs started to change and with it a name change to the Xingba Raiders as they are known today.

While still also traditional pirates, the Xingba Raiders realized the potential of the floating data havens they turned their fleet into. Now t

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

Bob

So that I could frequently say, "I am going to walk 5 miles now."

Edit: My most popular post on Reddit! 😀 Thank you for the awards.

Just to clarify, 12345678

Me grabbing a soda from my (what I thought was) half full 12pk...

Notices there's only 2;

Me: "Awe man... This is a damn bird box!" Her: "What the hell does that mean?!" Me: (Pulls both cans out & shows them to her) "It's only got Toucans."

I'm not ashamed to admit the look on her face was glorious.

I was just sitting there doing nothing.

Sitting in my in laws house, my FIL thinks sleeping past 7 is bad, so I got up early and am working on this and pretending to be asleep bc I think its funny to mess with him and pretend to sleep till 10-1030. Not sure how the rest of this prank will end but YOLO! Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas! Meet the Maguindanao in Philippines!

Region: Philippines, Bangsamoro, Maguindanao

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Index Ranking (Urgency): 90

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Climate: The Philippines has a tropical maritime climate that is usually hot and humid. There are three seasons: a hot dry season or summer from March to May; a rainy season from June to November; and a cool dry season from December to February. The southwest monsoon lasts from May to October, and the northeast monsoon from November to April. Temperatures usually range from 21 °C (70 °F) to 32 °C (90 °F). The coolest month is January; the warmest is May.

The average yearly temperature is around 26.6 °C (79.9 °F). In considering temperature, location in terms of latitude and longitude is not a significant factor, and temperatures at sea level tend to be in the same range. Altitude usually has more of an impact. The average annual temperature of Baguio at an elevation of 1,500 meters (4,900 ft) above sea level is 18.3 °C (64.9 °F), making it a popular destination during hot summers. Annual rainfall measures as much as 5,000 millimeters (200 in) in the mountainous east coast section but less than 1,000 millimeters (39 in) in some of the sheltered valleys.

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Terrain: The Philippines is an archipelago composed of about 7,640 islands, covering a total area, including inland bodies of water, of around 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi). The country has many mountains, rivers, and volcanoes. The highest mountain is Mount Apo. It measures up to 2,954 meters (9,692 ft) above sea level and is located on the island of Mindanao. The longest river is the Cagayan River in northern Luzon, measuring about 520 kilometers (320 mi). Manila Bay, upon the shore of which the capital city of Manila lies, is connected to Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the Philippines, by the Pasig River. Situated on the western fringes of the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Philippines experiences frequent s

“BOOM”?!

"That's what they're fighting about."

Because his Visa didn’t work.

free

A happy Uncle.....

"Beauty, because beauty is in the eye of the bee-holder!"

I’d never seen him be 4.

There hasn't been a post all year!

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)