The Late Capitalism of K-Pop

[The Lawspeaker]

Taking a look at the history and development of South Korean pop music and the highly exploitative system that underpins it. Sources: On South Korea’s history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_K... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_K... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_R... http://countrystudies.us/south-korea/... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy... On K-pop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-pop https://www.spin.com/2012/03/seoul-tr... http://seoulbeats.com/2012/02/the-roa... http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pa... http://www.moonrok.com/tag/the-histor... Trainee abuse: http://www.worldofbuzz.com/ex-snsd-tr... https://www.dramafever.com/news/kpop-... South Korea’s workers’ rights: https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/... https://www.export.gov/article?id=Kor... https://tradingeconomics.com/south-ko...

[glambutera]

I hate K-pop they're so ugly

[Daco Celtic]

Tons and tons of plastic surgery. Japan has much less.

[Thambi]

Wow, I never knew kpop stars had such intense lifestyle with so much risk involved in their career paths. Thanks for the video. Quite informative. I have way more respect for them now. The amount of hard work they put in, dedication, passion they have really deserve the recognition they have globally today.

[The Lawspeaker]

Wow, I never knew kpop stars had such intense lifestyle with so much risk involved in their career paths. Thanks for the video. Quite informative. I have way more respect for them now. The amount of hard work they put in, dedication, passion they have really deserve the recognition they have globally today.

That's one way to look at it: I see it as Late Stage Capitalism and yet another indicator of the moral bankruptcy of our modern society.

[Thambi]

That's one way to look at it: I see it as Late Stage Capitalism and yet another indicator of the moral bankruptcy of our modern society.

yeah haha true thats the main point of the video highlighted. They are pretty much slaves to the three major companies who have a monopoly over the kpop industry. The idols know they have no choice who become gullible for the companies and they start exploiting them in all ways possible. Also makes independent artists pretty much impossible to rise.

[The Lawspeaker]

yeah haha true thats the main point of the video highlighted. They are pretty much slaves to the three major companies who have a monopoly over the kpop industry. The idols know they have no choice who become gullible for the companies and they start exploiting them in all ways possible. Also makes independent artists pretty much impossible to rise.

Exactly. And this is why I am in favour of completely abolishing modern culture. People need to be free and independent and allowed to take inspiration from that what has been passed down to them by their ancestors and tweak it to suit this generation. That, of course, doesn't exclude foreign influences but it does exclude the existence of conglomerates that have the society by the throat and who brainwash them for political and financial gain without their victims even knowing it.

[WeirdLookingFellow]

Too much leftist interpretation of a topic that can be easily discussed by a paleoconservative.

[The Lawspeaker]

Too much leftist interpretation of a topic that can be easily discussed by a paleoconservative.

Aye. Then we first need to find a paleocon with the balls to do it.

[glambutera]

They're all killing themselves