"What if we organized as members of the general public and directly opposed the corrupt actions of state officials?"
"Shut up, Tankie."
haha! Also:
"Hey I think the US might have been lying to us about China and the DPRK"
"OmG TAnKiE SIMPING FOR DiCtAtOrShipS!! rabble rabble rabble"
It truly is crazy to see the South Korean government go through these spasms of corporate consolidation, fascist media turns, and repeated threats of military dictatorship, while liberals scream "Whataboutism!" whenever it makes news.
Did you know the last six South Korean presidents have been prosecuted either during or immediately following their terms in office? And that we're supposed to believe this is a sign of a healthy and functioning democracy?
Yes, I think heads of state should be prosecuted more often. As an American, the lack of prosecutions here is quite troubling to me.
I think heads of state should be prosecuted more often
I mean, I think the problem is that they're doing crimes more than their frequency of prosecution.
I'd like to believe "more prosecutions will discourage politicians from doing crimes". But there's a gap in enforcement, wherein you can get all the way up to the PM/Presidency by committing crimes with impunity. And then you only get caught when you finally lose an election.
Yeah but the Republic of Samsung produces phones while the dictatorship in the north eats mud. Checkmate tankie
If they would just see SK for what it really is, a US vassal state, the things they do would make PERFECT sense, but most will never get there
You forgot to wedge "authoritarian" in before "dictatorship."
I genuinely hate how often I have to have this conversation with people. I'm like ok, yes, that thing from China is bad. How do you feel about the kent state massacre? How do you feel about the battle of blair mountain? How do you feel about ruby ridge/waco?
You know these things, you see them as bad things, and you... Just assume the government is still telling the truth? Maybe they're ALL aligned with the concept of currency for self above all else??
I swear to Christ I mean the concept of the FDA is pretty dope I guess. Hey, why do you think we need to tell people that they can't sell you straight up poison as "food" because it's cheaper?
The right-wing does want to organize: in favor of white supremacy. If being white puts them higher on the hierarchy, then them can reap material gains while feeling superior. That superiority complex prevents them from anticipating the danger they are in; the division of the working class will be their own downfall when the fascism they enable comes back to extract wealth from the white supremacists.
This is the lore of liberalism.
And even in the rare cases that they do have referendums, the result can just be ignored
Despite the result of the referendum, the government of Tsipras reached an agreement on 13 July 2015 with the European authorities for a three-year-bailout with even harsher austerity conditions than the ones already rejected by voters.
Dang, kick a population while it’s down.
AND their colonies. we get our fair share of bullshit from the washington consensus and the imf.
whoopsie doopsie, fascist puppets in power again. 🤗😍☺️❤️
