South Korean ex president Yoon Suk Yeol jailed for life for leading insurrection
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#2Everyone else thinking what I'm thinking?
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#3This is the correct way to handle a former president who tries to mount an anti-democratic insurrection.
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#4Everyone else thinking what I'm thinking?
Yes. I am surprised too
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#5One of the bedrocks of a startup economy is that the rule of law applies equally to the powerful and to the less powerful.
We wouldn't have Apple, Netflix, or so many other Bay Area giants without the equal application of law.
I applaud South Korea for pursuing this conviction and achieving a suitable penalty for the breakdown of law at the highest levels. It's quite admirable, as admirable as the UK charging the King's own brother with crimes this morning.
When law breaks down against the powerul, billionaires turn into oligarchs, and all those startups that would have created the next big creative disruption in the economy get squashed, and we all lose out. Inequality of power is a massive risk for any economy.
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#6Seeing consequences for insurrection (or anything, really) is mind-blowing to me (you can guess where I live)
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#7Everyone else thinking what I'm thinking?
Yes seems like a good precedent for democracies globally
Re: South Korean ex president Yoon Suk Yeol jailed for life for leading insurrection
#8Likewise fascinating seeing UK treat its royalty like regular people (Andrew arrested) while the US treats our oligarchs like royalty.
Royalty in name vs royalty in practice.
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#9This is how you do it, America!
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#10Everyone else thinking what I'm thinking?
I notice a reticence for people to speak plainly about things these days, because certain topics must be danced around at the edges in order for there to be any productive conversation.
Canada's PM Carney spoke recently about the Power of the Powerless essay and the shared lie, when the Green Grocer puts up the "Workers of the world unite" sign. And I kind of fear that shared reticence to speak plainly is causing an even larger inability to talk about the matter at hand than trying to approach it delicately around the edges to convince those who are so hard to communicate with.