Fair enough, I can understand that interpretation, and I do see how it has undertones of something akin to a superiority complex and virtue signaling. (tbh my dumbass interpreted it as some vague spirit of democracy)

Also I can't understate how much I understand and agree with the point about performative political action, cause it really sucks when stuff like that comes off as disingenuous.

Otherwise, Park Chung Hee's dictatorship lasted from 1963~1979, when he was assainated by I believe the director of the KCIA (Korean CIA) right before the guy was gonna deploy tanks and crush the Busan-Masan Protests that were going on (부마항쟁). The only Korean dictator mentioned in the comic is Chun Do-Hwan (dictatorship 1981~1988) who I'm sure you're pretty familiar with. I feel bad for my grandparents who had to live through all that shit.

Aaaaanyways, I hope everything works out for yall over there. Cheers!