it's the same with japan. if you compare the japan that lived through the meiji restoration or the sengoku jidai or ww2 or even the post war miracle, and then compare it to the current batch of old farts letting the country stagnate it's completely different.  same with korea. they had their miracle on the han river where an entire generation sacrificed themselves for their children's future, and now that generation is a baby boomer esque group spoiled rotten willing to let their people go instinct
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