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Hattix t1_iwwaovi wrote

It's worth looking up just how powerful Samsung is in South Korea.

Start at "The Korean president must be approved by Samsung before running" and make sure you catch that "A majority of seats in the National Assembly are occupied by candidates endorsed by Samsung".

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FlabsWereGhasted t1_iwwxgp8 wrote

Where did you find that presidential candidates have to be approved by Samsung? Legit never heard of it. Couldn't find anything online about it either

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raptor2k1 t1_iwwy2gn wrote

I'm guessing they mean as less of a legal mandate, and more that candidates that aren't don't go very far.

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LilTeats4u t1_iwwyx6f wrote

Sounds like what they tried to do with trump endorsements

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keith714 t1_iwx3nd2 wrote

I mean, it’s not different in the US, even the Democratic Party is sludged by big pharma and health insurance money.

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lemmecheckit t1_iwxwbmk wrote

Yeah it's the democrats fault we don't have m4a /s

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tbmny t1_iwz3yd1 wrote

It's both parties fault, and democrats are definitely partly to blame.

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demonicpanini t1_iwxmx6j wrote

Wow. Cyberpunk dystopia is actually closer than I thought. Y'know huge megacorp pulling the strings of the government.

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