Picture this: a nation that still chants justice and democracy as if they’re sacred incantations, while its so-called leaders dance above the law with impunity. South Korea pretends it reveres accountability. In reality, it’s built on a breathtaking hypocrisy—a system where power inoculates, and the rest of us are expected to believe the grand theater of the Special Prosecutor is anything but a rigged circus.

Let’s be blunt. The Yoon camp’s breathtaking silence to a special prosecutor’s summons isn’t just political noise—it’s a middle finger to every citizen who ever dreamed of equal justice. The refusal to show up, again and again, is not about miscommunication or technicalities. It’s a cold calculation: they know nothing will happen. The entire charade—summons, supposed outrage, promises of new investigations—is a grotesque farce, designed to douse the flames of public anger while protecting those in the gilded club.

Try to imagine a normal citizen skipping a prosecutorial summons. Would the authorities politely wait for a response or ‘review’ the possibility of checking in again tomorrow? No. There’d be handcuffs, public embarrassment, a quick dose of humiliation to remind everyone who’s boss. But for the powerful, the institutions of law twist themselves into knots, as if the mere act of enforcing justice against privilege is some unspeakable taboo.

Let’s stop pretending it’s just an isolated case. These non-responses, these cooled-down ‘deliberations’ about whether to enforce a warrant—they are the beating heart of Korean elitism. It’s a system where the powerful are untouchable, immune not only from justice but from the moral judgment of the society they’ve built. The silent complicity of the public, the endless rationalizations (“It’s complicated politics”; “We mustn’t destabilize the nation”)—they reveal a terrible truth: we do not want justice. We want the illusion of justice, as long as order is preserved and the powerful remain comfortable.

So here’s the ugly truth, Korea: The rules are different for the rulers. And every time you look away, every time you accept the narrative that 'this time, things will change,' you are complicit in your own disenfranchisement. Will you tolerate another mock investigation, or finally demand a system that prosecutes power—no matter whose name is penciled on the special prosecutor’s list?

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