Chapter 46: Our own version of Democracy (2)
The middle-class voters who were interested in politics found it difficult to judge Lee Sung Joon. Before the coup, Lee Sung Joon seemed like a person who longed for Western-style reforms and aimed for democracy.
"A sensible person like General Lee should lead this country."
After the coup, Lee Sung Joon was a typical authoritarian ruler who advocated developmental dictatorship.
"See. When a military man grabs power, he becomes Park Han-jin."
Before and after the counter-coup, Lee Sung Joon showed the ignorance unique to military dictators who gave a taste of iron-fisted rule.
"A bastard worse than Park Han-jin."
And now, he says he will implement 'Korean-style democracy'.
People were momentarily confused by the word 'democracy'.
It was also the effect that the original world's Park Chung-hee aimed for.