Marcos Jr at his inauguration ceremony at the Malacanang palace grounds in Manila with the then outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte. — Reuters
BETWEEN consent and force stands corruption, which is characteristic of situations when it is hard to exercise the hegemonic function and the use of force is too risky,” warned Italian thinker Antonio Gramsci a century earlier.
Confronting the spectre of fascism, Gramsci emphasised the need for building a broad, inclusive, and robust coalition of progressive-liberal forces to stem the tide of violent reactionary politics.
