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And this time, the public pressure is enough that the PPP stays in the chamber to vote no. And only about a dozen, like per NPR, only about a dozen PPP lawmakers actually vote to impeach the guy who just tried to have their fucking parliament disbanded. You know, and this is like one of the really depressing things about this, right? Even after everything, right?
And this time, the public pressure is enough that the PPP stays in the chamber to vote no. And only about a dozen, like per NPR, only about a dozen PPP lawmakers actually vote to impeach the guy who just tried to have their fucking parliament disbanded. You know, and this is like one of the really depressing things about this, right? Even after everything, right?
And this is something that we can trace back to sort of the roots of the conservatism of the PPP. Even after all of this shit, right? Like these people still backed him. And that's a really, really grim and depressing thing.
And this is something that we can trace back to sort of the roots of the conservatism of the PPP. Even after all of this shit, right? Like these people still backed him. And that's a really, really grim and depressing thing.
And this is something that we can trace back to sort of the roots of the conservatism of the PPP. Even after all of this shit, right? Like these people still backed him. And that's a really, really grim and depressing thing.
And part of the reaction to this has been from the South Korean trade union movement, which has been calling for just straight up the disbanding of the PPP as a political party. Right. And that's something that I think is extremely reasonable. Again, if your party's president tries to do a military coup, I think I think you shouldn't be allowed to have a party anymore.
And part of the reaction to this has been from the South Korean trade union movement, which has been calling for just straight up the disbanding of the PPP as a political party. Right. And that's something that I think is extremely reasonable. Again, if your party's president tries to do a military coup, I think I think you shouldn't be allowed to have a party anymore.
And part of the reaction to this has been from the South Korean trade union movement, which has been calling for just straight up the disbanding of the PPP as a political party. Right. And that's something that I think is extremely reasonable. Again, if your party's president tries to do a military coup, I think I think you shouldn't be allowed to have a party anymore.
This is the meal meal liberal opinions. Right. OK, so like eventually this vote does go through and the stage that we're at right now is that, OK, so once you get impeached by the National Assembly, you're suspended from all your duties and the prime minister takes power. So what's happening right now is he doesn't have any power formally, but we're still in this sort of holding period.
This is the meal meal liberal opinions. Right. OK, so like eventually this vote does go through and the stage that we're at right now is that, OK, so once you get impeached by the National Assembly, you're suspended from all your duties and the prime minister takes power. So what's happening right now is he doesn't have any power formally, but we're still in this sort of holding period.
This is the meal meal liberal opinions. Right. OK, so like eventually this vote does go through and the stage that we're at right now is that, OK, so once you get impeached by the National Assembly, you're suspended from all your duties and the prime minister takes power. So what's happening right now is he doesn't have any power formally, but we're still in this sort of holding period.
We're waiting for the Supreme Court to weigh in and either like approve the impeachment or not. And that's kind of where things stand now after an unbelievably unhinged week and a half of just everything being extremely, two weeks, I guess, everything being just unbelievably, extremely weird.
We're waiting for the Supreme Court to weigh in and either like approve the impeachment or not. And that's kind of where things stand now after an unbelievably unhinged week and a half of just everything being extremely, two weeks, I guess, everything being just unbelievably, extremely weird.
We're waiting for the Supreme Court to weigh in and either like approve the impeachment or not. And that's kind of where things stand now after an unbelievably unhinged week and a half of just everything being extremely, two weeks, I guess, everything being just unbelievably, extremely weird.
And yeah, but I think there is a mild hopeful note, which is that if you fight back against these people, they can be defeated. It sucks, but you can eventually get them to crumble. And all I can really say for this is I hope the South Korean people prevail over the shitty military dictators. And I hope that we, too, are able to sort of prevail in the U.S.
And yeah, but I think there is a mild hopeful note, which is that if you fight back against these people, they can be defeated. It sucks, but you can eventually get them to crumble. And all I can really say for this is I hope the South Korean people prevail over the shitty military dictators. And I hope that we, too, are able to sort of prevail in the U.S.
And yeah, but I think there is a mild hopeful note, which is that if you fight back against these people, they can be defeated. It sucks, but you can eventually get them to crumble. And all I can really say for this is I hope the South Korean people prevail over the shitty military dictators. And I hope that we, too, are able to sort of prevail in the U.S.
against our sort of equivalents of these forces.
against our sort of equivalents of these forces.
against our sort of equivalents of these forces.