In this case, give them and the company responsible a court summons?

Instead they detained all the Koreans in the building and appear to have used them as a negotiating chip in an upcoming “deal” with the government of South Korea. This is behavior we expect of a banana republic not an allied nation of laws.

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jacquesm 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

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jleyank a day ago | parent | next [-]

Don’t forget ruling by decree.

	▲	jacquesm a day ago \| parent [-]
		That was not meant as an exhaustive list, more like a sample, but yes, ruling by degree is a big one (as is ignoring parliament/congress).

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senectus1 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

while all these things are true, they're not great descriptions of a banana republic.

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jacquesm a day ago | parent [-]

Feel free to add the ones that you think that are, as long as they apply.

- Sham judicial processes used to strongarm officials? Check.

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jenadine a day ago | parent [-]

From Wikipedia:

> the term banana republic describes a politically and economically unstable country with an economy dependent upon the export of natural resource.

The dependence upon natural resource may be hard to check.

	▲	jacquesm a day ago \| parent [-]
		Give it some time, they're emulating russia in just about every other respect as well.

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cmxch a day ago | parent | prev [-]

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amatecha a day ago | parent [-]

To the people who already lived in NA before we settlers took over, we were the "illegals". The irony of xenophobic fear of immigrants will never cease to amuse me. (signed, a descendant of Zacharie Cloutier)

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s1artibartfast a day ago | parent [-]

It's not really that ironic. The native Americans fought and lost. If they had their way there would be no USA or settlers. Where is the irony in this?

It seems the lesson is that if foreign people want to come and live here, they better come with an army and be prepared to fight. Another lesson is that if you let them in they will displace you and diminish your autonomy.

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amatecha a day ago | parent [-]

Immigrants, by and large, aren't waging war or invading.

Of course the indigenous people fought - their home was being totally taken over, by force. That's not what's happening today.

	▲	helqn a day ago \| parent [-]
		What’s happening today is that megacorps are bringing in people illegally to dump the salaries of the locals and for some reason the left, which should fight for the working rights of the locals, is siding with the revenue of the billionaires.