Competition and purpose

If someone is going to do politics, He should first think about what to do for the people. Because that's the only thing that matters as a politician. If competition for the other begins to settle in the thoughts of politicians, time and effort are misused. As he spends time crossing your feelings of victory and anger, He will gradually transform into an incompetent person.

 

The same is true of competition between countries. Korea is primarily aimed at progressive development for survival, but Japan and China are experiencing many negative effects as a result of focusing on conservative competition to bring out a relative superiority over other countries. In this regard, the future of Northeast Asia will change a lot.

 

For economic development, the North Korean government should not be frustrated by the reality that has no foundation compared to other countries, but should start making steady efforts.In other words, the North Korean government should benchmark without comparing. Although ideological relativity is strong due to historical misunderstandings, Korea's Park Chung-hee government's development method could be a good precedent even if benchmarked.

 

Competitiveness is not what it used to be.

 

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The damage streamed from the solution that seemed to flow naturally from the way competitiveness gurus posed the problem. Competition of the everyday type compares what I am doing to what others are doing- whether it is in business, love, or sports. The very word “competition” evokes a win-lose mind-set; what is good for you is bad for me – after all, we are competing. Policymakers, in other words started viewing national problems like a footrace when in fact the problems were more like losing weight. Someone winds a footrace and all the others lose; the outcome depends on relative performance. When it comes to weight loss, all can win and the outcome depends on one’s own effort, not relative performance.

 

Fortunately, lessons have been learned. Nowadays, competitiveness policy is just growth policy in sexy underwear. The emphasis has shifted back to what nations must do themselves to raise living standards. Comparison to other nations is a matter of national benchmarking, not national competition.

 

- [ The Great Convergence ] by RICHARD BALDWIN -