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.
This mixture of socio-economic systems in a context where a weak state is controlled by strong traditional social groups (clans, families) has resulted in and perpetuated the unequal distribution of economic and political power in Philippine society (as noted by Walden Bello as having one of the most rigid class structures in Asia) and the manipulation of democratic efforts towards conservative objectives such as policies hindering land reform, insufficient social services, and anti-labor attitudes.