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Big Question: How Many Anti-Dynasty Bill Proponents Are Aware of the Sotto POLITICAL DYNASTY?!

Pass the anti-dynasty bill but vote for Vico Sotto? People tend to focus too much on political dynasties. The problem is fat dynasties, not the political dynasties. People saying, "No to political dynasty." while saying, "Yes to Vico Sotto!" need to swallow this fact--Vico is also part of a political dynasty! 

As I look into the Sotto Family Tree, Vico is a great-grandson of Cebu mayor Vicente Sotto. If that's not a political dynasty, then what is a political dynasty? It's like supporting Paolo Benigno "Bam" A. Aquino and he's actually a great-grandson of Servilliano Aquino, a grandson of Benigno Aquino Sr., and a nephew of Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr.! 

If we look at Vico's family tree, we realize that his great-grandfather is a mayor, his uncles Val and Tito are senators, and his cousins Wahoo, Nina, and Gian are all in office. Why are political dynasty opponents praising Vico? What would they say if I told them, "Hey, don't you realize that Vico is part of a political dynasty, too?" They might scream in denial, without realizing that the problem isn't dynasties per se (read here), but when a political dynasty is built on name recall

That's why those who claim parliamentary systems would "worsen" political dynasties haven't read From Third World to First, written by the late Lee Kuan Yew. If they did, these fools probably hated it because they're Flor Contemplacion Crybabies (read here). If only they realized that Lee Hsien Loong only succeeded LKY based on merit over nepotism. A political dynasty that's succeeded by meritocracy tends to be far slimmer, than a political dynasty based on name recall.

Once again, we need to realize that political dynasties, aren't evil, unless they're built on name recall

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