Why Did South Korea Implement Military Rule???

[@binancehighlights4038]

Dude was jelaous that Kim could be supreme leader when he is just a president

[@Unknown24466]

He can only be president one term while Kim is leader for life.

[@jiachengwu4185]

​@@Unknown24466 leader for life* *While supplies last

[@awddfg]

bro also got ratio'd by parliament

[@korakys]

@@Unknown24466 Interestingly Kim Joug-un is not the President of Korea (north), that honour goes to his grandfather who is "President of DPR Korea" not just for life but even now and forever after his death.

[@GavinLepley]

Kim’s official title is ‘President of State Affairs’.

[@karta9374]

It was crazy last night, I was on my way home in a taxi from celebrating my birthday when I heard the news. The driver was listening to the news on the radio and quietly swearing. I live relatively close to the parliament building in central Seoul so when I got home I heard multiple helicopters fly by. And my Korean friends were texting me warning me not to go outside. It felt like how a movie would begin lol

[@ninny65]

*can't get bill passed* JUST DECLARE MARTIAL LAW BRO

[@cameronwarttig1732]

If the USA was a democracy, then they would also be prosicuting every former president

[@tobyk.4911]

for comparison: the USA would have some weeks of "government shutdown" in a similar situation, with most federal employees forced to be on unpaid leave until the president and the parliament (US Congress) would reach an agreement. And the German head of government (federal chancellor) just fired the finance minister about one month ago, because they were not able to agree on the governments budget for next year.

[@Flame1500]

One of the interesting things about South Korea’s split some people might be wondering why the inner urban area of Seoul is red while the outer urban area is blue, and then suburban is red again. This is essentially because their urban/rural split is mitigated by the fact that over the last 15-20 years the ONLY people who are able to purchase apartments in the inner urban areas are samsung executives. And that’s not even an exaggeration. Almost every single person (over 90%) which has a residence in the inner area of seoul either works in government, Samsung, LG, or Hyundai HQ. As those are the only jobs which can pay the extortinate rents

[@supermario69kraftgami23]

Yeah, the chaebol system was a terrible idea as it created monopolies like that. The current president is trying to fix that, tho, by setting up a new city south of Seoul, encouraging people there to have families to mitigate the population decline.

[@JULIUSCOOLX]

he did it because he was bored and nothing ever happens

[@NeostormXLMAX]

nothing happens in decades, decades happens in seconds

[@ThatOneGuy-y3y]

Bro what do you mean, Biden got to much dementia and dropped out, 10,000 north koren soildgers are helping russsia destroy ukraine, there is a war in the middle east with thousands of civilians dying on both sides, an orange dude got elected as president, millions of people are crossing the border, oggway got canceled, Mr beast and Dog Pack got exposed and Canada is going to shit. What the hell you mean "Nothing ever happens" ---Do you live under a rock?

[@ThatOneGuy-y3y]

Bro what do you mean, Biden got to much dementia and dropped out, 10,000 north koren soildgers are helping russsia destroy ukraine, there is a war in the middle east with thousands of civilians dying on both sides, an orange dude got elected as president, millions of people are crossing the border, oggway got canceled, Mr beast and Dog Pack got exposed and Canada is going to shit. What the hell you mean "Nothing ever happens" Do you live under a rock?

[@destiny4391]

Until it goes kaboom one day

[@LUNE.44]

The moment I saw this on the news I thought damn can’t wait for toycats video on this

[@JSG4361]

same

[@ReedoTV]

He didn't break the world record for fastest u-turn, but it was his Korea best

[@MBHpower1]

Man I find it funny that a Minecraft KZbin also has a political channel lol (I've never watched your MC content I just like your political news)

[@jonathanrynjah]

Good Minecraft KZbinrs have hobbies and interests, and talents

[@cumunist2120]

@@jonathanrynjahbad ones do too their hobbies are just a little too young for politics

[@Svabre]

@@cumunist2120Too young to vote, one might say😉

[@MBHpower1]

@@jonathanrynjah Yeah better to go into politics than be a kid toucher

[@Zackattack8805]

@@cumunist2120 💀

[@Highland_Beastie]

I was genuinley so confused when I woke up to the news that South Korea decleared martial, and that had ended, there'd been nothing leeding up to it just happend, it was so random.

