Jose Rizal is NOT the National Hero? #shorts

Jose Rizal wanted the Philippines to become a PART of Spain, while Andres Bonifacio fought for Philippine Independence from Spain. Why is Jose Rizal, the national hero of the Philippines? Rizal was a reformist and wanted the Filipinos to be treated as equal by the Spaniards. Meanwhile, Andres Bonifacio was a revolutionary and wanted to completely separate Philippines from Spain. Jose Rizal is the national hero is because during the American occupation, the Americans chose Jose Rizal to be so. The Americans didn’t push for Andres Bonifacio to the National Hero because they don’t want the Filipinos to be inspired to rebel against the Americans as Bonifacio did against the Spaniards. On the other hand, Rizal was against Bonifacio’s idea of a violent revolution and strongly opted for peaceful reforms. And so, Rizal was possibly chosen to inspire peace before violence.

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