Five hours and 20 minutes after it began, South Korea's martial law declaration formally ended with a vote of the President's Cabinet. What stopped President Yoon Suk Yeol? People power. - ThreadSky

grantstern.bsky.social • 90 days ago

Five hours and 20 minutes after it began, South Korea's martial law declaration formally ended with a vote of the President's Cabinet.

What stopped President Yoon Suk Yeol?

People power.

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mrkkits.bsky.social•90 days ago

It is what will stop trump when he tries the same thing too!

newzealander1.bsky.social•90 days ago

Also democratic norms and institutions willing to fight for themselves.

bearlytame.bsky.social•90 days ago

I would say Americans could learn a lesson here, except Americans will not only have to fight the president, but also the entire administration, Congress, the Supreme Court and all of corporate media.

espada3497.bsky.social•90 days ago

We're gonna need a lot of this in 2025 onwards 😮‍💨 I hope my people are ready for the turbulence.

patrickgilmore.bsky.social•90 days ago

im-not-a-cat.bsky.social•90 days ago

Wait, off topic but is his name really
you suck yall? No wonder he's gone a bit cra cra 😂

mikebabin.bsky.social•90 days ago

And politicians who won't rollover

bubbacat23.bsky.social•90 days ago

Oh yeah that’s how a democracy works. Remember?

tracyc997.bsky.social•90 days ago

...we don't have that?

dukeofjupiter.bsky.social•90 days ago

The feckless GOP would not stand up to Frump if he declared martial law. Oh sure, Susan Collins may show some concern and a few others might raise an eyebrow or two, but eventually they would all bend over and take and ask America to do the same,

South Korea got it right. We are going to suck.

zadett.bsky.social•90 days ago

That's a good example what we might not to expect with a Looney Tunes cabinet loyal to Trump.

texaskiwi70.bsky.social•90 days ago

Americans must learn from this. 💪🏻🙏👊🏻

pcollirigger.bsky.social•90 days ago

I wonder what sort of facts would inspire a similar action in the US. Would a declaration of martial law by Trump face any opposition in Congress? Would millions of Americans take to the streets of Washington, DC?

myleshains.bsky.social•90 days ago

Short & depressing answer: No

minutello1.bsky.social•90 days ago

And we can stop Trump the same way!

nickyschwenzer.bsky.social•90 days ago

I hope they'll be holding some classes. The first course could be about the courage to stop a dictator 🦆

gorgood.bsky.social•90 days ago

Tfg has all 3 branches. There aren't any checks and balances. Worst case scenario, he listens to people make snarky posts on social media. That's all that's in his way. Not much

perpelxity.bsky.social•90 days ago

People power.

witwarrior.bsky.social•90 days ago

People courage.

jung-gt.bsky.social•90 days ago

South Koreans have suffered and overthrown autocrats, coups and corrupt leaders in living memory, as recently as a decade ago. They know what it takes. Do Americans? I fear Americans are too complacent in our belief a coup can't happen here, in the cradle of modern constitutional gov't.

capsfan1.bsky.social•90 days ago

And we will Rise Up and stop Trump and his clown car of criminals from instilling their radical agendas.

veggiepasta3.bsky.social•90 days ago

Strongly believe it, WE THE PEOPLE.

kenhamilton.bsky.social•90 days ago

Remove his ass.

itsallgreektome.bsky.social•90 days ago

I hate to be cynical in advance, but I doubt US Congress would meet the moment with the same clarity and alacrity to put an end to martial law should 47 invoke it.

songya6793.bsky.social•90 days ago

Ironically his party is called people power party

rbv-3896.bsky.social•90 days ago

Sadly that wouldn’t happen here. His red hat minions would be fist pumping and drinking shots. They can’t grasp what it would mean, and that they’d be affected, too.

booradleysgirl.bsky.social•90 days ago

I hope we are prepared to do the same.

markerresist.bsky.social•90 days ago

Disappointing to see a military dictatorship ended through a simple vote. What about the human rights abuses and suppression that occurred under martial law?

domainophile.bsky.social•90 days ago

Ten bucks says it won't take them 1.5 years to begin investigating the coup leaders.

sbelcaptan.bsky.social•90 days ago

A lesson for Americans?

MAGA is a fraction of the GOP, itself a fraction of registered voters (approx. 30-35m registered GOP; total registered voters as of 11/24 was 225m).

If I'm doing the math correctly, ~10 million MAGA faithful are currently punching >20X above their weight.

Can't last.

waterandafter.bsky.social•90 days ago

Unfortunately 99% of cops are MAGA that will do dictator donOlds bidding regardless of what the law says

sbelcaptan.bsky.social•90 days ago

I hear you (even if I might disagree slightly with your '99%' estimate). However, if I really believed that the vast majority of my neighbors were completely bereft of compassion, ethics, and integrity - as the MAGA faithful seem intent to convince us they are - where would that leave me?

wokeorca.bsky.social•90 days ago

Possibly closer to the truth?

MAGA probably isn’t completely without compassion; but it seems that very little of that compassion gets extended to anyone outside their cohort.

sbelcaptan.bsky.social•90 days ago

Fair.
I meant to address extreme MAGA, the ten percent of the twenty percent. In their minds it's a zero sum battle for supremacy over ALL other cohorts. The hubris is really what I want to mark. A few million pushing around hundreds of millions, because it's their sacred duty or some stupid shit.

spiritedstrider.bsky.social•90 days ago

Power to the people!

gizmotron.bsky.social•90 days ago

2.0201894% of a Scaramucci.

otero52.bsky.social•90 days ago

This should happen to Trump!

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