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Crashing population, massive child suicide rate, terrible dictator families running the nation and an outright cult controlling even more… I really don’t think

Crashing population, massive child suicide rate, terrible dictator families running the nation and an outright cult controlling even more… I really don’t think we should hold SK up for anything other than what aggressive capitalism does to a society. Kills it off.

neximo64 3y ago
There are plenty of people in other countries who would easily pick South Korea as a better place to live, but never admit it verbally for the reasons you're saying.
thegaulofthem 3y ago
If only we had an aggressively socialist nation with a comparable demographic to compare to. Shame there isn’t an East Korea we could compare with and against.
- solarmist 3y ago
  North Korea was screwed the second they were divided. They have terrible geography for sustaining a country.
  - thegaulofthem 3y ago
    It’s a real shame what the mountain ranges and cold weather did to the North Korean people. Perhaps they could learn from Switzerland and casually handle sketchy wealth.
gtop3 3y ago
My familiarity with SK is minimal, but I am interested by part of your comment and would like to study more. What is the name of the cult you are referring to?
- solarmist 3y ago
  Dunno about that cult, but huge conglomerates like Samsung and LG control their entire economy.
- tsunamifury 3y ago
  Chaebols and unification church. It’s a really really deeply struggling society and no where near as ideal as projected.
- tuatoru 3y ago
  Assuming you want information on the other part as well, Korea's working age population is peaking right now, and about to decline steeply[1]. 1. https://population.un.org/wpp/Graphs/Probabilistic/POP/20-69/410 https://population.un.org/wpp/Graphs/Probabilistic/POP/20-69...
thegrim33 3y ago
Fairly ironic making a comment about cults when you're coming here to proselytize the political/social ideology your echo chamber (cult) has convinced you is the truth.
- tsunamifury 3y ago
  What? These are all statistics you can look up. Korea has the worst child suicide rate and the fastest dropping population in the world. It’s insane! What are you talking about echo chamber?
clove 3y ago
>Crashing population Why do so many, such as yourself - apparently - believe that population growth is superior to population shrinkage? Are you pushing an immigration agenda or is there some other reason? And when should a population stop growing? Are overpopulation, the crowding of cities, and environmental destruction that result from population growth less worse problems than problems stemming from population shrinkage? And what are the problems resulting from population shrinkage, according to you? >Massive child suicide rate All of East Asia is ignorant of mental health issues, in general. It's not a SK-specific problem. >Terrible dictator families The people of SK know this is a problem. Of all modern nations, the SK youth has the strongest negative perception of its country's politicians. Perhaps give it some time and the youth of the nation will do away with this problem. Even with its problems, SK is one of the best countries in the world. The people are a genetic mix of Ghengis Khan's warriors and the above-triple-digit Yayoi people. They are aggressive, intelligent, and surprisingly welcoming to outsiders.

neximo64 3y ago

There are plenty of people in other countries who would easily pick South Korea as a better place to live, but never admit it verbally for the reasons you're saying.

thegaulofthem 3y ago

If only we had an aggressively socialist nation with a comparable demographic to compare to. Shame there isn’t an East Korea we could compare with and against.

solarmist 3y ago
North Korea was screwed the second they were divided. They have terrible geography for sustaining a country.
- thegaulofthem 3y ago
  It’s a real shame what the mountain ranges and cold weather did to the North Korean people. Perhaps they could learn from Switzerland and casually handle sketchy wealth.

gtop3 3y ago

My familiarity with SK is minimal, but I am interested by part of your comment and would like to study more. What is the name of the cult you are referring to?

solarmist 3y ago
Dunno about that cult, but huge conglomerates like Samsung and LG control their entire economy.
tsunamifury 3y ago
Chaebols and unification church. It’s a really really deeply struggling society and no where near as ideal as projected.
tuatoru 3y ago
Assuming you want information on the other part as well, Korea's working age population is peaking right now, and about to decline steeply[1]. 1. https://population.un.org/wpp/Graphs/Probabilistic/POP/20-69/410 https://population.un.org/wpp/Graphs/Probabilistic/POP/20-69...

thegrim33 3y ago

Fairly ironic making a comment about cults when you're coming here to proselytize the political/social ideology your echo chamber (cult) has convinced you is the truth.

tsunamifury 3y ago
What? These are all statistics you can look up. Korea has the worst child suicide rate and the fastest dropping population in the world. It’s insane! What are you talking about echo chamber?

clove 3y ago

>Crashing population Why do so many, such as yourself - apparently - believe that population growth is superior to population shrinkage? Are you pushing an immigration agenda or is there some other reason? And when should a population stop growing? Are overpopulation, the crowding of cities, and environmental destruction that result from population growth less worse problems than problems stemming from population shrinkage? And what are the problems resulting from population shrinkage, according to you? >Massive child suicide rate All of East Asia is ignorant of mental health issues, in general. It's not a SK-specific problem. >Terrible dictator families The people of SK know this is a problem. Of all modern nations, the SK youth has the strongest negative perception of its country's politicians. Perhaps give it some time and the youth of the nation will do away with this problem. Even with its problems, SK is one of the best countries in the world. The people are a genetic mix of Ghengis Khan's warriors and the above-triple-digit Yayoi people. They are aggressive, intelligent, and surprisingly welcoming to outsiders.