I keep hearing the term in political discourse, and rather than googling it, I’m asking the people who know better than Google.

  • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    1. The ROK has a liberal democracy, but it was forced on the people of southern Korea without their consent. The US Empire staffed it with prior compradors that were in power during Japanese colonialism. The ROK is currently a dictatorship of capital under a special class of people referred to as “chaebol,” under the occupation of the US Empire.

    2. All states are “authoritarian,” in that all states are means by which one class exerts its authority over the others. Communists support the working class being in charge of that authority, all communists (unless you count anarchists) support the use of the state against capitalists and fascists, and the majority of practicing communists support socialist states.

    3. I don’t like being referred to like “one of you.” I don’t care what they posted, I am explaining directly to you.

    4. The ROK essentially being a comprador government set up by a colonizer does not mean it’s occupying itself. The US Empire is occupying Korea, not the comprador government.