this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2023
258 points (72.9% liked)

Memes

45635 readers
1238 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

South Korea only fascist before the war. Definitely wasn't a fascist pseudo dictatorship until like what year is it?... I think they're still electing people related to the former dictators or in that weird cult shit. South Korea is like that super crazy cousin you have, that you forget about because their quiet and don't call you very often.

[โ€“] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They were fascist until their President-For-Life type guy was assassinated by a member of the KCIA in 1979. He was definitely supported in some manner by the American CIA but just a couple years later Reagan would put a stop to all that "fighting fascism" business.