They are a different case.
I'm afraid I'll agree with Delta Force here. Marcos actually tried to pull a Lee Kuan Yew stunt, only to find out later that a single medicine cannot cure every ailment.
I agree on this. If you look at Marcos reign, his total work may be greater than each other Philippine president's total reign. But he had 20 years to do it while the others had only 4/6 years. However, if you look at his average economic growth in OTL, of all Philippines presidents, he only outshone Estrada and almost at par with Cory and Ramos in average per year economic growth while the rest outshines Marcos' economic growth. To simply put it, Marcos came into power with a first rate military and a prosperous economy. He ended his presidency with a third rate military and a poor economy.
South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore,etc. dictators started with a third rate military and a poor economy and ended up with improve versions of each.
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