This is the Guardian.

Today, how the son of a dictator in the Philippines

used social media to erase his family's brutal history

and win a presidential race.

Before we start, a heads up.

This episode contains descriptions of violence.

You've probably heard the phrase,

peoplepower.

It was coined in the Philippines in 1986

when an entire society rose up to force the country's dictator,

Ferdinand Marcos, from the presidential palace.

Marcos had ruled for two brutal decades.

He introduced martial law, shut down media, tortured opponents,

and disappeared thousands of people.

At the end of his rule, as people closed in on the palace,

Marcos and his wife could be seen throwing gold bars

into the helicopter they were using to escape.

Just a fraction of the estimated billions of dollars they stole

during their time in power.

As they were airlifted, they were cramming on board as much wealth

as they could possibly carry hundreds of pieces of jewelry,

gold bricks, freshly printed banknotes,

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