[@Anonymous-lv4di]

9:41 It wasn't that a lot of South American countries made the jump from dictatorship to democracy, we made the jump BACK to democracy AFTER the MILITARY DICTATORSHIPS PROPPED UP BY THE US FELL

[@witext]

As you say tho, the reason South Korea did well economically while North Korea didn't has much more to do with the fact that North Korea has been economically blocaded for decades because they wouldn't cooperate with the US, while South Korea was also a dictatorship but was willing to cooperate and house american troops in the region The idea that the US supports South Korea becuase it stands for freedom is ridiculous

[@ibx2cat]

In a world order where the US determines who lives and fails, being blockaded by them is a way to doom your people to poverty, for better or worse

[@witext]

@@ibx2cat omg wasn't expecting you to respond lol thank you I mean yeah, that's true Just wanted to reierate the point you were making in the video and also add my view of america standing for freedom and all that Like I don't subscribe to North Korean politics but I'm sure they could've done well too if they weren't blockaded by half the world lol

[@mrcat5508]

@@witextthey were still communist though, they generally do worse economically. Also, South Korea was poor until pretty recently, their economy only started to grow significantly at about 1980

[@supermario69kraftgami23]

@@mrcat5508 That's true for many Western countries besides America. They all started growing at about 1980.

[@mrcat5508]

@@supermario69kraftgami23 I would think that’s mostly east asia, Europe isn’t like that for the most part.

[@comicalmushroom4790]

The reason South Korea the South East votes right is because Park Chung-Hee industrialized the place and was from there in Daegu he is viewed a little more popular

[@Svabre]

Yes, didn’t Palpatine do something like that?

[@JustMilo702]

@@Svabre when comparing south Korea’s dictators to north Korea’s dictators, I’d rather be a South Korea. 😂

[@Svabre]

@@JustMilo702 Eh… I’d rather be a southerner just because they actually managed to democratize eventually, unlike the north. But if I were alive during one of those dictatorships I’m not really sure what the difference would’ve been, except that in the north for some time I’d have had more purchasing power and in the south I’d have a higher chance of ending up in a mass grave, so…

[@JustMilo702]

@ bragging about the good days of the north is like bragging about you being a D1 athlete that could have made it to the league, but you had a cocaine problem that stopped you.

[@Svabre]

@@JustMilo702 I’m not bragging about it, I’m reminding you that South Korea wasn’t always what it is today and neither was the north. What I’m trying to say boils down to the simple fact that the people of the south broke free from their dictators and made themselves a country they would want to live in. The people in the north have yet to break free from their own dictator(-s) and they would probably wish for a better life in a better country, even if they are currently oppressed to the point that it’s difficult to even realise that. The south had a worse start, less to work with, arguably less committed allies and a government approximately comparable to the evils of the north we’re so familiar with, but in the end the south is just better. Freedom brings prosperity, dictatorship takes away that freedom and only promises prosperity in return.

[@Alex-di9kr]

can you imagine being kim jung un hearing this

[@Svabre]

He’d have been crying tears of joy, although now he’s probably feeling blue-balled😅

[@alexemann]

KJU: “I didn’t do it”

[@Svabre]

@ “Wasn’t me this time, I swear!”

[@JmKrokY]

South Korea is not Western, the West is Europe, and its (mostly) former colonies in the New World.

[@Seannessy]

Back in one of my IR classes we went over how Democracies form or fail. After looking through all the data, the main takeaway (I forget exactly which Political Scientists wrote about this, sorry) was that it is actually very easy to form a Democratic government--BUT, Democratic Governments also very quickly collapse in areas with lower standards of living, or where people are just concerned with more base needs on the Maslow's Hierarchy like survival. Democracy is a luxury good. This does explain why some Democratic backsliding has been seen in some of the developed countries, and why some more progress has been made in developed ones. The current developed world has seen a big drop in the standard of living in a lot of areas, means less people care about higher ideals like democracy when they're just trying to get by. I'm no Korea expert, but I would imagine a similar thing would be happening there with their combination of very bad gender relations, cyberpunk-esque hypercapitalism hellscape, and very threatening northern neighbor. Meanwhile in areas like China now that more survival-based needs have been met, there's more talk and consideration for moving to a more democratic form of government in the younger generations. TL;DR: Democracies form VERY easily, but cannot survive low standards of living.

