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[quote=Anonymous]I think South Koreans are far more aware of how much they have to lose than Americans are when it comes to democracy in their country. They are perpetually cognizant of North Koreans' experience, and North Korea's government is a constant threat to South Korea, such that threat of loss of democracy never leaves the people's consciousness. It also wasn't that long ago historically that they were under Japanese rule, and not so long before that they had monarchy rather than democracy, and the people had to fight for the democracy they have today. For Americans born in the U.S., we're born with democracy in our DNA. We don't know what it's like not to have it, and don't recognize a threat to it. I think that's the real difference. S. Korea knows what they have to lose and IMMEDIATELY responded en masse to prevent that from happening. The U.S. is unaware of the reality of what's happening and those who are aware are fearful but don't know how to rise up (yet).[/quote]
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