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[instiz] THE REASON WHY IT’S HARD TO ASPIRE TO HAVE OLD MONEY IN KOREA
In the West, there is a significant fascination with “old money”
Rockefeller… Carnegie… and so on…
But in Korean terms,
the old…
Money…
?
“National traitor Lee Wanyong”
Has the family been wealthy for generations, starting with your grandfather? Suspicious…
1. I only want to become nouveau riche
2. If we were a country where noblesse oblige was practiced generation after generation, it would absolutely be a place to aspire to be “old money”
4. It might have been possible if the pro-Japanese collaborators had been purged.
But in our country’s context, wouldn’t they be the equivalent of “old money” families descended from independence activists?
5. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Also, they’d shoot you anywhere you go to flaunt your money
6. We indeed get suspicious the moment you mention you’re old money ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
7. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Old money? In Korea…?
8. If you trace the origins of Korea’s “old money,” you find people who sold out the country or ruthlessly exploited others, making it difficult for them to command respect
9. Even if one managed to avoid being a pro-Japanese collaborator, there was no escaping collaboration with the dictator…
10. Just like Ha Young’s family
