This week's column was inspired by a discussion on ANC on the Marcoses, where I argued that the context often missed out when it comes to the Marcos bid for rehabilitation and restoration, and their marshaling the aura of inevitability punctured by defeat in 2016, is that our post-EDSA democracy is a contest of minority-organizing and not majority-building. In and of itself it reveals the Marcoses are a long way from their peak; but formidable in the resilience and coherence of their constituency. What has not happened, however, is somehow a reversal of their overall standing, in the sense that an overwhelming majority continue not to support them; but they have electorally gamed the system to not only remain engaged, but competitive.