Society: Seoul's Death Sprial: A Symphony of Human Error and Digital Dementia

5 July,2024

Let’s put it plainly: the disasters in Seoul are all about human error. The empty political jargon about "system failures" is just hot air, helping no one. Real accidents impact real people, leading to real deaths.

Take a walk on the sidewalk, for example. Stay close to the buildings because cars jumping the curb isn’t rare. South Korea, where cars drive on the right, bizarrely had pedestrians walking on the left—just like during the Japanese colonial days—until they finally switched to the right. This idiotic mismatch between pedestrian and vehicle directions played a big part in our sky-high fatal accident rates.

Today, everyone’s brain is rotting from social media addiction, leading to digital dementia. Safety in the physical world? Forget it. People cross the street glued to their phones, oblivious until a car running a red light flattens them. Or they're plugged into noise-canceling headphones, effectively deaf, and walk right into their death.

This epidemic of carelessness has become the norm, impossible to fix. It’s not just a safety issue—it's a complete disregard for security and future risks. People are too focused on surviving each day to see the bigger picture. A bit of pressure, and they crumble: they kill themselves, complain, fight, and panic like rats in a flood when crisis hits.

Remember the Spanish Civil War? A renowned socialist thinker heard the fascists would be at his door the next day. But because it was raining and the weather was bad, he hesitated and almost got caught. That’s the level of apathy we see in Seoul today.

This collective stupidity isn’t easily corrected. It led to tragedies before. The Germans rolled over Europe, and the French sat back, convinced they were safe with Maginot line, only to surrender in five weeks when the Germans blitzed through the Ardennes. Believing they had a safe haven, the French were overwhelmed.

If another Korean War broke out, Korea wouldn’t stand a chance, thanks to this widespread lack of security sense. The delusional, drugged-up herd mentality, high on Gukppong and hopium, is a bigger threat than any hydrogen bomb from North Korea.