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II. Analysis:
On-going War between Honesty and Digital Fascism

Everyone becomes honest when he or she thinks or talks
about a relationship with his or her own family members.
!is means that happiness in the family is based on the value
of honesty. Honesty should also be the essential value for the
statecitizen relationship. When people are knowingly deceived
by their own government, they can never feel happiness from
that governance and citizenship. Sadly enough, honesty is a
value fading away in many parts of the world in this digital
and mass media era.

What is happening in Korea in recent years goes beyond
the level of a simple political struggle between conservative
and progressive values. It foreshadows the era of organized
deception by a cartel of interest/ideology-sharing power
groups inside and outside the nation. !is era might eventually
lead us to the so-called ‘digital fascism’.

Fascism, which appeared in the 1920s and 40s, attempted to
realize the complete solidarity and integration of the ruling
class. !e guiding ideology and fascist leaders were subject to
enthusiastic worship, and criticism of this was unacceptable
and dangerous. !e system established by mankind to
fundamentally suppress fascism, which served as a key factor
in the outbreak of World War II, is a democratic procedure.
!e essence of a democratic system, whether a liberal or social
democracy, lies not in its “ideology”, but in its “process”.
!e principles and institutions established by the national
community gain legitimacy through the domination of the

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