South Korea President Yoon Completes Extraordinary Humiliation

[@JakobIlar]

Nothing more frightening than a successful dictator. Nothing more pathetic than a failed one.

[@amafuji]

As Yarvin would say, don't be "a little rapey"

[@doomedbook1020]

Even when facing the extinction of your society, you succumb to the whims of the people to preserve your own frail position of authority, instead of imposing with an iron fist the solutions which shall liberate your people from their inevitable end. Those who impose the currency on your people, impose the fate of your people.

[@Mick-f4e]

Doesn't smell right this. Why would a president for no apparent reason try to declare marshal law, knowing parliament would reject it, and then immediately revoke and say sorry and agree to the punishment. There doesn't seem to be a rationale for it.

[@marumaru6084]

the USA controls the military in SKorea, not everyone in SKorea is happy about this and the possibility of being the next Ukraine.

[@ArtilleryAffictionado1648]

agree. There must be more to it than AA or the media is showing.

[@HoradrimBR]

Or he acted in a desperate, irrational, move due to fear of what was coming for him. People - even national level leaders - are less rational than we think they're...

[@strangereyes9594]

@@ArtilleryAffictionado1648 Edward Dutton had a very good take on it. In short, a Psychopath vastly overestimates his position in a high trust society due to him getting accustomed to the compliance without substantial pushback during his past schemes, making him believe he could get away with such a move to solidify and expand his position even further. Basically, he pushed it too far due to the inherent lack of self awareness and disregard of consequences psychopaths are famous for. And honestly, you don't need more than that to explain it and I think, at the core, this is what it was, even when there were other (foreign) factors at play here too.

[@f1delcastr0]

It was kicking off in Georgia to distract Russia, in Syria to distract Russia and Iran, and then something happens to distract China and North Korea. I wonder who could be behind it?

[@art_deanoism]

Compare this to Macron's statement after the fall of his Prime Minister - "I refuse to take any responsibility for this. I will not resign"

[@Pinkdam]

The eternal Frenchman

[@whiggles9203]

@@Pinkdam Jupiterian

[@rationalfreak]

La présidence jupiterienne > whatever this pathetic shitshow is

[@ziggytheassassin5835]

"Sorry guys, mum said i can't. She was really mad..."

[@alida4790]

The fact that we are living in a gynocracy makes this comidic comment literary true (in a symbolic way)

[@ra8784]

lol

[@nicolasbascunan4013]

mum = USA

[@aesculetum]

The solution to South Korea is to appoint Kim Jong-un as King-in-exile and pass all the power to a regency council made of the heads of the major chaebols of country. Ruled by Samsung.

[@alida4790]

Problem is that chaebols are deeply materialistic and completely immersed in the neoliberal ideology of 'line-go-up'

[@timmyturner327]

But wait. Don't the chaebols already rule South Korea?

[@nicolasbascunan4013]

@@alida4790 Problem is that Kim is deeply materialistic and completely immersed in the commie ideology of 'line--up-everyone-agains-the-wall'

[@olethorin5166]

Makes me wonder if Yoon is a jobber, brought in to cement the feminist stronghold. Thoughts?

[@bionicznycar6783]

It would almost seem so but one would need to know more about South Korean politics

[@nicolasbascunan4013]

what does feminism has to do with this? sorry, I don't know too much about Korea.

[@WhGh-f7y]

I hate democracy

[@ZappyOh]

Problem with representative democracy is that strangers, who do not know you, cannot represent you. The premise is simply false. Voting is entering a contract, asking to be ruled by a handful of strangers. Extending them Power Of Attorney, four years into the future ... If you sign that, whatever happens, you have no right to complain, because you accepted the deal. Here is what we should do instead : *Government by lottery* 1000 citizens randomly selected. 200 replacements selected every year, giving five years in government for each. Then perhaps a quarterly online voting session for the rest of us; Yes/No to the bill with slimmest decisive vote, in the 1000-man parlament during that quarter. This setup would be next to immune to many of the problems plaguing our system today ... For example: 1) Four most controversial bills can only be passed/rejected via popular vote. 2) Candidates won't need a party-organisation, media-attention or donors to get elected. So, party leadership, media and money become powerless. 3) Predicting who is likely to get into government is impossible, so special interests have no way of preparing candidates, and no incentives to keep them close post term. 4) All 1000 have incentive to make society better, as they soon return to where they came from. However ... the most impactful difference would probably be the fraction of psychopaths in government, automatically going down to population average (~2%).

