User:Alternativity/sandbox/Propaganda of the Marcos Regime

Today’s Revolution: Democracy "Sept. 11. On his birthday, Marcos releases the book, Today’s Revolution: Democracy. The book analyzed what was wrong with the country. It drew a picture of a heroic president trying to create a viable economy despite the hardships posed by the communists, “oligarch families” and elitist politicians. The release of the book was seen as the justification for martial law."

The New Society To promote the New Society, the administration crafted a slogan “Sa ikauunlad ng bayan, disiplina ang kailangan" (For the nation’s progress, discipline is needed), feeding on the racist propaganda of the Philippines' 400-year colonial period (then less than three decades past) to push for "discipline" in the form of a “benevolent strongman” who could lead the country through a period of percieved chaos.