The Philippines is totally Collectivist.
But not on the National level like some Far East Asian countries. The Philippines is collectivist on the familial level.
Family is one of the biggest Filipino values. If not the biggest. Filipinos in general will put their family above everything. I can tell you this after decades of handling Filipino employees, and twice that living as an actual Filipino.
A Filipino will spill every drop of his blood if it meant making life a little easier for their family. You just need to look at the OFWs, the unsung heroes who keep the economy of the country afloat.
OFWs will work hard to earn qualifications and certifications, visas and permits to be allowed the privilege of working abroad, to slave and toil in a foreign land with no friends or family, working menial jobs like scrubbing toilets or wiping the ass of stinky old people, all to earn a meager paycheck, 80% of which is sent back home to their families at home, to support a mother and father who can’t work anymore, or to send a younger sibling to college.
Five of my cousins are like this. They went to the US, to England, to Germany just to work a job and send money back home to their families.
You can see the level of familial piety in this country, it is not just in the big things like that, but in the little things. Filipinos don’t leave their family to dry, and sons and daughters respect their elders and follow their counsel even if it is contrary to their own desires.
That is just how Filipinos roll.