[@freegeorgia4808]

​@ZappyOh a constitutional republic not based on majority or or city rule is much better until people try to run it like a democratic centralist which is not freedom or liberty

[@nicolasbascunan4013]

@ZappyOh The loterry will be rigged

[@nicolasbascunan4013]

@ZappyOh I would prefer a system when everything it's decided by 2/3 of the votes, always.

[@context_eidolon_music]

Mos shamefur dispray indeed.

[@Petra-b7r]

Forgiveness please.

[@M4dM4n96]

*Preez

[@MrGold-lo6vc]

I think you're misreading this. It's a cultural thing for Korean/Japanese people. When a leader (can be a company boss for example) makes a mistake, which causes shame to befall a group of which they are a part, they are expected to give an apology like this. It's considered the honourable way forward. Now imagine if our leaders gave sincere apologies.

[@JoshIgoe]

Agree, this is 100% standard in Korea. Cultural misread imo

[@JoshIgoe]

But it was DAFT to call in martial law and then to call it off in 6 hours lol

[@pepepapy620]

The fact that we still have no idea why he did it should invite to a little bit of prudence. But hey, We do need our slop even in small drips.

[@CivilizedWasteland]

I don't think he's misreading anything, he cucked it's over.

[@rationalfreak]

Park Chung-hee never did this

[@RedactedBrainwaves2]

He's going for Bolsonaro's crown as the most pathetic populist. I think he might win this one.

[@Gigachad-dv8pu]

He was evidently never the sovereign, as it’s clearly not him who decides the exception.

[@gkoogz9877]

Mercouris says martial law was declared to bypass parliament to transfer weapons to Ukraine on behalf of the US.

[@rocketpig1914]

Which just about makes sense of an apparently inexplicable situation.

[@KamilSkalny]

Netanyahu wouldn't apologies and wouldn't bow.

[@kaizokujimbei143]

It's because all bow and apologize to him.

[@longiusaescius2537]

@kaizokujimbei143 real

[@ArtilleryAffictionado1648]

AA quoting the guardian? that's how little homework he did for this entire situation, which makes no sense from any sane point of view. There is got to be a lot more to it than "tries coup and cucks".

[@kaizokujimbei143]

✡

[@giltedgeorge]

I don't think you'd be able to find out unless you can read Korean. Think about how hard it is to follow any non English speaking countries politics without someone to translate and give context e.g. Germany.

[@Aeternum-Viridis]

​@giltedgeorge There is more to it. I have relatives in Korea and the gist of it is that the plan to declare martial law was a smokescreen and deliberately leaked (because "protestors" showed up immediately with printed signs calling for the end of martial law) so that the focus would be on the assembly while soldiers raided the office of "election integrity" to collect evidence of fraud and corruption. Ultimately it may have been a sacrifice play by the president to collect that evidence, but that remains to be seen.

[@chadimirputin2282]

South Korea will soon look like Bradford. 😂

[@enclaveofdoom]

God i hope not.

[@torquemaddertorquemadder2080]

@@enclaveofdoom One Billion Indians on the move.

[@asumazilla]

​@enclaveofdoom They have at least one Somali there, he's called Johny.

[@joshkardos1673]

Update: An hour ago Yoon survived the impeachment vote.

[@AcademicAgent]

Absolute clown show

[@marksharpe5384]

If you cross the Rubicon you go all in. Gelus Julius Caesar and Marcus Antonius knew the consequences of their actions if they failed.

[@SFTaYZa]

Gelus lol

[@Stevie-J]

The Rubicon references fall flat because the american military has garrisoned the Rubicon. Students of elite theory ought to understand the ramifications of the permanent American presence in that country

[@derrickmiles5240]

The cult got to him. No doubt in my mind.

[@FazeParticles]

Threaten his family most likely but in war when fighting an ideology you must know your family is guaranteed to be a target.

[@Peak_Aussieman]

Apologising the last act of the Fallen. One thing you'd never see the Longhouse do is Apologise, for anything.

[@cmcapps1963]

I'm a married man and these are FACTS

[@viaceefax]

He apologised for causing confusion and delay.

[@amandajean7738]

This whole situation sounds like a K-drama. What I've heard from streamers that live in South Korea: The president's young wife is being investigated for corruption, two Korean men have been found unalived related to the case. Also, the president's mother in law was imprisoned for fraud. This could explain why he was acting irratic and called for martial law. More of a simp than anything else.

