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Within Southeast Asia, was it unusual for the Filipinos to have—on the whole—what appears to be an extremely positive opinion of their colonisers, both during and after formal colonialism?

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How do countries that lack long, ancient histories and myths (or feel they lack it), or have lost all records of them, compensate for this loss or absence? And can these invented ancient myths become as "legitimate" as the truly old histories/myths of countries that have them?

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Is Douglas MacArthur's Return to the Philippines™ seen as the single most "positive" action from a colonial power's leadership towards its subjects? Were there equivalents from other colonial empires?

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Were there any colonial empires that treated their colonies as benevolently as the United States supposedly treated the Philippines?

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Can the postwar US occupation of Japan be called "US colonialism" or part of "US imperialism" by any stretch?

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Within Southeast Asia, was it unusual for the Filipinos to have—on the whole—what appears to be an extremely positive opinion of their colonisers, both during and after formal colonialism?	2
How do countries that lack long, ancient histories and myths (or feel they lack it), or have lost all records of them, compensate for this loss or absence? And can these invented ancient myths become as "legitimate" as the truly old histories/myths of countries that have them?	1
Is Douglas MacArthur's Return to the Philippines™ seen as the single most "positive" action from a colonial power's leadership towards its subjects? Were there equivalents from other colonial empires?	1
Were there any colonial empires that treated their colonies as benevolently as the United States supposedly treated the Philippines?	1
Can the postwar US occupation of Japan be called "US colonialism" or part of "US imperialism" by any stretch?	0