After the end of Japanese rule in Korea, the country was occupied yet again, apparently to help create an independent Korean state. The Soviet Union entered the country first; the United States, in its campaign against communism, also stepped in. They agreed to draw an imaginary line to divide the peninsula. The north was sponsored by the Soviets and communism, the south by the US and capitalism. To this day, they both claim themselves to be the only true Korea.
In the eyes of the colonizers, Asia remains a vast resource, and Asians remain either an obstacle or another resource. What lies ahead of us is dim, and we have been back against the wall.
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Yet the struggle for Asia remains as either capitalist or communist. The underlying nationalism serves to give up the individual into the good of the whole. In this way, individuals will sacrifice their livelihoods to…
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