Incorrect. Philippines, former colony of Spain, robbed by the Americans which then became America's only colony, is the only Christian Asian nation that has a Filipino version of the American Constitution and presidential system. The system does not fit our culture for various reasons and the immense Christian faith here gives off an asian version of the European medieval times, thus my country is still the sick man of Asia.lordlorsWith independance comes an opportunity to reform political institutions. Its population had the opportunity to create any system they desired. People are mastered of their own institutions. They could change it right now if they wanted to. If the Philippines retain a system modeled after the United States then there was reason for it.
For many of those cultures the sole contact with a culture as different as the european could provoke drastic changes even more when they are imposed. The europeans didn´t just go there and sat with their arms crossed there was an interest to cause a change, for example, the christian faith took as a mission to convert all who didn't worship their god. If they live in cities with central democratic/authocratic governments then that means they inherited their colonizer's cultures and, as we all now know, that was a mess.kuraimenYes. Contract with Europeans change cultures, but culture is not a static institution. You are confusing the culture with societal changes. Institutions can be changed with mere abolishment and creation. I agree that culture is changed forever, but there is no reason to cry over spilled milk. That's the point of postcolonialism to reform colonial institutions.
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