President Lee Jae-myung stated on November 6 that "we must overcome politics based on incitement and slogans, as well as order politics reliant on vested interests and connections."
On this day, President Lee shared a video featuring lawyer Kim Eun-il on X (formerly Twitter), along with a message emphasizing the need for a "working politics" that centers on the lives of the people. He added, "Why do we engage in politics? We must continually ask ourselves this question," and noted that those in power should feel a corresponding sense of responsibility. He promised, "I will work harder as you expect."
Additionally, President Lee shared a post that included a statement questioning whether discussing public interest makes someone a fascist, referencing that the Nazis also built highways. He remarked, "Just because the Nazis claimed that public interest supersedes private interest, does that mean everyone who talks about public interest is a fascist?"
In response, he stated, "If one genuinely believes that 'everything my side says is right and everything the other side says is wrong,' that is a serious condition," adding that such thinking is typically referred to as fanaticism.
He further emphasized, "What is right must be recognized as right, regardless of who asserts it, for normal discourse to occur. Only then can we approach facts and truth through debate. We must be wary of fanaticism, extremism, and partisanship, regardless of whether it comes from the left or right, or from the past or present."
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