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You won’t come back to work so I’m gonna make it so you can’t come back to work!
Ah, the ole Ronnie Reagan approach!
Yoon is a fascist, so checks out
I haven't followed Korean politics since the nineties, so I can offer no opinion on that assertion. I can most certainly see somebody with those characteristics ascending to the Korean presidency though. I've no reason to doubt you.
There's been a huge increase in Feminism as SK culture has globalized, and a huge reactionary increase in anti-feminism as a consequence. Yoon rose to power specifically targeting women and disabled people, riding the incel wave and cutting women's programs.