[@moontravellerjul]

great insight, thanks for this addition.

[@ianchan5415]

Funny how in the thumbnail Tsushima (a Japanese island) was coloured part of South Korea but not jeju

[@mrfoodarama]

Imagine next month Biden just refuses to leave, declares Martial Law 🤣

[@jjooeeyy10.79]

Bro said calling China a dictatorship was too far

[@yeetneet5334]

its technically a one party dominant democracy, or was, there are multiple parties in China

[@adamperdue3178]

@@yeetneet5334 Yes, but the CCP gets to decide which parties are allowed, and which candidates get to run. The 8 minor parties are all committed to upholding the status-quo and align with 'Socialism with Chinese characteristics', it's just that many of them have slightly different ideas about what should be done. I should also point out that the NPC has 2977 seats, 2,577 of which are held by members of the CCP. Additionally, the people don't get to vote for any major positions (such as Chairman, President/Vice-President, members of the Standing Committee). Elections aren't held where you get to choose from 2 or more people with substantially different platforms, they're held where you get to choose from 2 or more people who are appointed and approved by the CCP because they've been vetted and don't have any platforms that would threaten any real change (unless the CCP WANTED that change). You can vote for the face behind the boot that steps on you, not whether you're getting stepped on at all.

[@cerdic6305]

@@adamperdue3178 Sure but I think the distinction is that it isn't necessarily a dictatorship because there isn't a dictator, at least in some people's eyes. I think it's pretty unarguable though that it has been a dictatorship, under Mao for instance, and there's a strong argument that it's currently a dictatorship under Xi.

[@dragonfire3727]

​​@@cerdic6305you could kinda make that point before Xi because now he dismantled the term limit.

[@cerdic6305]

@@dragonfire3727 I'm definitely inclined to agree. It's a bit like the Soviet Union where it doesn't feel quite accurate to say it 'is a dictatorship', it's more like it's sort of sometimes a dictatorship. In any case they're both certainly always authoritarian.

[@beanhead20]

again, did NOT expect this to be a toycat video

[@KarolOfGutovo]

0:48 I don't think calling the polish martial law government a military junta is apt. Yes, the government was militarized, but it was not a transfer of power to it, much the opposite. From what I understand, the martial law actually started a series of events that were fundamental in keeping violence at bay during the severe changes of 80s east block, keeping soviets from intervening in the many protests that were happening at that time, and the leader that instated the martial law was already the de-facto dictator for 2 months prior. So while yes, we were under a dictature for 44 years, I think labeling the final 8 as a military junta doesn't really reflect how the power structures changed and what the people faced. The death toll of polish martial law seems to be lower than 100, which is very likely less than if the government gave in to the protests and USSR intervened to force reverting the changes, or ignored the protests and USSR intervened to get them under control. Or idk, officialy it seems like USSR leadership was going to let shit happen no matter what. Sounds farfetched, but then again, it was in the process of collapsing. Bigger issues back home or something Wildly offtopic, but that's only because I saw Poland claimed to have been military junta'd Unless that means sanation back in 1920s, which yeah, was a military junta.

[@theredtechnician]

It is now no longer south Korea, it is North and slightly less North Korea

[@frisianmouve]

Nah, a jackass decided to try to pull South Korea into a dictatorship again, but failed. South korea is still South korea

[@Svabre]

No, democracy has won already, all that’s missing is that impeachment and that’s happening tonight.

[@Jarmint]

So South Korea from the days of the Korean war to the mid 80s was also "slightly less North Korea"

[@Svabre]

@@Jarmint Not really - for most of that time North Korea had a much stronger economy and a higher standard of living than the south, so if we’re going by modern standards South Korea was actually the more North Korea of the Koreas😅

[@Jarmint]

@@Svabre good point

[@thevoidlookspretty7079]

My early class was canceled so I slept in that day. Because of that, I slept through the entire coup.

