@Uufda651
"Most of the victims were children" isn't clear enough. 82% of the Sewol's dead victims were kids. EIGHTY TWO PERCENT. It was a class trip for the whole grade.
@rextlfung
"The economy relies too much on Samsung to have its leader in jail". Now that's dystopian
@rizqauldy6670
watching this from a samsung phone is kinda crazy
@Michael-eh9hy
fitting two polar opposite dystopias on a tiny peninsula is truly remarkable
@icygeometry
North Korea: 1984 South Korea: Cyberpunk 2077
@gustinex
"above the law" is such an insane power to have, I cant imagine having that much power
@sweetdreams4796
The ceo of samsung smiling while being arrested is scary. He knew he would be let out soon, because SK depends on him. That kind of power is very scary and overwhelming.
@diecast.midnight
i dont have youtube premium, but these guys make my basic youtube a premium experience
@DonutStalker93
It's kinda crazy how we just never hear about any of this stuff in the US because we seem to have this high opinion of S. Korea just for the simple fact that they're not N. Korea
@AclibButLikeTheRealOne
I'm convinced fern only made this video to flex their new water animation skills holy damn
@kimsground7190
I am from the city where Sewol victims are from - my house is less than 1 km from the Danwon Highschool, Ansan-si, where all the students belonged. Still remember it like yesterday. Friends lost their siblings, one of the victim's father committed suicide, and so on. But the most horrible thing I remember were the trucks that roamed around the city with loud microphone, saying "Losing your children are not something to brag about or plead justice to the government. Do not try to make a deal with the government with your already dead family, get over it, and shut your mouth about making commemorative space in the park. You victim families are disgrace to our society." I guarantee I heard this kind of truck-speeches until like 3 years ago. To be honest, I hate this country.
@rawmango1321
RIP to all the 179 people who died in yesterday's jeju Airlines crash
@JunLee11
Fun fact South Korea's top 10 family-owned conglomerates, like Samsung, Hyundai, and LG, contribute nearly 60% of the nation's GDP.
@raymmanchestercity9320
"The more i learn about people, the more i like my dog" -Mark Twain
@sonatine3266
What I learned about South-Korea by a good friend from Busan is that your "shell" is more important than your "core". Like... what kind of soul you have and how good you try to be as a human is just second to the general society standards... your looks, your skin, your eyes, your teeth etc. are more important - and also the prestige level of your education of course. How you shine to the world is number one priority. Most people don't even like that but everyone goes with the flow. On one side this attitude as a base made South-Korea to easily the cleanest and most modern industrial country in the world... it's not like in the USA, in Europe or even Southeast-Asia that you have loads of (teenager) crimes, problems with graffiti or stuff like that. You can sit, go and look everywhere without problems of safety or impurities - even big cities are clean, extremely well managed and maintained and you have the most modern technology for basically every area of activity. On the other side South-Korea is damned with the worldwide highest suicide rate, very bad mobbing statistics for schools, colleges and companies and a very critical rate of people in debth (because of trying to always have the most modern and expensive things, which is hard to do even when having a well paid job). Also the wide spread of plastic surgery and the public urge to change your visuals is extremely concerning, especially because it always stands in connection with the before mentioned mobbing, suicide rate etc. - and even high ranked employees are not immune to that. And all those high standards can be seen in every working field, every niche, all types of media and entertainment - K-POP f.e. is beside of the music a big, big act of this "false perfectionism". But in the end from what I've seen is that South-Koreans (especially the youngest generations) are getting more and more away from these insane society standards, but it's def. still a long journey. A beautiful country with so many smart people and a lot of values and things that I personally would def. love to see in the western world (at leats to a certain extend) - but nothing is perfect and the more a society is built on "perfectionism", the more problems are coming with that.
@DerAnanasbaum
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable"
@HamSandwich277
Advice I got from a very experienced sailor: If you're ever on a passenger ship and something seems wrong, the crew will always tell you to remain in place. NEVER listen to them. Always put on your life jacket and go to the deck. Don't let anyone stop you. And if the ship is listing (i.e. leaning to one side), go to the side it's leaning toward, as in the side that's closer to the water. Because the lifeboats on the other side will be useless as they'll be hanging over the hull and likely to capsize if lowered.
@waddo9997
How to escape accountability (the rich edition) 1. Let the sentence be severe to please the public 2. Do the sentence but only until the public forgets about their crime 3. Quietly reduce and pardon the sentence 4. Profit
@Helldiver_RX
Comment section is weird. English comments saying Korea is a dystopia. Korean comments saying Korea isn't. Its definitely both.
@mosshugswalls