People Power Party

[[File:Logo of People Power Party of Korea.svg|thumb|right|195px|Logo of the People Power Party]]
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'''People Power Party''' (국민의힘, 國民의힘, ''Gugminui-Him''), formerly known as the '''United Future Party''' (미래통합당, 未來統合黨, ''Milaetonghabdang''), is a [[Political spectrum#Rightism|right-wing]], [[Political_spectrum#Conservatism|social conservative]] and [[Communism|anti-communist]] party in [[South Korea]]. It was created as a merger of several hard-line conservative, anti-communist right-wing parties, including [[Liberty Korea Party]] (자유한국당, 自由韓國黨), [[Party of New Conservatives|New Conservatives]] (새로운보수당, 새로운保守黨) and {{wpl|Onward for Future 4.0}} (미래를향한전진4.0, 未來를향한前進4.0). On 9 March, 2022, presidential canadate [[Yoon Suk-yeol]], won the election and is scheduled to take office on 10 May, 2022.<ref name="korean times yoon wins">Hyun-woo. Nam. 10 March, 2022. ''The Korean Times''. ''[https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2022/03/803_325233.html Yoon Suk-yeol wins presidential election]''.</ref>

==Political position==
Officially, it calls for "moderate conservatism" (중도보수, 中道保守). In reality, its leadership is made up of traditionalists and older people, and its supporters made up of [[alt-right]] young people.

The absolute majority of party members refuse to recognize the existence of [[LGBT]]. There was a debate between this party and the more moderate [[Minjoo Party of Korea|Democratic Party of Korea]] on whether acceptance of gay people should be either opposed or require a national consensus, which both candidates drew a lot of fire from social media.<ref>Da-min, J. (April 8, 2020). "[https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2020/04/356_287561.html Rival candidates slammed for 'biased' views on homosexuality]". ''Korea Times''. Retrieved July 4, 2020.</ref>

It is difficult to characterize a tendency as a big tent party, but it is actually a hard-line conservative party that is far from a "moderate conservative."

Diplomatically, People Power Party has a strong pro-U.S. and anti-PRC tendency. The position on Russia is not clear. (However, they are less friendly to Russia than to the [[Minjoo Party of Korea|Minjoo Party]] because of their traditional anti-[[North Korea]] tendencies.)

Conservatives in South Korea are pro-business, but unlike conservatives in the United States, they have supported economic intervention rather than fiscal conservatism. But conservatives in South Korea always have a more hostile view of welfare and labor than conservatives in the United States. (see [[South Korea#Poor welfare and labor right|South Korea#Poor welfare and labor right]])

In 2021, [[Lee Jun-seok]](이준석), a young "moderate conservative", was elected as the leader of the PPP party. The problem is that this moderation is more of an [[alt-lite]] line that is "moderate" in South Korean political standards and '''''NOT''''' "moderate" at all in U.S. political standards. Lee Jun-seok is classified as a 'centrist' because he conflicts with the conservatism of the elderly in South Korea, but he is also notorious as an anti-feminist.<ref>이주엽 (2021, April 12) [https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/A2021041211050000405 젊은 이준석의 반페미니즘 (Young people Lee Jun-seok's anti-feminism)] ''Hankook Ilbo'' Retrieved June 15, 2021</ref> In addition, during his [[Bareunmirae Party|BMP]] years, he made extreme claims that "the Women's Committee, the Youth Committee, and the Disabled Committee should all be dissolved."<ref>정은혜. (August 11, 2018) [https://news.joins.com/article/22877919 이준석 "젊은이들 9급 놓고도 무한경쟁…정치인도 자격시험 보게 할것" (Lee Joon-seok said "Young people compete indefinitely for 9th grade civil servant. I'll also have politicians take the qualification exam.")] ''JoongAng Ilbo''. Retrieved June 15, 2021</ref> Lee, in particular, has put forward a radical policy of abolishing all affirmative action within the PPP.<ref>이화진 (June 1, 2021) [https://news.kbs.co.kr/news/view.do?ncd=5198992 이준석이 쏘아 올린 ‘모든 할당제 폐지’…공정인가 소외인가 (Lee Jun-seok's "Abolition of All Quotations"... Fairness or alienation?)] ''KBS NEWS''. Retrieved June 15, 2021</ref> Left-wing commentator Jin Joong-kwon(진중권) and conservative politician Na Kyung-won(나경원) from the PPP called Lee "like [[Donald Trump|Trumpism]]."<ref>송영훈 (June 11, 2021) [https://www.edaily.co.kr/news/read?newsId=03873686629077456&mediaCodeNo=257 나경원·이준석, '트럼피즘' 격돌…"분열의 정치"vs"트럼프 비유 교묘" (Lee Jun-seok opposes the quota system... Na Kyung-won said, "(Lee Jun-seok is the)Leadership of division, Trumpism.")] 노컷뉴스. Retrieved June 15, 2021</ref> The fucking funny thing is that Lee Jun-seok has no traditionalist tendency, so Na Kyung-won is classified as a right-wing conservative and Lee Jun-seok as a moderate conservative. This shows how extremely South Korea's conservative politics are.<ref>박경준 (May 28, 2021) [https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20210528065000001 Lee Jun-seok caused a sensation... The opposition party's leadership is facing a moderate vs. senior conservative race.] ''Yonhap News Agency''. Retrieved June 15, 2021</ref>

Austin Bashore, a U.S. [[Green Party]] member and left-wing activist belonging to a minority (white) race people in South Korea, called PPP a "party that stimulates anti-foreign sentiment" (반외국인 정서를 자극하는 정당).<ref>http://www.newsm.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=23523</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/BashoreForOhio/status/1477240279560499205</ref>

==See also==
'''Related Political Parties in other countries'''
* [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)]] — The Japanese version of the People Power Party.
* [[Republican Party]] — The American version of the People Power Party.
* [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] — The Indian version of the People Power Party.


* [[Hwang Kyo-ahn]]
* [[Liberty Korea Party]] / [[Party of New Conservatives]]
* [[LGBT rights]] — United Future Party abhors homosexuals.
* [[Jordan Peterson]], [[Ben Shapiro]] — some party members were influenced by these men.
* [[Religious Right]]
* [[Confucius#Confucianism|Confucianism]]
* [[Korean War]]
* [[Asian values]]
* [[Ilbe]], [[DCinside]]
* [[Alt-right]]

==External Links==
* {{wpa|People Power Party}}

==References==
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