[@smolpener7430]

Large groups are perplexingly good at guessing the correct answer to a multiple choice question, at slightly higher rates than completely random. This is the only advantage to democracy, and is entirely lost by any system with more that two parties, as the vast majority will frequently split the vote, giving office to minority rule. What percent of the vote did the UK's most popular party get? Like 30%? 70% of people being beholden to the whim of a minority isn't democracy.

[@moontravellerjul]

there is such a thing as proportional representation; germany for example has (to my understanding, as an australian) some form of proportional representation where some politicians are directly elected through popular vote, and others are taken from party pools proportional to the percentage that voted for that party. and even with that in consideration, the leading party in a parliamentary democracy doesn't magically control the government. they still need a proper majority to pass legislation, so if no single party has a majority, the leading party will usually form a coalition (sometimes throughout the whole government's term, sometimes for individual bills) with other parties, where members negotiate and compromise to deliver legislation that is broadly favourable to the constituent politicians and more representative of the majority of electors.

[@siyacer]

what?

[@WelcomeBub]

'expense of civil liberties and human rights' is quite an understatement lol

[@kinnai8334]

Why isn't Spain painted blue in the map at 0:53?

[@copperhillbill5976]

The fact i get my news from a Minecraft youtuber is mindblowing to me

[@nostalgiakitty2057]

How the hell is South Africa a civilian dictatorship in that map?

[@somename840]

I watched multiple news channels on this and none of them made sense. Good to see that a Minecraft KZbinr is better at their job.

[@tyers-7835]

Love these bro thanks for doing these videos👍👍👍👍

[@elguido]

Man from a country with a monarchy saying how important it is to preserve democracy

[@joeyramstad8529]

A largely powerless monarch with a democratically elected parliament.

[@roughead6469]

​@@joeyramstad8529 a democratic country with a house of lords

[@Khloya69]

@@joeyramstad8529’democratically elected’.

[@tobyk.4911]

Which monarchy do you mean? Is he British? What would be your problem with a British person talking about democracy? Is there any doubt about European countries like the United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Norway being democracies?

[@Khloya69]

@@tobyk.4911 20% of the British people voted for the current UK government. I wouldn’t call that very democratic.

[@getataste]

Loved the minecraft content but i like this even more

[@apostateunion]

Never thought a Minecraft KZbinr would become my source of information.

[@IlluminatiBG]

It funny that the term "the West" includes the most Eastern countries in the world (geographically).

[@adamperdue3178]

It's also funny that even if you only include the USA in 'the West', then it also includes one of the most Eastern countries in the world, while also including the most Western country in the world. (Alaska crosses the antimeridian)

[@henriproos]

Seems oddly similar to the August putsch in 1991

[@siyacer]

he was lonely and needed someone to talk to

[@Allaiya.]

Every time I hear something like Germany or France government is about to “collapse”, it makes me think of the situation that happened in South Korea. Like that term to me sounds like the democratic government itself is going under.

[@UnnecessaryEyeViewingGarbage]

You should do more news stuff It’s great to watch

[@Ricky911_]

Just to let you know, the thumbnail is slightly wrong. Tsushima is highlighted in blue but it's Japanese. Jeju, on the other hand, is grey but it's South Korean territory. Also, there are some islands off the west of North Korea highlighted in red but they are South Korean. When the South pushed the North to China's borders in the Korean war, those islands were taken back by the South. When the South was then pushed back by Chinese and Northern forces, they managed to keep hold of those islands, hence why they are South Korean despite being North of the border

[@Ironbanner12]

Bangladesh and Pakistan are kinda still under military rule tho

[@dirtiestharry6551]

As for me, I never really cared for legislative elections. As Korea is Presidential democracy, who becomes a president seemed way more important. But seeing how parliamentry action was what stopped this nonsesical coup, I'm realizing how important it actually was.

[@GLHFWS]

Toycat in the thumbnail you added the Tsushima island who is actually Japanese as a part of Korean territory and left out the Jeju island who is part of Korean territory out! just a friendly reminder

[@zZ38PYB50guA9PUuDhAI]

Both South Korean election map and Taiwanese election map has East West divide in common

[@coolbanana165]

I thought Egypt was currently run by some military guy? 0:47

[@G.A.C_Preserve]

Military have a lot of influence, but not directly under a military council (Junta is just a Spanish word for council so military Junta is military council)

[@sunsinger970]

Twi koreas not so different after all.

