[–] TendiesHitTheFloor 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
My thoughts exactly. We're becoming pathetic.
[–] ObscureReference 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
South Korea has a history of protesting, and the bad old days before Democracy are only about thirty-five years ago. Where protesting in the US tends to be actions more for dirty hippies. There is a good chance that in some ways because of American respect for authority, we do have have less freedom than they do.
[–] neanderhummus 2 points 0 points 2 points (+2|-2) ago
This Is A Lie the reason that it's all going to hell it's because the president was sharing classified information with a guy who was not cleared to see such information
[–] EngelbertHumperdinck 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Citizens are not allowed to own guns. Males are required to serve 2 years in the military. Cannabis is so illegal that foreigners are deported and citizens are imprisoned just for testing positive. They can't even get an email account without giving up their government ID numbers.
So no, they're not more free than americans.
They do, however, have a largely cash based society so commerce (on a local level) is not as controlled as it is in the US.
[–] EngelbertHumperdinck 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Ha. I saw that too. And you're right, actually. In the 70's, weed started to gain popularity in korea amongst artists and musicians. (US troops who were stationed there introduced it to the locals.) The dictator at the time, president Park's father saw that the stoners were rejecting the groupthink and coming to their own conclusions about shit, and that pissed him off. So he started an enormous anti-cannabis campaign that is still in effect today. The way (south) koreans view weed is like the movie "Reefer Madness". They are terrified of it.
When I was there a few months ago, I watched a news report about how the US is legalizing it in many states, and they couldn't even show it on tv. Almost every scene in the video was blurred out.
[–] HowieCameUnglued 10 points 5 points 15 points (+15|-10) ago
What the fuck is wrong with you Voat? How fucking brainwashed can you be that you actually believe and upvote this shit? Sometimes I feel like this place is worse than the National Inquirer.
She was corrupt. That's why she was ousted.
[–] MorpheusGodofDreams ago
So what is the story there?
[–] HowieCameUnglued 4 points 3 points 7 points (+7|-4) ago (edited ago)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_South_Korean_political_scandal
Not a pedophile, just another corrupt politician in the pocket of business leaders.
[–] 8279940? 1 point 10 points 11 points (+11|-1) ago (edited ago)
Basically, it's been revealed/leaked that President Park Geun-hye was being shadow-governed by 8 people, the first confirmed person being a psychic. This was cemented when she more-or-less admitted this publicly. There are rumors that she has ties to a cult, which is where the occultist stuff is coming from, and there is some evidence to this cult connection.
http://www.oneangrygamer.net/2016/10/south-korean-officials-forced-to-resign-amid-8-goddesses-corruption-conspiracy/15419/ For a quick summary.
http://thediplomat.com/2017/01/the-history-of-a-scandal-how-south-koreas-president-was-impeached/ For a little more in-depth. It's hard to find real information on it, especially as Western MSM is entirely unreliable, either because they don't actually know what is going on or because their biases won't let them be truthful.
[–] Fred 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
Have you been to /v/pizzagate?
[–] smokratez 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
You have a problem with people trying to stop satanic pedos from raping and killing children?
[–] Pwning4Ever ago
No idea why pedophiles must be automatically assumed to devil worshippers.
[–] Fightforright [S] ago
Our.own government is corrupt too. And these people are running and profiting off of a global child sex network. It needs to be stopped instead of covered up AGAIN.
[–] Fightforright [S] ago
And how was she corrupt sir? What did she do that was corrupt?