Something very strange just happened. Those who might remember know that I live and teach in South Korea and that I have complained about how gullible and cucked the korean people are eg jogging in the park with masks. Something very interesting just happened in one of my middle school classes. I walked in during the middle of a spirited debate. I understood only one word...illuminati.
Asked the student what the illuminati is/means. They didn't have the vocab to tell me, but she did mimick earth/the globe and then a stabbing motion with her hands.
Most interesting. Been here five years and this is the first time I've ever seen something like this.
I understand that Korean people have 2 faces, much like Japan. There is what you say and do in public, and what you say and do among friends and family.
Koreans never trusted their government. They still don't.
Koreans have always believed that their country is like a shrimp on a whale's tail. Whatever they do doesn't matter because they are too small and weak to matter.
Of course, I explain to Koreans that if they are too small and weak to matter, why do other countries care to manipulate Korea?
But yes, Koreans do buy into a lot of conspiracy theories. It's part of their cultural DNA. They have had to deal with the Chinese backstabbing them and installing fake kings and such for millennia.
They sure do trust their medical community, and they are all in on the covid thing.