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There's a local bent here, in that the large capitalists may rule everywhere, but the level of acceptance of that rule varies drastically between societies. In
by klibertp 4y ago
There's a local bent here, in that the large capitalists may rule everywhere, but the level of acceptance of that rule varies drastically between societies. In a society that was essentially feudal with a sanctioned slavery for thousands of years, that transitioned to a military junta dictatorship and only relatively recently started transitioning to liberal democracy, the ruled largely accepted having absolutely no recourse against the ruling. That there's a hotline now is actually a real, and substantial, progress.
- yongjik 4y agoThat's one way of looking at it but I'm not too sure about that. After all, the reason South Korea now enjoys a (mostly) functional democracy is that its people were not okay with the ruling class, and fought against the power for decades. Also, Korea went through a lot of social upheaval in the 20th century, which acted as a huge social mixer. The capitalist rulers of 2022 are not necessarily the descendants of old aristocrats of 1890s. Hyundai's founder was famously born to a dirt-poor farmer.