[@tengkualiff]

10:00 Malaysia Civilian Dictatorship in 2008?? What???? 😂

[@stephen_ne8406]

east korea has entered the game

[@theozziepotato]

west korea? 😯😯

[@mclovinmcmuffin3892]

Toycat Where do you get your news sources from so quickly?

[@san12345-x]

Can you make video about Georgia we have big protests and so on,

[@Cole_1]

This thumbnail is hilarious

[@Ryan-rm6uk]

Based korea

[@mulamulelilumadi4717]

I think there's an issue in the ROK as it concerns the power of the executive vs the other branches of government. It's strange how so many former presidents go to jail, some have been pardoned in the past though. Hopefully fear of jail doesn't push successors of Yoon to try what he did under different circumstances and succeed.

[@LewisHillier88]

Has anyone ever told you that you look like a young Otto Witt from the film Zulu?

[@stdesy]

I love how you constantly act like you really really have to pee

[@spaghetti0356]

We got a TNO event irl lol

[@TheGamingZEBRA100]

Dude love your fucking channel.

[@welfareleech1525]

i actually agree with Yoon personally.

[@Luijbi]

9:45 Venezuela/Nicaragua? 😂

[@Khloya69]

It’s SDP in Germany, not FDP. Social democratic, the exact opposite of freedom. The word freedom does not even contain a D in German, it’s Freiheit.

[@flooofoi]

Yes the SPD is the ruling party in the sense that both President and Chancellor are from that party, but the collapse is the fault of their coalition partner FDP (Free Democratic Party)

[@Khloya69]

@ Europe is weird. I will never understand parliamentary systems, having to team up with another party is pretty much unheard of in North America.

[@tobyk.4911]

The acronym of the Social democratic Party of Germany (Deutschland) is not SDP, but instead SPD. And no, that's absolutely not "the exact opposite of freedom". The exact opposite of freedom, in German history were the "National socialist German Workers Party", short NSDAP, aka. the fascist party which was led by Adolf Hitler. The second "opposite of freedom" was the communist party SED that ruled East Germany for 40 years during the Cold War era.

[@Khloya69]

@@tobyk.4911 social democracy and communism are the same thing.

[@tobyk.4911]

@@Khloya69 You don't seem to know what you're talking about. Apparently you know very little about German history or about political parties in Europe if you say that social Democrats are the same as Communist... Did you "learn" that from Fox News? Here in Europe we know something about the difference, because it was clearly observable from 1950 to 1990. Your statement shows a simplified world view that knows only two options - left v. right, "social" (or "liberal") v. "conservative" ... in that same logic, every type of right wing / conservative would also be indistinguishable from fascist. ... Are you a US citizen?

[@isleaf69]

what the hell is a martian law 😭🙏

[@xSerasmusx]

Just based of of South Africa being a Republic I don't think that map is very accurate.

[@asmallphd9648]

It looks to be a dictatorship according to the map but we could be looking at different maps.

[@BaDitO2]

the 63 year old couper

[@mako8091]

Will you even be doing KZbin in 30 years?

[@abduco1847]

cause he was bored

[@ScreenHackTV]

Interesting when you say 'western world' you are saying it in the old school cold war way . Now days, people refer to Western world as European world .

[@moontravellerjul]

afaik, the terminology is much older than the cold war, but "european" is also inaccurate because usually western also includes the usa, canada, australia and aotearoa (new zealand) at a minimum

[@mapache-ehcapam]

Nobody ever calls it the '"European world" buddy

[@ScreenHackTV]

@mapache-ehcapam that's not what I meant. I meant when people say the western world now days they're just referring to white European countries not Western aligned countries like the cold war days. You have to admit people would refer to South korea as a western country anymore ?

[@JSG4361]

wearing that suit yet again whats up mr second channel dont care

[@r_z1]

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[@ArivanAshstar]

Yo

[@divineantiwokewarrior]

ukraine is also under military rule

[@SoggyDew]

As a Turkish person… yikes

[@victorvondroom]

Lukewarm geopolitical take tbh, usually I love your videos but a bit disappointed this time