[@drakethesnek6429]

He should read sun-tzu. Any action your opponents can see is an action they can react to. He should learn how to maneuver his opponents into defeating themselves. History will not suffer fools.

[@FeHearts]

He should apologize for how pathetic his attempt was.

[@A.Sensible.Centrist.]

Slop on a drip rather than 1 hit on Tuesdays

[@AcademicAgent]

@@A.Sensible.Centrist. how dare you sir

[@wheediesmanchild5229]

While you could see it as utterly humiliating, I see it as a classic example of Asian humility and politeness. Similar to Japan apologizing for their trains leaving a minute late. It’s more an apology out of responsibility based on Confucianism

[@blazedkermit3338]

Only applies to North east asians.

[@TS10852]

@@blazedkermit3338 Arent Koreans North and East Asians?

[@englishdogs]

So bizarre. The whole escapade. Bizarre.

[@TruckerJenkins82]

2:34 😂 caught yourself there!

[@craigjovanovich6450]

"Generals without armies are naked indeed!"

[@The_Burning_Sensation]

"Joke's on them, I was only kidding."

[@alexw6925]

OUR MEN ARE RUNNING FROM THE BATTLEFIELD SHAMEFUL DISPLAY!!!!!

[@80Day_bender]

The real conclusion was when the impeachment failed and he remained as president lmao

[@herschelgould2126]

2:34" I'm very shor-Sorry" Almost missed the QuickTime event there AA😅

[@RichardABW]

2:33 Accidentally starts speaking in the accent we’re imagining. 😂

[@ra8784]

Very interesting, I've watched this video first so I need to go back and catch up.

[@junkyardsoul3757]

It doesn't suprise me that he did this because as others have said, this is standard for eastern asian culture. However, that doesn't absolve Yoon of the fact that he took drastic action ostensibly for the sake of his country, then crumpled at the first sign of adversity. South Korea is only going to be in a worse position moving forward and it's entirely because Yoon is holding on to his liberal priors rather than taking the reigns of power to do what he thought is necessary.

[@_Dovar_]

Better luck next time.

[@TheLifesentence2278]

apparently phys I ognamy is a banned term on the Tube.

[@freegeorgia4808]

Now I know nothing about this particular situation, however , the Guardian is a crap source.

[@familydesjardins]

Jobber

[@englishdogs]

I soa sowwy!

[@PvtSchlock]

Normally you don't run a coup d'etat with training bolts in rifles and mags missing from sidearms. You also go all in or you don't go in. South Korea is the exception though. If there is a place on earth that you can run a coup, pull back and say "just kidding".. it's ROK. All due respect AA, but they are truly different. US and ROK military command are definitely interlinked muuuch more tjan is the case anywhere else on earth. More information will eventually come to light. It will be an interesting case study eventually.

[@Mrs.Grave5433]

Should even I have hope anymore.

[@LamentedGuide]

We live in an age of weak men.

[@MalignInfluenceofReevesGabrels]

Prolific output this week, Agent.

[@vivechjorviani5440]

You can almost see history’s desire to step forward but the cowardice of the people keep them from moving towards it.

[@rldwphpza5872]

western media giving him a way back, obviously their guy

[@Rastafaustian]

Coup or coup not. There is no cry.

[@rimlandrealist7679]

"skinnydipping in the rubicon" LOL love it

[@doomedbook1020]

Bowing down to his money handlers. Read between the lines.

[@blazedkermit3338]

Note to self , when there is no imperium in inperio do not carry out a coup

[@patrick5729]

He should have read more Machiavelli, he was afraid to go all the way.

[@RichardPhillips1066]

Not sure this is extraordinary humiliation for him in his culture , just seems so to us , kowtowing isn't something we can understand as "liberals", I would have to talk to a Korean to be sure , ive seen Japanese executives doing something similar when they fail , its something they do, that's expected and probably respected

[@callumbush1]

Kim will be laughing.

[@asumazilla]

He could have helped out by moving some troops around.

[@csadler]

Dunning-Kruger Effect You star in a video outlining this. Well done.

[@AcademicAgent]

@@csadler ??

[@asumazilla]

Is Dunning-Kruger Effect when you post obtuse remarks in the comments and expect people to understand them?

