We have finally reached the edge of the dilemma. While enlightenment that reveals the contradictions of the system is necessary, for an individual who has opened their eyes but lacks a safety net to deviate from the orbit, that enlightenment becomes a “curse” rather than “salvation.” Yet, it is deceptive to tell someone to simply…

By now, there are few who do not know that the rules of the world’s game have changed. It has become common knowledge that labor alone cannot change one’s destiny, and that conventional sincerity is merely fuel used to keep the system running. Yet, why is it that people do not rise in revolt or…

If sincerity in the past was a “virtue,” sincerity today is closer to “resignation.” Previously, the belief that working hard would allow one to buy a house and climb the social ladder existed as a tangible hope. But things are different now. For a public witnessing the explosion of asset values and new paradigms of…

Witnessing the explosion of the asset market and the shift in paradigms, we feel it in our gut: we can never reach the life we desire simply by working sincerely as we do now. Yet, the vast majority of individuals, without fail, board the crowded subway again today. What is it that ties us to…

We live in an era where asset values leap overnight. While some earn years’ worth of salary in a matter of days, those who believed diligence was the ultimate virtue find themselves falling into the despair of becoming “the newly poor” (벼락 거지). Watching the value of labor hit rock bottom, people struggle to break…