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1. Angle (angle@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Sunday, 10-Jul-2022 02:26:48 UTC Angle

   ...Is this video accurate? Cause, this sounds absolutely nuts. Like, unsustainable, honestly. :/

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P60sA3kYRpE

   • hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Sunday, 10-Jul-2022 02:26:58 UTC hypolite

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     @Angle I've heard a few horror stories from there so I'd be inclined to believe this video is accurate from the title and description alone.
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   • Kaito (kai@ajin.la)'s status on Sunday, 10-Jul-2022 02:27:09 UTC Kaito

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     @Angle My understanding is that there's a lot of pressure on the parents to do this. "Don't you want the best for your children?" And when families do leave Korean, this is the reason, because they really do want the best for their children, and there's no face-saving way to opt-out.

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   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 10-Jul-2022 02:28:30 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     • Kaito
     @kai @Angle It sounds like it's not just about saving face. According to the video, going to one of the three top unis give the student drastically higher salary and chance of employment.
     
     Depending on how factors are weighed, completely stressing out your child as an investment in their future can be considered rational in the South Korean environment.
   • Angle (angle@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Sunday, 10-Jul-2022 02:37:59 UTC Angle

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     @clacke @kai Yeah, that was the impression I got.

     Of course, for South Korean society as a whole, it might be better if parents had two children of decent educational standards and average exam scores, rather than one child of high educational standards and excellent exam scores. And that assumes there's a decent correlation between exam scores and education, something I'd honestly be skeptical about. :/

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   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 11-Jul-2022 07:30:10 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     • Amici Nybråten
     @amici @Angle Yes, they mention that spending as much as 30% of your income on your child's education puts serious limiters on birthrate and they're below 1.
   • Amici Nybråten (amici@snabelen.no)'s status on Monday, 11-Jul-2022 07:30:14 UTC Amici Nybråten

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     @Angle Not sure if they mention it in the video, but South Korea has like a vanishingly small birthrate too. So of course it's unsustainable their whole politics around children.