Maybe a total coincidence that I read this morbid news on South Korea while I've started watching Squid Game, but watching a show that's effectively an allegory of capitalist decline in South Korea makes this news not surprising.
>capitalist decline in South Korea makes this news not surprising.
South Korea is on a capitalist upswing, not decline. People forget that South Korea was worse off than most of Africa after the Korean War. Capitalism and democracy is what saved them.
Look at their brother to the North if you want to see a real decline.
Perhaps, though you would be wrong about the state of things - Korea had a fairly big manufacturing base when taken over by Japan, so in a way they had more infrastructure already built that just needed to be repaired or upgraded.
“Capitalism” being called as a reason for success sort of also implies that there is something strong and special about Koreans in that they can make it work, where there are countless other examples of capitalistic societies leading to massive corruption - and indeed Korea has massive megacorps owned by just a few families that are de facto governments in themselves.
There is a big cultural meme in Korea about how life is extremely competitive & hard compared to what it should be. I definitely saw what was being referred to about Korea in squid game.
unknown|4 years ago
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staysafeanon|4 years ago
South Korea is on a capitalist upswing, not decline. People forget that South Korea was worse off than most of Africa after the Korean War. Capitalism and democracy is what saved them.
Look at their brother to the North if you want to see a real decline.
taurath|4 years ago
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_under_Japanese_rule
“Capitalism” being called as a reason for success sort of also implies that there is something strong and special about Koreans in that they can make it work, where there are countless other examples of capitalistic societies leading to massive corruption - and indeed Korea has massive megacorps owned by just a few families that are de facto governments in themselves.
novok|4 years ago
TomSwirly|4 years ago
Yes, that's exactly what PP posits as the cause of these suicides.
femiagbabiaka|4 years ago
canadianfella|4 years ago
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