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People Power Party (국민의힘, 國民의힘, Gugminui-Him), formerly known as the United Future Party (미래통합당, 未來統合黨, Milaetonghabdang), is a right-wing, social conservative and anti-communist party in South Korea. It was created as a merger of several hard-line conservative, anti-communist right-wing parties, including Liberty Korea Party (자유한국당, 自由韓國黨), New Conservatives (새로운보수당, 새로운保守黨) and Onward for Future 4.0
(미래를향한전진4.0, 未來를향한前進4.0). On 9 March, 2022, presidential canadate Yoon Suk-yeol, won the election and is scheduled to take office on 10 May, 2022.[1]
Political position[edit]
Officially, it calls for "moderate conservatism" (중도보수, 中道保守). In reality, its leadership is made up of traditionalists and older people, and its supporters made up of alt-right young people.
The absolute majority of party members refuse to recognize the existence of LGBT. There was a debate between this party and the more moderate Democratic Party of Korea on whether acceptance of gay people should be either opposed or require a national consensus, which both candidates drew a lot of fire from social media.[2]
It is difficult to characterize a tendency as a big tent party, but it is actually a hard-line conservative party that is far from a "moderate conservative."
Diplomatically, People Power Party has a strong pro-U.S. and anti-PRC tendency. The position on Russia is not clear. (However, they are less friendly to Russia than to the Minjoo Party because of their traditional anti-North Korea tendencies.)
Conservatives in South Korea are pro-business, but unlike conservatives in the United States, they have supported economic intervention rather than fiscal conservatism. But conservatives in South Korea always have a more hostile view of welfare and labor than conservatives in the United States. (see South Korea#Poor welfare and labor right)
In 2021, Lee Jun-seok(이준석), a young "moderate conservative", was elected as the leader of the PPP party. The problem is that this moderation is more of an alt-lite line that is "moderate" in South Korean political standards and NOT "moderate" at all in U.S. political standards. Lee Jun-seok is classified as a 'centrist' because he conflicts with the conservatism of the elderly in South Korea, but he is also notorious as an anti-feminist.[3] In addition, during his BMP years, he made extreme claims that "the Women's Committee, the Youth Committee, and the Disabled Committee should all be dissolved."[4] Lee, in particular, has put forward a radical policy of abolishing all affirmative action within the PPP.[5] Left-wing commentator Jin Joong-kwon(진중권) and conservative politician Na Kyung-won(나경원) from the PPP called Lee "like Trumpism."[6] The fucking funny thing is that Lee Jun-seok has no traditionalist tendency, so Na Kyung-won is classified as a right-wing conservative and Lee Jun-seok as a moderate conservative. This shows how extremely South Korea's conservative politics are.[7]
Austin Bashore, a U.S. Green Party member and left-wing activist belonging to a minority (white) race people in South Korea, called PPP a "party that stimulates anti-foreign sentiment" (반외국인 정서를 자극하는 정당).[8][9]
See also[edit]
Related Political Parties in other countries
- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) — The Japanese version of the People Power Party.
- Republican Party — The American version of the People Power Party.
- Bharatiya Janata Party — The Indian version of the People Power Party.
- Hwang Kyo-ahn
- Liberty Korea Party / Party of New Conservatives
- LGBT rights — United Future Party abhors homosexuals.
- Jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro — some party members were influenced by these men.
- Religious Right
- Confucianism
- Korean War
- Asian values
- Ilbe, DCinside
- Alt-right
External Links[edit]
- See the Wikipedia article on People Power Party.
References[edit]
- ↑ Hyun-woo. Nam. 10 March, 2022. The Korean Times. Yoon Suk-yeol wins presidential election.
- ↑ Da-min, J. (April 8, 2020). "Rival candidates slammed for 'biased' views on homosexuality". Korea Times. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ↑ 이주엽 (2021, April 12) 젊은 이준석의 반페미니즘 (Young people Lee Jun-seok's anti-feminism) Hankook Ilbo Retrieved June 15, 2021
- ↑ 정은혜. (August 11, 2018) 이준석 "젊은이들 9급 놓고도 무한경쟁…정치인도 자격시험 보게 할것" (Lee Joon-seok said "Young people compete indefinitely for 9th grade civil servant. I'll also have politicians take the qualification exam.") JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved June 15, 2021
- ↑ 이화진 (June 1, 2021) 이준석이 쏘아 올린 ‘모든 할당제 폐지’…공정인가 소외인가 (Lee Jun-seok's "Abolition of All Quotations"... Fairness or alienation?) KBS NEWS. Retrieved June 15, 2021
- ↑ 송영훈 (June 11, 2021) 나경원·이준석, '트럼피즘' 격돌…"분열의 정치"vs"트럼프 비유 교묘" (Lee Jun-seok opposes the quota system... Na Kyung-won said, "(Lee Jun-seok is the)Leadership of division, Trumpism.") 노컷뉴스. Retrieved June 15, 2021
- ↑ 박경준 (May 28, 2021) Lee Jun-seok caused a sensation... The opposition party's leadership is facing a moderate vs. senior conservative race. Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved June 15, 2021
- ↑ http://www.newsm.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=23523
- ↑ https://twitter.com/BashoreForOhio/status/1477240279560499205