Vicious campaign war ‘Gladiator political toxic rhetoric’ contemptuous insult Generation Z expansion war
Regarding Korea's unique national assembly election campaign, which has given up on expanding its popularity, the foreign press has labeled it 'gladiator politics' and 'toxic rhetoric', and the clash of 'maximizing insults' between the older generation has expanded to the younger Generation Z, the victims of being pushed out of expensive housing during the economic downturn. Diagnosed as before.
The 'election strategy to maximize division', which is carried out during a typical economic downturn in a large capital country, was initially maximized until just before election day, and the vicious language and insults to stimulate dissatisfaction among middle-aged and older voters led to the 'first young generation to become poorer' vote strategy. Leading the way.
The New York Times said about the election campaign just before the National Assembly vote, “The life-or-death competition between President Yoon Seok-yeol and opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, who holds the majority in the National Assembly, has filled this election with more fear and anger than any time in Korean history,” and “Both leaders have a wide range of interests.” “It didn’t gain popularity,” he said.
The NYT continued, "Candidate Yoon and Lee's political parties have made many similar campaign promises about how to address problems such as the country's dismal birth rate," adding, "But analysts say their campaign focus has been on demonizing their rivals." “It was announced on the 7th through the ‘Kill the Opponent with the Same Policy’ campaign.
In the NYT article <'Gladiator politics' dominates Korea's polarized election season,> "Korean politics has been dominated by revenge and resentment for a long time, so it has become an 'arena of gladiators' driven by revenge," Sogang University political science professor Cho Young-ho analyzed. “Presidents with a single five-year term often pursued their predecessors or domestic rivals with criminal investigations, creating a vicious cycle of political retaliation.”
The AP said, “Many people are making jobs and other domestic issues the most important election issues, and are avoiding traditional topics such as North Korea’s nuclear threat and U.S. security commitments to South Korea,” and “disregard for the other side.” “Incited, the competing political parties hurled very aggressive and insulting words at each other,” he said on the 9th.
NYT said, “In Korea, voters’ dissatisfaction is deepening. “The national economy is slowing and the birth rate is the lowest in the world,” he said. “Generation Z young people, who have been pushed out of the housing market by deepening economic inequality, fear that they will become the first generation in American history to be economically poorer than their parents.” did.
The NYT continued, “Amid this fundamental crisis, this country’s politics are more divided than ever,” and “Online incitement is spreading through social media such as YouTube, mainstreaming hate.” The election is ostensibly about 300 seats in parliament, but when South Koreans go to the polls on Wednesday, they will be expressing support for one of two leaders locked in what is known as 'gladiator politics'.
Reuters said in an election article, "Analysts expect the government's corporate reform push, called the 'Corporate Value Rising Program,' to continue regardless of election turnout as both parties support the stock market stimulus plan." Both camps announced the same strategy on the 9th.
Reuters continued, “Analysts said that Korea’s foreign policy, which has pursued close relations with Washington and Tokyo under the Yoon Seok-yeol administration, will not change significantly no matter who is elected,” and also stated that its foreign policy was “the same.”
In particular, Reuters diagnosed, “Korea is scheduled to hold elections to determine the composition of the 300-member National Assembly, and most opinion polls suggest results that will do little to break the deadlock holding the divided government in place.”
Reuters said, “Currently, Representative Lee’s Democratic Party, which occupies 142 out of 297 seats in the National Assembly, and its alliance with minor opposition parties hold the majority.”
Representative Lee said, “The country is already in despair. “Are we going to entrust the fate of this country again to a group that would make it no wonder that there is war instead of peace?” he said in a speech on the 23rd of last month.
Representative Lee Jae-myung appeared on 'Kim Eo-jun News Factory' on the night of the 8th and said about his feelings about holding the general election, saying, "I am more desperate than during the presidential election." “I thought, ‘I have to save the country now,’” he said. “The worry about how many people will suffer and how this country will retreat if we just leave it alone is actually too great.”
Representative Lee gave a speech at the Dongjak-gu election campaign on the 8th, saying, "Even in the presidential election, one out of four people does not vote. So the conclusion was that the fate of this country was decided by a difference of 0.73%. If just 1% more people had voted, history would have changed."
President Yoon criticized the previous government on the 8th, saying, "The entire nation has experienced suffering due to wrong real estate policies in the past," and "The last government viewed the rise in housing prices as a matter of speculation and focused only on suppressing demand through punitive property taxes." did.