Comments by "HKim0072" (@HKim0072) on "#CancelKorea #SorryToFilipinos Controversy…What Japan’s rising sun flag symbolizes" video.

@jessicamaysantos5509 Not to be a dick, but our Korean older relatives sensitivity and chip on our shoulder dragged itself out of poverty to the 12th largest GDP in the world. No one or no country can successfully move forward if they don't embrace important historical benchmarks. A laissez faire sensibility is counterproductive. And this omniscience in evaluating a commenter by a few sentences is plain odd.
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@RB-pl5pg Was raised in the US since 2 years old. Lived in 3 different states: 1 through high school, 1 for college and 1 post-college. lol, the US had more influence in Korea than in the Philippines. Dude - do you even know about the oligarchs that control the Philippines? You really think its US influence that the cost of electricity in the Philippines is near the highest in Asia? You really think that having laws that bans the government from tracking private money flow is a good thing for corruption? Seriously, do a bit of research on the Philippines about corruption. It will open your eyes on why they have "failed" economically over the past 50 years. It's tragic and the average person is the one that pays the consequences.
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Korea has been fighting Japan for the last 400+ years. And, was occupied by Japan for 35 years in the last century. There are key historical differences.
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Schnook Schneider No, talking about real shit. Like actual war and death.
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@jessicamaysantos5509 That's a very poor argument. I'm not Jewish. Do we tell Jewish people "It's your history. It's your hatred, so don't drag us with you." No. In Western societies, we have jointly decided that its a symbol of hate. While some EU countries have banned the Nazi flag, you can still buy one in the US and get Nazi tattoos. Still, that doesn't mean people shouldn't stand against what those symbols of hate mean. (And the swastika was appropriated by the Nazis. It's still being used in Asia today.)
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@newtype5005 You are literally quoting the Japanese side of the argument which is your right. My guess is the widening riff on Korean comfort women (and other lawsuits) over the past 5+ years has exasperated the situation. The funny thing is I'm pretty unbiased about this. I grew up in the States in the whitest town ever. There were 4 Asian families in a town of 25,000 people when I was a kid. Never had any Asian history classes until college. I have relatives in Korea, but never talk to them about this stuff.
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@RB-pl5pg This is the oddest statement ever. If you are Korean, you should understand the history of Korea. Korea and the Philippines had the same GDP in the early 1960s. Both had dictators for roughly the same time period (Marcos lasted a few years longer). And both governments were US backed during the cold war era. The difference is Park Chung-Hee reigned in "some" corruption and forced companies and Korea to invest in infrastructure. Marcos did none of this and plundered the country and did not setup the country for success. Even during Vietnam, Korea made the cold decision to send the military to fight as they received monetary benefits. But proudly, Korea didn't send their average troops, but some of their best units. Long term vision + limiting corruption has been the key to Korea's success. Can you imagine if Seoul did not have a working public transportation system and people couldn't move around the city efficiently. The ports in the Philippines are slow. Their is no high speed train system and even the basic road infrastructure is lacking. The Philippines has one of the highest electricity costs in Asia. This higher cost is a deterrent for manufacturing. No country can thrive without basic infrastructure. (and I'm Korean who grew up in the States)
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@RB-pl5pg Do a little research on the Philippines. Internal corruption is the sole reason for holding back their economic growth over the past 50 years, not the US. Like I said, Korea and the Philippines were in the exact same spot in 1960. Korea built on the backs of our older relatives dragged itself to the 12th largest economy. The Philippines fell into a well of corruption. What sane country doesn't allow the tracking of money still?
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@RB-pl5pg You have zero idea what you are talking about. The internet isn't just for useless YouTube comments. Trying doing a bit of research: compare / contrast the histories of Korea vs Philippines back to the 1960s. Give me 1 citation or piece of data to back up frivolous statements.
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@RB-pl5pg Do you even know the names of Park Chung-Hee or Ferdinand Marcos? lol, why would it matter if I've lived in the Philippines and Korea to make a historical determination of economic plans of the countries for the past 50 years?
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@mayvelincraft3062 Geez, it's called GDP. The only bias is people that understand statistics and don't use "words" to justify opinions, but facts.
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