Reality is nothing, media is everything.

South Korea entering the geopolitics chat:

Likely not airworthy. It wasn't easiest to maintain in the best of times, now both spare parts and technicians are probably in short supply.

And they decided that this all sucks and the system that allowed the standard of living that is the envy of the world needs to be burned to the ground.

At the same time, there are millions of people who got handed all that on a silver platter. They enjoy incomparably better life than Syrians in Idlib. Just light years apart.

In the process of running it, they discovered the value of good governance, they figured why it is better for your tax base when minorities are not harassed, and they independently evolved to a point of "diversity makes us stronger".

damn, I almost blocked you!