For Seoul’s poor, class strife in ‘Parasite’ is daily reality
For those who watched the movie, I found the ending interesting. I won't spoil it for everyone else, but Bong Joon-ho made his perspective unambiguous: he's not a believer in social mobility in Korea.<p>6 of the top 10 Forbes list in Korea are self-made; the other 4 inherited their wealth. In contrast, 10 out of top 10 are self-made in the US. There are better metrics to compare social mobility (this one was convenient!), but scanning down the Korea list, it's clear the tech boom provided opportunities for entrepreneurs to build wealth in Korea, but most of the wealth is still held by descendants of the big conglomerates (Samsung, LG, Hyundai, Lotte, etc.).<p>While Parasite is hit in the US, the perspective that it's impossible for basement dwellers to make it to nice mansions may be true in Korea, but it doesn't seem to be the case in the US.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.forbes.com/korea-billionaires/list/#tab:overall" rel="nofollow">https://www.forbes.com/korea-billionaires/list/#tab:overall</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/#b6d49ad7e2ff" rel="nofollow">https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/#b6d49ad7e2ff</a>