[@csadler]

@@asumazilla Way above your head I see. The clue is in the 'other' words. Laughing at you now.

[@LtColwtf]

This is indeed rather peculiar. It seems the president of South Korea was left in the dirt on this one.

[@philospeakNOW]

I'm taking a knee for Yoon.

[@brettharter143]

You accidently broke into the accent then stopped😆 We heard it AA and your channel striked flashed infront of your eyes

[@bushy9780]

the absolute state of strongmen

[@sigiligus]

The best thing about this story was all the accounts rushing to post “nothing-ever-happens-bros on suicide watch!!!” after the situation had already been resolved. Mmm, such sweet cope.

[@FeHearts]

Now the same thing is happening over the events in Syria. I guess we will see in the coming days if nothing ever happens prevails again.

[@Doomer1984]

I disagree. An admission of Wrong doing and prostrating himself before the nation in shame. If only British leaders had such humility

[@danluba]

Fair point. We could do with a bit of this in our own government at the moment.

[@labrynianrebel]

My biggest take-away from all this is their presidential flag is really cool.

[@KILLERAOC]

Apologizing for martial law!?? What a pitiful sight.

[@0KT0BER]

Given that the culture and language are so far removed, I'd hate to be the one held responsible for parsing the signal to noise ratio. Merry Christmas AA!

[@CrunchyNorbert]

Perfect metaphor for half measures

[@highmarshalhelbrecht4715]

Can some one explain why he called for martial law, ive seen many videos of people talking about this subject but not one of them explains why.

[@sunnyjim1355]

🤦‍♂

[@WildIdiot]

His party got destroyed in the elections and he was anticipating being impeached and potentially imprisoned. If that sounds crazy, it's not. In 2018 the 11th president of Korea Park Geun-Hye was impeached and sentenced to 24 years in prison for "abuse of power." As to why he thought he could get away with it, Korea has been oscillating between democracy and authoritarianism since the war. Yoon would have been a young man during the 5th Korean republic which was a defacto military dictatorship.

[@damonplay8185]

Absolutely atrocious. Who acts like that? What die he think would happen.

[@LePlerome]

they apologize "for having shamed Korea" & bow like that when they e.g. get caught having smoked weed, too, lol

[@TheLifesentence2278]

physiognomy.

[@BlackMasterRoshi]

Ah, So. 🙏

[@JohnJourdan88]

More proof that nothing in the world is stable no matter what conventional wisdom says. ‘Nothing ever happens’ is the worst meme ever.

[@Joey-The-Frog]

I've never seen a politician cuck this hard before and in such a short period of time, whether or not he is impeached is frankly irrelevant, he should resign out of shame ( if he has any ).

[@depthcharge123]

Something is off about this. He is a good character, squeaky clean (which is why they attack his wife all the time, because she comes from money and a powerful family). The country has a major problem with. Chinese and North Korean infiltration and it's compounded by left-wing politicians that are just as bad as ours. Some think he done it to get proof of thi, but there is too much unknown.

[@EdiTheDon]

Was he told to do this? It was a very strange occurence.

[@quackhouseproductions5572]

Oh dear.

[@notavailable4891]

Just the devil letting us know there won't be anyone to stand up and do anything about it.

[@tomeboaventura9054]

The Foundations of Soy

[@richtea615]

I thought Boris was a cuck, but this is next level.

[@golagiswatchingyou2966]

Pathetic, god wtf is even going on this year

[@torquemaddertorquemadder2080]

Preparation for next year.

[@monophthalmos9633]

What is your father saying about the situation in Syria?

[@AcademicAgent]

He’s away so not talked to him

[@leszekwolkowski9856]

I personally think it was really brave of Yoon and he exhibited true character for selflessly admitting being wrong and apologizing.

[@guardsman-against-the-chaos]

So you wanted him to become a dictator? Am I missing something here

[@asumazilla]

People just wishing the best to the people of South Korea, and want the problems there to be solved.

[@ralphh4131]

Hello friends

[@Cozonac3000]

From the west to Romania and South Korea. I love democracy.

[@benjaminnguyen554]

Im confused why this matters to people who don't even live there? So many content creators jumping on the bandwagon like a cult pumping out videos at the same time.

[@asumazilla]

How many? I bet there will be react channels covering it next.

[@benjaminnguyen554]

@@asumazilla hundreds to a thousand because their payroll can only handle that amount so it is easy to identify the cult

[@sortedm]

First!