From what I understand, the military high command supported Yoon even after the assembly voted down martial law. If that’s true, didn’t he have everything to go through with the coup?
The high command might have been on Yoon’s side, but the soldiers on the ground were not. The high command can’t do shit if no one will follow their orders.
Soldiers were ordered to surround the Parliament and prevent a vote to end martial law. Yet the soldiers who were at the Parliament refused to fire upon or physically stop the politicians.
Couldn’t that have been just because of the immediate confusion and indecision about escalating by the lower unit commanders?
There could have been infighting in the military, but he surely would have had quite some support, no? Why not take the chance if he already commited to imposing martial law?
Edit: sorry if it came across like I support the guy. I don’t. I’m just interested in sociology and politics. If you downvote me, could you explain what I’m getting wrong?
Score one for humanity!
Are you asking how Yoon could have had a better coup?
I don’t support him, if that’s what you’re asking. I’m just curious about sociology and politics. :)
It’s absolutely too early to say what support he had or thought he had.
He didn’t really know for sure, either, I don’t think. That’s why it’s weird to me that he just ‘surrendered’. Was what happened completely legal this way? Can he not go to prison?
It’s absolutely too early to say. The SK courts will bear this out. Anything you’d hear in this forum or the news is just conjecture.
True. I’m not taking any takes here to be definitely true. I was just interested in other people’s perspectives until we get a proper response. :)
I looked at the username. Just in case.
Sorry, not that well-versed in the ecosystem here yet. What could my username have meant?
I meant just in case it was something like “Yoon_the_coon420” or something like that.
Ah, I see. I thought there was a community of infamous South Korean conservatives or something.
edit: typo
Imho no. Apparently (I have not dealt with South Korean politics before this) he was quite unpopular to beginn with. Blatantly disregarding the elected parlament would have destroyed any resemblance of a “lawful” takeover and might have provoked protest from all parts of society.
Also afaik saying he lifted martial law after the assembly vote is wrong in the sense that martial law was lifted by the assembly already. Pressing on would have put him in breach of the constitution. Of course he probably couldn’t care less but keeping the appearance of still being a democracy is import. Most autocracy’s nowadays work this way. People get to choose but the guy on top gets to pick the options.
People get to choose but the guy on top gets to pick the options.
Managed Democracy!
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I do struggle to feel that representative democracy is true democracy, because it usually struggles to represent what people really want.
In the age of computers we should be voting for everything as a collective.
If the people voted by filling out Facebook quizzes
Maybe he didn’t? Power was on in parliament entire time, internet wasn’t cut off, no curfew, no news stations takeover, you know things you can expect in a coup didn’t happen
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Knowing nothing about anything it almost seems like the mindset of a person who survives a suicide attempt where they realize the gravity of their decision only after they make it
