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Jailing corrupt officials is? What’s your argument—that a president must be able to act illegally and then walk free?
by strogonoff 6y ago
Jailing corrupt officials is? What’s your argument—that a president must be able to act illegally and then walk free?
- rasz 6y agoThe continued legacy of corruption and running the place like your own little kingdom by pretty much every single leader since forever. Clearly jailing (and subsequent pardons) dont work if nothing changed in last 60 years).
- strogonoff 6y agoThose are two orthogonal things though: 1) electing people who consistently act in good faith, and 2) noticing, acknowledging and prosecuting if elected authorities act in bad faith. (1) is a known hard problem in a democracy. The democracy in Korea is young as you have noted and there are cultural holdovers from previous times, so perhaps having (2) happen N times first is the only way forward—otherwise all they’d get is an illusion. Where (2) is not implemented, (1) is less likely to happen (no deterrent). If (2) is implemented and citizens learn to elect better and keep trying, (1) may happen at some point.