It is easy to single out Chang for this nonsense, but his views are largely derivative of the geriatric hard right in SK. These people are largely distrustful of democracy and the pluralism it has brought. At the same time, democracy has put them on the defensive, and they fail https://twitter.com/GordonGChang/status/1263427855524016131">https://twitter.com/GordonGCh...
to produce new ideas that appeal to the broad public, except perhaps an economic growth-first ideology that has done little except to being increased polarisation and anxiety. Despite their apparent dislike of authoritarian regimes, they have no choice but to hark back to the
dictatorship of Park Chung Hee, when any dissent could be labelled as a & #39;communist plot& #39; and diversity was squashed by hegemonic norms of state regimentation and conformity. Such discourse may seem anachronistic but shows no signs of abating as the right repeatedly fails to come