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South Korean ex president Yoon Suk Yeol jailed for life for leading insurrection
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#32Everyone 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…
It's been ~10 years. Everything has been hashed and rehashed to death. America knew exactly who he was on day 1. He came down the stairs calling Mexicans rapists.
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#33This is the correct way to handle a former president who tries to mount an anti-democratic insurrection.
He'll eventually get pardoned like presideng Park and the Samsung crown prince, Lee Jae-yong. But he'll probably do 10 or 15 years anyway.
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#34This is the correct way to handle a former president who tries to mount an anti-democratic insurrection.
It also illustrates what a real insurrection attempt looks like. [1] He declared martial law, suspended and prevented their Congress equivalent from meeting (and directed the military to enforce such), ordered the immediate arrest of numerous high level politicians with a goal of arresting hundreds, issued a declaration that all media and publications had to be approved before publication, ordered the power+water for a news broadcaster be cut, and much more.
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_Korean_martial_law_...
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
It has a lot to do with both! HN is largely interested in startup economies, so I focussed on that in my comment. I would contend that a startup economy can not exist without decent democracy. It's not an either/or as you frame it.
I disagree: TikTok, Alibaba, Deepseek, WeChat...
Interesting, I had not considered these the products of a startup economy, but then I haven't investigated their origin deeply, and now will. Thanks!
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#36This is how justice actually works. Meanwhile, the US is comparable to a banana republic where you can count on lying and injustice, also a mockery of real justice, being the things that work.
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#37It's pretty much certain this guy is going to commit suicide within 5 years, right?
Well Park Geun-hye is still alive.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
I disagree: TikTok, Alibaba, Deepseek, WeChat...
Interesting, I had not considered these the products of a startup economy, but then I haven't investigated their origin deeply, and now will. Thanks!
There are many more: Baidu, Didi, Huawei, Xiaomi, BYD...
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#39Continuing the proud trend of 50% of Presidents not properly completing all their terms in Korea.
The last 10 years in Peru were a bit extreme in that category.
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#40This is the correct way to handle a former president who tries to mount an anti-democratic insurrection.
It also illustrates what a real insurrection attempt looks like. [1] He declared martial law, suspended and prevented their Congress equivalent from meeting (and directed the military to enforce such), ordered the immediate arrest of numerous high level politicians with a goal of arresting hundreds, issued a declaration that all media and publications had to be approved before publication, ordered the power+water for…
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