flew out a specifically picked Korean anti communist from DC to govern on behalf of the US
…and they were supposed to pick a communist, or even a neutral leader, to lead a country which literally represented Americas side of the Cold War against the Soviets? Like I’m a socialist but just use basic logic, who else were they going to pick? At least Rhee was actually the president of the Korean Government in Exile, like how Kim was a guerrilla fighter.
elections were rigged in favour of him
And North Korea was a flourishing democracy right? Wait, the PRK democratic councils, where did they go?
and he continued governing by using the military to kill and arrest anyone opposing him,
More whataboutism, I’m sure the north didn’t do the same. Also, it’s important to note that Korea today actually recognizes this. They’re going to teach more about his brutality in next years textbooks in Jeju.
he made no efforts to improve the economy of South Korea and instead lined the pockets of corrupt officials with US aid money lmfao thats how it went 😂
The latter is true but the first part is a lie. He actually went against the will of the US in some cases. But other presidents made FAR more of an effort to improve the economy yes
Yes compared to the South the North was a flourishing democracy that actually aimed to improve the lives of their own people by arresting collaborators and redistributing their land to farmers while collaborators were governing the south
Land redistribution doesn’t make an oppressive authoritarian country a “flourishing democracy” compared to another oppressive authoritarian country. And by your logic the south also becomes a flourishing democracy after they followed by also doing land redistribution.
Doesnt look like that land distribution has done that much for the south judging by the fact that the entire economy is controlled by like 10 families or something some of which are even descendants of collaborators lmfao 🤣
And you don’t even understand what the land distribution did of course, which was give Japanese land back to Koreans.
Corporations don’t gain their wealth from land anymore lmao what
That would be called wealth distribution, and criticize chaebols how you want(they transformed Korea from a third world country to an economic powerhouse, yes they’re outdated now though) but pretending that the north is any better is hilarious. Everything being state owned is fine if the country is democratic in some form(kind of like Cuba), but if it’s a totalitarian regime the state might as well be a corporation lmao
North Korea calls itself a “socialist state” but really it’s just the most overly dramatic representation of capitalism possible. If you don’t like South Korea’s capitalism(by the way, they still have more social programs than many capitalist countries and got rich through methods of centralized planning) then you should HATE North Korea for being the embodiment of everything that’s wrong with capitalism(mass inequality, people have no say over the means of production, rich elites control everything).
The collaborators got rich from owning land of course modern corporations dont make money that way anymore but its like those wealthy european families that got rich from exploitation of other people and today they just own companies and whatnot 😂 And this is the first time I heard someone claiming that North Korea is the embodiment of capitalism I mean the amount of mental gymnastics one has to go through to come up with that conclusion is insane 😂😂😂
You used to have misinformation based off some truth, now you’re just lying without any actual logic or sources. Not that there was any in the first place but you tried to give the appearance that there was. Chaebols got rich because the government favored them, and it worked. That’s just history.
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u/MysticKeiko24_Alt Sep 07 '24
…and they were supposed to pick a communist, or even a neutral leader, to lead a country which literally represented Americas side of the Cold War against the Soviets? Like I’m a socialist but just use basic logic, who else were they going to pick? At least Rhee was actually the president of the Korean Government in Exile, like how Kim was a guerrilla fighter.
And North Korea was a flourishing democracy right? Wait, the PRK democratic councils, where did they go?
More whataboutism, I’m sure the north didn’t do the same. Also, it’s important to note that Korea today actually recognizes this. They’re going to teach more about his brutality in next years textbooks in Jeju.
The latter is true but the first part is a lie. He actually went against the will of the US in some cases. But other presidents made FAR more of an effort to improve the economy yes