Successful Inaugural Lecture Event Celebrating the Founding of Lee Jae-myung's Basic Society Research Institute

Director Oh Kyung-hoon "A System Where the State Guarantees Basic Life Is Necessary"

The inaugural commemorative lecture of Lee Jae-myung's Basic Society Research Institute (Director Oh Kyung-hoon) was successfully held with the attendance of about 500 citizens and others.

At the lecture held on the 10th, Kang Wi-won, co-representative of the Democratic Party of Korea National Innovation Council, served as the speaker and gave a lecture on the theme "What is the Basic Society Proposed by Lee Jae-myung, Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea?"

Representative Kang emphasized, "In the era of the great transformation of the 4th Industrial Revolution, it is difficult to resolve inequality with the existing welfare state strategy," and added, "Lee Jae-myung's Basic Society is a social system that guarantees the basic life of the people in all areas such as income, housing, finance, medical care, energy, and telecommunications."

He continued, "Until now, our welfare system required individuals to prove 'poverty' to receive benefits, which undermined personal dignity. The Basic Society theory proposed by Lee Jae-myung is about restructuring it into an unconditional and universal welfare system."

He also said, "It is a social system theory that goes beyond the 4th Industrial Society and the only leading country operation theory proposed by the Republic of Korea worldwide."

Director Oh Kyung-hoon, in his greeting remarks, cited cases such as the Songpa three mothers and the Suwon three mothers incidents.

He stated, "Whenever incidents occurred, the government talked about the lack of awareness of the system rather than the absence of the system," and emphasized, "With the awareness that the system exists but people did not know about it and thus could not receive benefits, fundamental solutions cannot be found."

He added, "After COVID-19, the vulnerable groups in our society are falling deeper into hardship," and said, "It is necessary to complete a system where the state guarantees a basic life beyond the minimum for everyone, anywhere. Lee Jae-myung's Basic Society will be that model."

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