The hybridity of this socio-economic architecture in a context of a weak state formation often captive by robust traditional social forces (clans, families) has caused and sustained the inequitable distribution of economic and political power in the Philippine society (described by Walden Bello as an "immobile class structure that is one of the worst in Asia") and the harnessing of democratic efforts towards patently conservative objectives such as obstructionist policies on land reform, inadequate social service, and anti-labor inclination among others.
The blending of this socio-economic structure in a setting where a weak state formation is dominated by robust traditional social forces (clans, families) has led to and maintained the uneven distribution of economic and political power in Philippine society (as described by Walden Bello as an "immobile class structure that is one of the worst in Asia") and the co-opting of democratic efforts towards overtly conservative goals such as obstructionist policies on land reform, inadequate social services, and anti-labor inclinations.