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Lolumo t1_ixlcbyx wrote

Reply to comment by dmthoth in TIL in response to infamously high suicide rates at Mapo Bridge in Seoul, South Korea, the bridge was adorned with suicide prevention messages and uplifting photos. These measures weren't enacted by the government, however, instead the entire project was financed by Samsung's life insurance division by evilclownattack

Hyundai, LG and Samsung are all different variations of the same playbook. I won't call any of them any better.

The Samsung CEO was released from jail and pardoned because apparently he is the best person to head the company, name another normal country where such a thing would happen.

America and Europe are no better, but that doesn't make Korea not bad. In fact, what is happening in Korea is just an exaggeration of the corporate west.

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dmthoth t1_ixlf75q wrote

I did not say south korea is good. All I am saying is 'company-run-state' kind of thing is pure echoroom fantasy. There is no significant exaggeration either. South korean companies actually do pay taxes and government provides social safe nets by demand of people, such as single-payer universial healthcare, mandatory paid leave for both parents, for sick and for vacation, national pension service, basic income, unemplyment benefit, child benefit, state-run-nursery etc etc. corrupt politicians get actual impeachment and imprisonment. South Koreans went through a lot of shit in modern history. Even after korean war, four seperate regimes were overthrown by people. They obviously have rebellious nature in their blood, contrast to depiction of western mainstream media, which want to paint all east asians as submissive and mindless. It is just an usual ordinary country, or a socialist country if you compare to the US.

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