Lee Jae-myung and Michael Sandel Dialogue Sparks Tensions Between Ruling and Opposition Parties

[Asia Economy Reporter Park So-yeon] On the 21st, a war of nerves broke out between the ruling and opposition parties over the video dialogue between Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, and Michael Sandel, Harvard University professor and author of "What Is Justice?".

Yoon Hee-sook, former member of the People Power Party, wrote on Facebook that "regardless of the Democratic Party's intentions, Candidate Lee and Professor Sandel are distant and very different from each other in terms of mutual understanding," adding, "Candidate Lee is a representative figure of the arrogance (thinking success is the result of effort) pointed out by Professor Sandel."

Former lawmaker Yoon said, "He boasts of having succeeded from humble beginnings, even dragging his family down as lowly, but his father, who dropped out of college in the early 1950s, was an extraordinary elite," and added, "Ignoring the advantage of having educated parents and only elevating himself is the 'arrogance of the successful' that Professor Sandel pointed out." She sarcastically remarked, "They invited a distinguished person but ended up making a comedy."

In response, Woo Won-shik, Democratic Party lawmaker, counterattacked, saying, "From the standpoint of a fake tenant who resigned from the National Assembly due to allegations of land speculation by his father, does he have the right to blame others for unfairness and inequality?" and "Isn't the biggest comedy of this era the tenant cosplay?"

Jeon Yong-gi, Democratic Party lawmaker, said, "It is utterly deplorable that former lawmaker Yoon points fingers in front of a feast. He mocked the opposing candidate with vulgar and lowly language," and added, "Kim Jong-in, the general election committee chairman, should stop former lawmaker Yoon's low-quality negative campaigning first."

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