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He's an Ajussi - wouldn't be surprised he can't use Word /s

The sheer contempt the older generation of Korean politicians have to democratic norms is disheartening but sadly not surprising.

While all countries show hallmarks of gerontocracy, I feel it's much more stark in South Korea given how rapidly SK shifted from developing to developed.

Hopefully the younger generation of Koreans can finally take the mantle of power, but I'm pessimistic about it - at best it'd be scions from monied families that have done well since the Park era if not all the way to the Japanese era.