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Here is the link - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42307147

I don't think my paraphrasing was inaccurate.

The only part accurately summarised is the arrest bit. On that, there is no “told ya.” Yoon has not been arrested. (The chances he may be have gone up. The chances he will be imprisoned have not, in my view, as have those that trying to force his arrest precipitates a halting political crisis.)

This bit, on the other hand, is totally unsubstantiated: “a person in power defacto declaring themselves dictator was sufficient to enact such, regardless of their popularity.” Nobody argued that.

Also: “I was arguing that autocracy, in spite of lack of accountability, generally cannot sustain itself without relatively broad support.” <— You never said this. The closest we came to this was in what adversarial states would want.

You literally quoted me saying as much in the other thread, then tried to mock it:

[me, quoted by you] maintaining power without relatively widespread support is quite difficult

[you] Strange claim in a thread about the Korean peninsula.

I'm sure you know that Yoon was/is extremely unpopular. This was the crux of the issue. If Yoon had an 80% approval, I believe he would be the dictator of South Korea today instead of impeached and with a warrant out for his arrest.

Now obviously you agree with that as well. So where did we disagree? Right, on what happens when an unpopular man tries to declare himself dictator.

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