Mark Manson, an American bestselling author and famous YouTuber, has made headlines by posting a video that he “traveled to the world’s most depressing country” after visiting Korea. Manson, a best-selling author who has written famous self-development books such as “The Art of Turning Off Nervousness,” is a YouTube creator with 1.44 million subscribers.

Manson recently released a 24-minute video on his YouTube channel under the theme of “Traveling to the World’s Depressing Country.” During his visit to Korea, Manson met with Americans, psychologists, and psychiatrists living in Korea to look into depression in Korean society.

  • Dr. Moose
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    Korea is surprisingly dystopian and no other country is exactly like that tbh.

    The internet (and many other areas) are completely captured by monopolies that control everything. There are so many inhumane, draconian laws too. This all contrasts with advance tech and pop production so starkly it kinda breaks people’s brains.

    • @GhostFence
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      2510 months ago

      Behold the corporate state.

      • @[email protected]
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        810 months ago

        Yeah, the genre of cyberpunk in general can be loosely summarized as “it’s the libertarian wet dream future and it sucks”

        • @dlpkl
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          610 months ago

          “…but the aesthetic is dope”

          • @[email protected]
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            Cyberpunk libertarian dystopia aesthetic: dope.

            Actual libertarian dystopia aesthetic: same as now but more annoying. And more bears.

            • @[email protected]
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              210 months ago

              Actual libertarian dystopia aesthetic: Everything is an ad.

              This comment sponsor: Raid Shadow Legend.

    • @gmtom
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      210 months ago

      Well the country is pretty much run by Samsung to the point their entire economy and education system revolve around it. And the family that runs the company openly gets away with doing whatever the fuck they want.

      • eightpix
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        210 months ago

        Aw. Name more of the chaebols.

        Samsung

        KIA

        Daewoo

        Hyundai

        SK

        LG

        Lotte

    • bob
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      110 months ago

      At least they didn’t have 500 million cameras deployed, The real Cyberpunk 2077 is China.