Preface: Criticism is not about "sweeping," but about "communication."

Chapter 1: The Brash Lee Jun-seok: "The 'Sassy Immunity' on Test Day"

Memories of Sanggye-dong and Mok-dong that raised Lee Jun-seok | The aura of "freedom" fully absorbed at Harvard University | The label "left-wing" has become a "young, conservative idiot" | The Democratic Party's sense of crisis that condemned Lee Jun-seok as Hitler | Is he a "bottle opener" that opens the public's heart for generational change, or a "crater"? | The progressive camp's labeling of "jungle conservatives" | Hating the enemy clouds judgment | The "meritocracy debate" spread by Lee Jun-seok | Why the 2030 generation wants meritocracy | Meritocracy is a "symptom," not a "cause," of inequality | The "sleazy immunity" enjoyed by Lee Jun-seok | Democratic Party freshmen lawmakers who capitulated to staunch supporters | "Lee Jun-seok is clever, shrewd, and brilliant" | The "Yoon Seok-yeol admonishment incident" and "morality" remarks | Beyond "proof of existence" or "leadership obsession" | The "If Yoon Seok-yeol becomes president, I'll leave the Earth" incident | "I won't tolerate Lee Jun-seok's arrogance and self-righteousness." | Talking too much is also a sign of shameless behavior. | Lee Jun-seok's biggest challenge is to differentiate himself from others.

Chapter 2: Why Two-Thirds of the Public Wanted a Pardon for Lee Jae-yong: Samsung Mirrors South Korea

Lee Jae-yong's growth process | Chaebol families resemble royal families | 'Prince's Rebellion' and the conflict between Lee Maeng-hee and Lee Kun-hee | Lee Jae-yong thinks, "It's so unfortunate" and "He's pitiful" | 'The Agency for National Security Planning X-Files Case' and the 'Slush Fund Exposure Case' | Lee Jae-yong embroiled in a state affairs meddling case | Lee Jae-yong re-arrested in the retrial | Overwhelming public opinion in favor of Lee Jae-yong's pardon | Conflicts that have erupted since Lee Jae-yong's parole | Were the people swayed by the media's conspiracy? | Koreans' 'realistic habitus' | Koreans' 'small-nation complex' | The difference between Samsung and BTS | The 'legacy of compressed growth' that captivates Koreans | Koreans are 'people who have lived 300 years in 30 years' | Koreans' 'distrust of the law' | Beyond the 'selective justice' of 'hypocrisy' | Let's cultivate the good aspects that are not reflected in the mirror

Chapter 3: Why BTS is a "Living Self-Help Book": A March for Comfort, Positivity, Hope, and Solidarity

BTS member RM criticizes self-help books | Are there people who don't develop themselves? | "I will stop all prejudice and oppression against teenagers" | Song lyrics tell BTS' own stories | A message that goes beyond "I want a girl" | "BTS's greatest charm is its 'authenticity'" | "One morning, when I opened my eyes, I wished I were dead" | "All the underdogs around the world, listen up" | BTS's storytelling-style self-help message | The message that "You're okay just the way you are" | "Please make your voice heard" | Bang Si-hyuk's anger for his "fanboys" | BTS is a "religion" that goes beyond "self-help books" | "BTS International Interdisciplinary Academic Conference" | BTS's anti-racism and anti-violence movement | "Me, you, we all have the right to be respected" | "BTS has achieved 100 times what I did, but it's going to be so hard" | The interactive nature of the messages of 'comfort, positivity, hope, and solidarity' | Is BTS's self-help message just a money-making tool?

Chapter 4: Hong Jun-pyo, Too Brave: Why Can't He Break Free of His "Foul-Speaking" Image?

The 'trick of fate' that turned Hong Joon-pyo into a 'conservative warrior' | A childhood spent filling my stomach with tap water for lunch | "I'm a dirt spoon to the bone" | A 'strong and weak' man who refuses to distinguish between left and right | The 'Jinju Medical Center closure' incident that turned him into a public enemy of the progressive movement | Hong Joon-pyo's 'lonely struggle without allies' | "Relieving the education gap is more important than free school meals" | "The train goes on even when dogs bark" | Politics is 'image politics' | "Did Roh Moo-hyun and Trump become president because they had character?" | Yoon Seok-yeol and Lee Jae-myung have "gangster, thug leadership" | Media that only reports when there is harsh criticism is also a problem | "Yoon Seok-yeol's 'Cho Kuk investigation' is a power struggle within the ruling party, disguised as fairness" | "I will stop the tyranny of the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union and other militant unions" | "I'm just a 'lone wolf,' not a lone wolf" | Controlling the 'lone wolf temperament' is the biggest challenge | To turn solo singing into a chorus

Chapter 5: The Democratic Party's Essence Revealed by "Criticizing Yoon Seok-yeol" Content: Beyond Tribalism and Inward-Looking

The content of criticism exposes the critic's level of skill | Tribalistic criticism that ignores public and private matters | Moon administration officials' "big brother" rhetoric | "The gangster mentality of 'I raised you'" | The Democratic Party cheered the court detention of Yoon Seok-yeol's mother-in-law | Frenzy over 'Jeong Kyung-shim's four-year prison sentence' and 'Suspension of Yoon Seok-yeol's heavy disciplinary action' | When I say it, it's 'judicial justice,' when I write it, it's 'judicial coup d'état.' | "Activist politics" as revealed by "Choo Mi-ae's Flag."

Chapter 6: Responding to the Rebuttal by Cho Don-moon, Chairman of the Roh Hoe-chan Foundation: "A World Without Irregular Workers" is a Lie

A world without irregular workers is a lie | 'Friday Man' Cho Don-moon's rebuttal | A simple question of common sense that even elementary school students can understand | The Moon administration's focus on 'ceremonial politics' and 'event politics' | Is it progressive if it always goes in the exact opposite direction of Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye? | The 'winner-takes-all structure' itself must be destroyed | A '1 vs. 99 society' and a '20 vs. 80 society' | "If this continues, the Republic of Korea could perish" | Beyond the 'torture of hope' with no end in sight

Chapter 7: Is Kim Yong-min a Blessing for the People Power Party?: The Curse of the Obsession with Sunk Costs

'Cognitive dissonance theory' and the 'sunk cost effect' | Who is Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Yong-min? | "A war of goons that has become a pro-North Korea vs. anti-North Korea fight" | The Democratic Party's hypocrisy regarding civil lawsuits | Kim Yong-min, "There will be no more tolerance" | Kim Yong-min's first trial loss, abandonment of appeal | "Kim Yong-min doesn't even know the ABCs of the prosecution system" | Kim Yong-min's 'emotional battle' advocating for 'Impeachment of Yoon Seok-yeol' | Lawmakers who submitted a 'Pledge to Complete Prosecution' to 'Moon-addicts' | The Moon Jae-in administration's abuse of investigative authority | Kim Yong-min recommends 'text bombing' of first-term lawmakers | Kim Yong-min's 'equation for success' as he takes first place in the Supreme Council | "Why doesn't the Democratic Party feel hurt even when hit with a stick?" | "A single word from Kim Eo-jun leads Choo Mi-ae, Kim Yong-min, and Kim Nam-guk to 'reform, reform'" | Passion for leading 'media reform' following 'prosecution reform' | Is it such a waste and a shame that all the effort and passion you've poured in has been wasted?